The following terms, as used in this chapter, shall have the
meanings indicated:
COMMISSIONER
The Commissioner of the Suffolk County Department of Social
Services.
DEPARTMENT
The Suffolk County Department of Social Services.
HOME RELIEF/AFDC APPLICANTS
Those individuals/families in the process of applying for
and not having been accepted as eligible for ongoing public assistance.
HOME RELIEF/AFDC RECIPIENTS
Those individuals/families that have been accepted as eligible
to receive ongoing public assistance benefits.
HOME RELIEF (HR)
That public assistance provided under Article 5, Title 3,
§§ 157 through 166, of the New York Social Services
Law.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Those activities authorized under §§ 164 and
336-c of the New York Social Services Law.
This chapter shall not apply to the following:
A. Any recipient of AFDC who is currently employed for no less than
30 hours a month and is earning an amount not less than the applicable
minimum wage for such employment.
B. Any recipient of AFDC who is caring for a child under the age of
six and for whom child care is not available.
This chapter shall be enforced by the Department of Labor.
Any person who refuses to report for or perform work as provided
for in federal and state law and regulation to which he or she has
been assigned by the Department shall thereupon become ineligible
for AFDC or HR benefits, as the case may be, as is consistent with
§§ 164 and 336-c of the New York Social Services Law.
The Commissioner of the Department is hereby authorized, empowered
and directed to adopt, issue and promulgate such rules and regulations
as he or she shall deem necessary to carry out and fully implement
this chapter.