Your guide to NYC's public proceedings.
Q&A
Proposed universal benefits application (Intro 245) and its potential cost
1:47:30
ยท
63 sec
Council Member Ayala inquires about the Department of Social Services' (DSS) estimate for creating a universal benefits application as proposed in Intro 245. Administrator Scott French provides details on the estimated cost and the basis for this estimate.
- The estimated cost for creating a universal benefits application is approximately $30 million
- The cost is primarily for the required technology and back-end systems
- The estimate is based on similar projects and the cost of developing the Access HRA common application
- The high cost reflects the complexity of integrating various benefit programs into a single application system
Diana Ayala
1:47:30
Okay.
1:47:32
Okay.
1:47:41
I have two questions on councilmember Hudson's bills.
1:47:45
Intro February, the universal benefits application, what does DSS believe the creation of this application will cost and how did it come to that determination?
Scott French
1:48:00
So for February, the estimate is that the primarily technology that would be required to create an application that can be do universal and then all of the things needed in the back end would be approximately $30,000,000.
1:48:20
And the estimate is based on similar projects.
Jill Berry
1:48:26
Right.
1:48:26
It's it's based on similar cost to add programs and develop the access HRA common application.