General Relief Policy - Department of Public Social Services

esidents at Victory Outreach:
Victory Outreach cases are centralized in the
same Unit that handles B&C with a designated
Victory Outreach liaison.
The same Worker processes intakes the same
day each week.
Application packets are provided to the Victory
Outreach liaison. They may be picked up at the
district office by the liaison, but they are not
mailed to the facility.
Individuals may complete all forms in advance,
except for the required signature.
GR 40-101.18 – Twin
Towers Program
How are applications for inmates of Twin
Towers participating in the special program
handled?
The Twin Towers Program (in Civic Center District
only) is designed to help transition mentally ill
inmates back to SSI.
Weekly, Department of Mental Health (DMH) staff
faxes a list of inmates identified as meeting the GR
Twin Towers Program criteria:
Potentially GR eligible, and
Designated NSA by DMH staff housed at
Twin Towers, and
Are either SSI recipients whose SSI is
suspended because of their incarceration or
who are potentially SSI eligible, and
Scheduled for release within 45 days or less,
and
Expected to be homeless upon release from
Twin Towers.
The list is cleared and designated Workers are
scheduled to take applications once a week at the
Twin Towers facility.
On the day of release, DMH transports the inmates
to the Civic Center District and, whenever possible,
GR and/or Food Stamps are issued that day.