Authorizes child care assistance to be made available to certain victims of domestic violence who are in need of assistance in order for a parent or caretaker relative to engage in work or participate in work activities.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6016
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 30, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM, GRAY -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Children and Families
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to child care
assistance for victims of domestic violence
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraphs (d) and (e) of subdivision 1 of section 410-w of
2 the social services law, as amended by section 2 of part L of chapter 56
3 of the laws of 2022, are amended and a new paragraph (f) is added to
4 read as follows:
5 (d) families with incomes up to two hundred percent of the state
6 income standard, or three hundred percent of the state income standard
7 effective August first, two thousand twenty-two, who are attending a
8 post secondary educational program; provided, the family income does not
9 exceed eighty-five percent of the state median income; [and]
10 (e) other families with incomes up to two hundred percent of the state
11 income standard, or three hundred percent of the state income standard
12 effective August first, two thousand twenty-two, which the social
13 services district designates in its consolidated services plan as eligi-
14 ble for child care assistance in accordance with criteria established by
15 the department; provided, the family income does not exceed eighty-five
16 percent of the state median income[.]; and
17 (f) victims of domestic violence as defined in section four hundred
18 eighty-one-c of this chapter who are in need of assistance in order for
19 a parent or caretaker relative to engage in work or participate in work
20 activities pursuant to the provisions of title nine-B of article five of
21 this chapter.
22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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