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                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 21, 2016
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Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Children and Families

AN ACT relating to the establishment of a pilot program to  provide  job
  and  vocational  skills  training  to  youth who have been adjudicated
  juvenile delinquents or juvenile  offenders  residing  in  a  facility
  overseen  by the office of children and family services; 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:

  Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
the department of labor, in consultation with the office of children and
family  services  shall conduct a pilot program to provide job and voca-
tional skills training to  youth  who  have  been  adjudicated  juvenile
delinquents  or  juvenile  offenders under article 3 of the family court
act and who are residing in a facility overseen by the office  of  chil-
dren and family services as defined in section 504 or 504-a of the exec-
utive  law.  Such  pilot program shall be conducted in three residential
facilities chosen by the office of children  and  family  services.  The
office of children and family services shall choose the three facilities
in  which  the  pilot  program  will be conducted as considering factors
including, but not limited to, existing vocational and job skills train-
ing programs, the need for  expansion  of  such  programs,  the  average
length of stay, and age of youth at the specific facilities.  Such pilot
program  shall  use a combination of integrated support services, educa-
tional, vocational and job skill training to provide youth  with  skills
needed  to advance to higher levels of education and higher wage jobs in
growing occupational fields.   Youth  wishing  to  participate  in  such
program  who  are  also  attending  school  or are receiving educational
services within the facility, must be given an option to participate  in
the program at a time that does not conflict with their school or educa-
tion schedule.
  S  2. The name of any youth participating in the pilot program and any
other identifying information relating to the placement of such youth at
a residential facility, and his or her adjudication as a juvenile delin-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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quent or juvenile offender, shall remain confidential  pursuant  to  law
and shall not be disclosed to any person or entity not otherwise author-
ized.
  S 3. To the extent possible, the department of labor and the office of
children  and family services shall work in collaboration with community
organizations operating in or around the counties where  the  facilities
chosen  for  the pilot program are located. Such community organizations
may include, but not be limited to, not-for-profit organizations,  faith
based  organizations,  local  development  corporations  and small busi-
nesses.
  S 4. The department of labor and the office  of  children  and  family
services  shall  issue a joint report on the status of the pilot program
to the chair of the New York state senate standing committee on children
and families, the chair of the New York state senate standing  committee
on labor, the chair of the New York state assembly standing committee on
children  and  families  and  the  chair  of the New York state assembly
standing committee on labor by December  31,  2018.  Such  report  shall
include, but not be limited to, the status of the program, the number of
youth  served  in the program, the average length of time youth received
services in the program, and the employment and educational outcomes  of
the youth participants if known, as of November 30, 2018.
  S  5.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed April 1, 2019.