Establishes a two generation pilot program to promote family stability and children's school readiness, and provides for the repeal of this section in five years.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8242--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
June 10, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Social Services -- recommitted to the Committee on Social Services
in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,
bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing a
two generation pilot program to promote family stability and chil-
dren's school readiness; and providing for the repeal of such
provisions upon expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
2 335-d to read as follows:
3 § 335-d. Two generation pilot program. 1. The commissioner of the
4 office of temporary and disability assistance in cooperation with the
5 commissioner of the office of children and family services, the commis-
6 sioner of mental health and the commissioner of health shall establish a
7 pilot program to promote family stability and children's school read-
8 iness in up to six local social service districts. Such program, subject
9 to the rules and regulations of the commissioner, shall consist of
10 services for families with children up to age six who are recipients of
11 public assistance. The commissioner shall select by a competitive bid or
12 request for proposal process, organizations with expertise in adult
13 education and workforce preparation programs, programs that provide
14 information about appropriate nutrition and medical services for new
15 mothers and young children, and child development programs, including
16 early care, early education, and home visiting. Such services shall be
17 provided in a coordinated effort with a focus on serving families
18 through an integrated, multi-generational approach. Nothing herein
19 shall prohibit organizations from working in joint collaboration when
20 delivering services to families in accordance with this section.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 2. Such program shall be designed to achieve the following outcomes:
2 (a) increased financial stability of families including increased
3 earning potential of parents;
4 (b) improved school readiness of children;
5 (c) increased access for parents and children to programs that foster
6 healthy parent-child relationships; and
7 (d) increased access for all family members to participate in programs
8 that address the mental and physical health needs of parents and chil-
9 dren.
10 3. Such programs shall be further designed to utilize funding for
11 services including but not limited to personalized parent support
12 services aimed at maintaining parental engagement and overcoming obsta-
13 cles to achieve program outcomes.
14 4. Each organization participating in the pilot program established
15 under this section shall submit annual project data pertaining to the
16 number of children screened through standardized developmental or
17 social-emotional screening, the number of parents who were unemployed
18 prior to participation in the program who since obtained employment as a
19 result of the program, the number of parents who increased their educa-
20 tion level and specific credentials obtained and the number of parents
21 who were employed at the beginning of their participation in the pilot
22 program, whether their earnings have increased as a result of their
23 participation and any other data or information determined to be rele-
24 vant for the understanding, implementation and outcomes of the pilot
25 program.
26 5. The locations of the participating organizations under the pilot
27 program shall be geographically disbursed throughout the state and
28 determined by the commissioner based on the number of public assistance
29 recipients in a given county, counties with high rates of unemployment
30 or underemployment and counties that lack access to comparable services.
31 6. The duration of a project undertaken by an organization participat-
32 ing in the pilot program established under this section shall be at
33 least one year and no more than four years.
34 7. Thirty months after the effective date of this section, and upon
35 the conclusion of the pilot program, the commissioners shall submit a
36 report to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the
37 speaker of the assembly and the early childhood advisory council estab-
38 lished under section four hundred eighty-three-g of this chapter,
39 analyzing the data provided by the participating organization, as well
40 as recommendations based on the outcomes of the pilot program.
41 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
42 have become a law and shall expire 5 years after such effective date
43 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.
