The Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) is responsible for supervising programs that provide assistance and support to eligible families and individuals.
OTDA’s functions include: Providing temporary cash assistance; providing assistance in paying for food; providing heating assistance; overseeing New York State’s child support enforcement program; determining certain aspects of eligibility for Social Security Disability benefits; supervising homeless housing and services programs; and providing assistance to certain immigrant populations.
Contact:
New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance
40 North Pearl Street
Albany, New York 12243
Press Inquiries:
Michael Hayes
Director Public Information Office
40 North Pearl, 16th floor
Albany, NY 12243
Phone: 518-474-9516
http://www.otda.state.ny.us/
July 2, 2010 Posted by OTDA
Albany, NY – July 2, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — The New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) recently helped celebrate the grand opening of Opportunity for Broome, Inc.’s new Liberty Street Apartments in Binghamton. The new facility will provide 12 units of permanent housing for homeless families and individuals.
Read the full article: OTDA Helps Open New Liberty Street Apartments in Binghamton ...
May 11, 2010 Posted by OTDA
Albany, NY – May 11, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — The State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) today announced that 500,000 of New York’s neediest households will receive additional federal funding to assist in meeting their current energy costs.
Read the full article: State Announces Additional Federal Home Heating Assistance to Help Struggling Low-Income New Yorkers ...
April 20, 2010 Posted by OTDA
Albany, NY – April 20, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — The State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) recently helped SAFE, Inc. break ground on its new project to expand SAFE House, an emergency housing facility for runaway and homeless youth and pregnant and parenting teens, at an event in Schenectady.
Read the full article: OTDA Helps Break Ground on Homeless Youth Housing Project in Schenectady ...
March 4, 2010 Posted by OTDA
Albany, NY – March 3, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — The State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) today announced that nearly $4.7 million has been awarded to fund homeless housing and related support services in the cities of Utica and Ithaca.
Read the full article: State Awards $4.7 Million in Homeless Housing Assistance ...
November 9, 2009 Posted by OTDA
Albany, NY – November 3, 2009 – (RealEstateRama) — The State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) recently helped Interfaith Partnership for the Homeless open its new Sheridan Hollow Housing project, while recognizing November as Homeless Awareness Month, at an event in Albany.
Read the full article: OTDA Helps Open Homeless Housing Project in Albany ...
October 23, 2009 Posted by OTDA
Albany, NY – October 22, 2009 – The State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) today announced that it has awarded homelessness prevention grants of more than $1.3 million through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 to Broome County and the City of Troy in Rensselaer County.
Read the full article: State Awards Homelessness Prevention Funds ...
August 28, 2009 Posted by OTDA
Albany, NY – August 28, 2009 – (RealEstateRama) — The State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) today announced the award of nearly $25 million in homelessness prevention grants through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. The funds will allow 25 agencies to provide services in 33 counties through the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-housing Program (HPRP).
Read the full article: State Announces $25 Million in Stimulus Funding to Prevent Homelessness ...
