ยง 131-c. Inclusion of parents and siblings of a minor in the public
assistance household. 1. For the purposes of determining eligibility for
and the amount of assistance payable, the social services district
shall, when a minor is named as an applicant for public assistance,
require that his or her parents and minor brothers and sisters also
apply for assistance and be included in the household for purposes of
determining eligibility and grant amounts, if such individuals reside in
the same dwelling unit as the minor applying for assistance. Any income
of or available for such parents, brothers and sisters which is not
disregarded under subdivision eight of section one hundred thirty-one-a
of this article, shall be considered available to such household. The
provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to individuals who are
recipients of federal supplemental security income benefits or
additional state payments pursuant to this chapter, or to individuals
whose relationship to the minor is that of stepbrother or stepsister, or
to any other individuals whose needs are excluded pursuant to department
regulations consistent with federal law and regulations.
2. For the purposes of determining eligibility for and the amount of
assistance payable, the social services district shall deem available to
any minor whose parent or legal guardian is a minor, any income of the
parent or legal guardian of such minor parent or legal guardian residing
in the same dwelling unit, to the same extent that the income of a
stepparent would be included pursuant to subdivision nine of section one
hundred thirty-one-a of this article.
3. For the purposes of this section a minor is a child under the age
of eighteen.
Structure New York Laws
Article 5 - Assistance and Care
131 - Assistance, Care and Services to Be Given.
131-A - Monthly Grants and Allowances of Public Assistance.
131-AA - Monthly Statistical Reports.
131-AAA - Availability of Adverse Childhood Experiences Services.
131-BB - Family Homelessness and Eviction Prevention Supplement Program.
131-C - Inclusion of Parents and Siblings of a Minor in the Public Assistance Household.
131-D - Substance Abuse Rehabilitative and Preventive Services.
131-E - Family Planning Services.
131-F - Retroactive Social Security Benefit Increases.
131-G - Authority to Accept Public and Private Gifts.
131-H - Authority to Operate Family Homes for Adults.
131-I - Social Services Districts; Agreements.
131-I*2 - Family Loan Program.
131-J - Certain Utility Deposits.
131-K - Undocumented Noncitizens.
131-L - Exclusion of Agent Orange Benefits.
131-M - Information on Resource Referral Services.
131-N - Exemption of Income and Resources.
131-O - Personal Allowances Accounts.
131-P - Group Health Insurance Benefits; Condition of Eligibility.
131-Q - Electronic Payment File Transfer System Pilot Project.
131-R - Liability for Reimbursement of Public Assistance Benefits.
131-U - Domestic Violence Services.
131-V - Temporary Emergency Shelter.
131-W - Limitations in the Payment of Rent Arrears.
131-X - Reverse Mortgage Loans.
131-Z - Child Assistance Program.
131-ZZ - Child Poverty Reduction.
132 - Investigation of Applications.
132-A - Children Born Out of Wedlock; Special Provisions.
133 - Temporary Preinvestigation Emergency Needs Assistance or Care.
133-A - Contracts for Distribution of Public Assistance Grants.
134-A - Conduct of Investigation.
134-B - Front End Detection System.
134-C - Requirement to Publicly Post Information.
135 - Cooperation of Public Welfare Officials.
136 - Protection of Public Welfare Records.
136-A - Information From State Tax Commission and the Comptroller.
137 - Exemption From Levy and Execution.
138-A - Responsibility of the Department for Recipients in Family Care.
139-A - Special Provisions to Avoid Abuse of Assistance and Care.
142 - Exclusiveness of Eligibility Requirements.
143-B - Avoidance of Abuses in Connection With Rent Checks.
143-C - Avoidance of Abuses in Connection With Rent Security Deposits.
144-A - Information to Be Given to Officials of the Department and of Social Services Districts.
145-B - False Statements; Actions for Treble Damages.
146 - Penalty for the Sale or Exchange of Assistance Supplies.
148 - Penalty for Unlawfully Bringing a Needy Person Into a Public Welfare District.
149 - Penalty for Bringing a Needy Person Into the State.
150 - Penalty for Neglect to Report or for Making False Report.
152-A - Burial Reserves for Certain Recipients of Public Assistance or Care From Assigned Assets.
152-B - Surplus After Recovery of Cost of Public Assistance and Care; Unclaimed Funds.