§ 303. Character and adequacy. 1. It shall be the duty of the social\nservices official to provide emergency assistance, in accordance with\nregulations of the department, to an eligible aged, blind or disabled\nperson who has one or more of the following needs:\n (a) Replacement or repair, as the case may be, of clothing, furniture,\nfood, fuel and shelter; (including repairs to homes owned by aged,\nblind, and disabled persons and temporary shelter until necessary\nrepairs are completed or replacement shelter is secured), provided such\nclothing, furniture, food, fuel or shelter was lost or rendered useless\nas a result of burglary, theft or vandalism, or as a result of fire,\nflood or other similar catastrophe which could not have been forseen by\nsuch person, and was not under his control. All such losses shall have\nbeen reported to and appropriately verified by local officials before\nsuch replacement or repair;\n (b) Replacement of stolen cash if reported to and appropriately\nverified by local officials;\n (c) Replacement of lost or mismanaged cash by a person who by reason\nof advanced age, illness, infirmity, mental weakness, physical handicap,\nintemperance, addiction to drugs, or other cause, has suffered\nsubstantial impairment of his ability to care for his property;\n (d) Payments to a secured party in whose favor there is a security\ninterest, pursuant to the provisions of article nine of the uniform\ncommercial code, on furniture or household equipment essential to making\nliving accommodations habitable, in an amount not to exceed the cost of\nreplacement. Such payments shall be authorized only after every effort\nhas been made by the social services official to defer, cancel, reduce\nor compromise payments on such security interests;\n (e) Household moving expenses when a change of residence is necessary\nbecause the health, welfare or safety of the eligible person or persons\nis endangered and such move is not caused by eviction for nonpayment of\nrent, or when such move will substantially reduce rental costs;\n (f) Furniture or clothing which may be necessary in order to enable\nsuch person to move to a private residence from a nursing home, hospital\nor other institution;\n (g) Household expenses essential to the maintenance of a home, in the\ncase of a person whose supplemental security income benefit has been\nreduced because he has been placed in a medical facility. Within\nforty-five days following placement in such a facility, the social\nservices official shall determine whether, and payments under this\nsubdivision shall not continue unless, such person is expected to remain\nin such a facility for less than one hundred eighty days following the\nreduction in such benefits;\n (h) Repair or replacement of essential household heating, cooking,\nrefrigeration, water supply, personal safety equipment, plumbing and\nsanitary equipment;\n (i) Security against nonpayment of rent or for damages, as a condition\nto renting a housing accommodation, as provided in section one hundred\nforty-three-c of this chapter;\n (j) Broker's fees necessary to securing shelter;\n (k) Essential storage of furniture and personal belongings during such\ncircumstances as relocation, eviction or temporary shelter and for so\nlong as the circumstances necessitating the storage continue to exist\nand provided that eligibility for emergency assistance continues;\n (l) Household expenses (including rent, fuel for heating, gas and\nelectric utilities) incurred during the four month period prior to the\nmonth in which such person initially applied for supplemental security\nincome benefits or additional state payments, when payment of such\nhousehold expenses is necessary to prevent eviction or a utility\nshut-off or to restore such utility services, and, in the judgment of a\nsocial services official, other housing accommodations appropriate for\nsuch person's best interests are not available in a particular area.\n (m
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