N.Y. Social Services Law Section 465-D
Criteria for high risk areas

In selecting those areas which would be determined to be high risk and therefore eligible for a grant, the commissioner may consider factors including, but not limited to:

1.

fifty percent or more of those potentially eligible are not participating in the food stamp program or where a significant number of the population potentially eligible, particularly the working poor and the elderly, are not participating;

2.

twenty-five percent or more of children are eligible for free or reduced price meals within the school lunch program;

3.

infant mortality or morbidity rates;

4.

economic indicators including, but not limited to, the unemployment rate, prevailing wages, and recent loss of job base;

5.

high concentration of at risk populations; and

6.

unavailability of food assistance programs in the area because of lack of provider participation or knowledge about the existence of such programs.

Source: Section 465-D — Criteria for high risk areas, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/SOS/465-D (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jul. 12, 2025).

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