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The Administration initially had two chief officers, the Administrator of the Human Resources Administration and the Commissioner of the Department of Social Services. In 1970, these positions were combined into the office of Commissioner. HRA was initially created as a ‘super-agency,’ housing all of the city's social service programs.
The Human Resources Administration (Department of Social Services; HRA/DSS) is the mayoral agency in charge of the majority of the city's social services programs. The Department of Investigation (DOI) is a law enforcement agency that serves as an independent and nonpartisan watchdog for New York City government.
New York City Commissioner of Welfare - this department was originally formed as the Department of Public Charities and Correction in 1868. The two were split in 1895. [10] The Department Public Charities was renamed the Department of Welfare in 1920, [26] which was renamed the Department of Social Services in 1967. [30]
a. attend a Title 1 school and be from a family whose total income is documented as meeting federal income eligibility guidelines established for school food services by the NYS Department of Agriculture; or b. be receiving assistance from the Human Resources Administration; or
Entrepreneurship education can be oriented towards different ways of realizing opportunities: The most popular one is regular entrepreneurship: opening a new organization (e.g. starting a new business). [4] The vast majority of programs on university level teach entrepreneurship in a similar way to other business degrees.
Administrative reviews ("Fair Hearings") of decisions by a local social services agency are handled by the OTDA Office of Administrative Hearings. [4]A Rivera request, also known as an evidence packet request, is the document (labeled W-186A) used for requesting evidence relating to a NYC Human Resources Administration fair hearing pursuant to the stipulation and settlement in Rivera v.
The Welfare Reform Act of 1997 (the state response to the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996) created two programs, Family Assistance (FA) and Safety Net Assistance (SNA), to be state-directed and county-administered implementations of the constitutional mandate to aid, care and support the needy.
The New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services (Police) are employed as Special Officers who have very limited peace officer authority in connection with their special duties of employment pursuant to New York State Criminal Procedure Law § 2.10(27).