STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 If you welcomed a new member of the family this year, you could be eligible for a little help from New York state. <\/p>\n
Signed into law in May by Gov. Kathy Hochul, the Birth Allowance for Beginning Year \u2014 or BABY \u2014 benefit can help residents who receive public assistance obtain a one-time payment of $1,800. <\/p>\n
The funds can help new mothers with the expenses that come with a new bundle of joy, according to reporting by Advance\/SILive.com sister site, Syracuse.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n The benefit, upon being law, has a $8.5 million budget, giving thousands of New York mothers an opportunity for assistance. <\/p>\n New York State\u2019s Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance helms the benefit, Syracuse.com reported; this is, as listed on Syracuse.com<\/a>, what you need to know in order to get the BABY benefit: <\/p>\n To be eligible for the benefit, an individual or family must have an existing public assistance case and be actively receiving public assistance, also known as temporary assistance, when a new baby is born.New Yorkers on public assistance will automatically get the new benefit when a newborn is added to an existing assistance case.There is no separate application or form to complete.The program went into effect Nov. 5.Temporary assistance provides aid to adults and children, according to the state. It\u2019s meant to help cover expenses for people who are unable to work, can\u2019t find a job or have a job that doesn\u2019t pay enough.Information on eligibility for public assistance is available online<\/a>.You can apply for public assistance online<\/a> or by visiting a local department of social services<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 If you welcomed a new member of the family this year, you could be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[6051,9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-45224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-color","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}