New York Laws
Title 9-B - Public Assistance Employment Programs
335-A - Assessments and Employability Plans for Certain Recipients in Households Without Dependent Children.

(b) Where an assessment indicates that a participant who is not
subject to the education requirements of this title has not attained a
basic literacy level, the social services official shall encourage and
may require the participant to enter a program to achieve basic literacy
or high school equivalency or to enter such educational programs in
combination with other training activities consistent with the
employability plan.
3. A local social services official shall, pursuant to department
regulations developed in consultation with the department of education
and the department of social services or its successor agencies, use
designated trained staff or contract with providers having a
demonstrated effectiveness in performing assessments and developing
employability plans to perform assessments and develop employability
plans.
4. Each applicant for or recipient of public assistance as described
herein must participate in an assessment as required by the social
services district in accordance with the conditions of this section.
Applicants who fail or refuse to participate with the requirements of
this section shall be ineligible for public assistance. Recipients who
fail or refuse to participate with the requirements of this section
shall be subject to the sanctions set forth in section three hundred
forty-two of this title.
5. A social services district shall assign participants to activities
pursuant to their employability plans to the extent that supportive
services including transportation are available.

6. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a social
services official from providing an assessment more detailed or
comprehensive that the requirements set forth in this section.