S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9620--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 26, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. DAVILA -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Social  Services  --  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:
 
   Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new  section
 335-d to read as follows:
   §  335-D.  TWO  GENERATION PILOT PROGRAM. 1. SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION,
 THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE IN
 COOPERATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY
 SERVICES,  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  MENTAL  HEALTH AND THE COMMISSIONER OF
 HEALTH SHALL ESTABLISH A PILOT PROGRAM TO PROMOTE FAMILY  STABILITY  AND
 CHILDREN'S   SCHOOL  READINESS  IN  UP  TO  SIX  LOCAL  SOCIAL  SERVICES
 DISTRICTS. SUCH PROGRAM, SUBJECT TO THE RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  OF  THE
 COMMISSIONER, SHALL CONSIST OF SERVICES FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN UP TO
 AGE  SIX WHO ARE RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
 SELECT BY A COMPETITIVE BID OR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL  PROCESS,  ORGANIZA-
 TIONS  WITH  EXPERTISE  IN  ADULT  EDUCATION  AND  WORKFORCE PREPARATION
 PROGRAMS, PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT APPROPRIATE  NUTRITION
 AND  MEDICAL  SERVICES  FOR  NEW  MOTHERS  AND YOUNG CHILDREN, AND CHILD
 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, INCLUDING EARLY CARE, EARLY  EDUCATION,  AND  HOME
 VISITING. SUCH SERVICES SHALL BE PROVIDED IN A COORDINATED EFFORT WITH A
 FOCUS  ON  SERVING  FAMILIES  THROUGH  AN INTEGRATED, MULTI-GENERATIONAL
 APPROACH.  NOTHING HEREIN SHALL PROHIBIT ORGANIZATIONS FROM  WORKING  IN
 JOINT  COLLABORATION  WHEN DELIVERING SERVICES TO FAMILIES IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH THIS SECTION.
   2. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE DESIGNED TO ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING OUTCOMES:
   (A) INCREASED FINANCIAL  STABILITY  OF  FAMILIES  INCLUDING  INCREASED
 EARNING POTENTIAL OF PARENTS;
   (B) IMPROVED SCHOOL READINESS OF CHILDREN;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD14711-02-4
 A. 9620--A                          2
 
   (C)  INCREASED ACCESS FOR PARENTS AND CHILDREN TO PROGRAMS THAT FOSTER
 HEALTHY PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPS; AND
   (D) INCREASED ACCESS FOR ALL FAMILY MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE IN PROGRAMS
 THAT  ADDRESS  THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH NEEDS OF PARENTS AND CHIL-
 DREN.
   3. SUCH PROGRAMS SHALL BE FURTHER  DESIGNED  TO  UTILIZE  FUNDING  FOR
 SERVICES  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO  PERSONALIZED  PARENT SUPPORT
 SERVICES AIMED AT MAINTAINING PARENTAL ENGAGEMENT AND OVERCOMING  OBSTA-
 CLES TO ACHIEVE PROGRAM OUTCOMES.
   4.  EACH  ORGANIZATION  PARTICIPATING IN THE PILOT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED
 UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL SUBMIT ANNUAL PROJECT DATA  PERTAINING  TO  THE
 NUMBER  OF  CHILDREN  SCREENED  THROUGH  STANDARDIZED  DEVELOPMENTAL  OR
 SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SCREENING, THE NUMBER OF PARENTS  WHO  WERE  UNEMPLOYED
 PRIOR TO PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM WHO SINCE OBTAINED EMPLOYMENT AS A
 RESULT  OF THE PROGRAM, THE NUMBER OF PARENTS WHO INCREASED THEIR EDUCA-
 TION LEVEL AND SPECIFIC CREDENTIALS OBTAINED AND THE NUMBER  OF  PARENTS
 WHO  WERE  EMPLOYED AT THE BEGINNING OF THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE PILOT
 PROGRAM, WHETHER THEIR EARNINGS HAVE INCREASED  AS  A  RESULT  OF  THEIR
 PARTICIPATION  AND  ANY OTHER DATA OR INFORMATION DETERMINED TO BE RELE-
 VANT FOR THE UNDERSTANDING, IMPLEMENTATION AND  OUTCOMES  OF  THE  PILOT
 PROGRAM.
   5.  THE  LOCATIONS  OF THE PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS UNDER THE PILOT
 PROGRAM SHALL BE  GEOGRAPHICALLY  DISBURSED  THROUGHOUT  THE  STATE  AND
 DETERMINED  BY THE COMMISSIONER BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
 RECIPIENTS IN A GIVEN COUNTY, COUNTIES WITH HIGH RATES  OF  UNEMPLOYMENT
 OR UNDEREMPLOYMENT AND COUNTIES THAT LACK ACCESS TO COMPARABLE SERVICES.
   6. THE DURATION OF A PROJECT UNDERTAKEN BY AN ORGANIZATION PARTICIPAT-
 ING  IN  THE  PILOT  PROGRAM  ESTABLISHED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE AT
 LEAST ONE YEAR AND NO MORE THAN FOUR YEARS.
   7. THIRTY MONTHS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS  SECTION,  AND  UPON
 THE  CONCLUSION  OF  THE PILOT PROGRAM, THE COMMISSIONERS SHALL SUBMIT A
 REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE  TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  SENATE,  THE
 SPEAKER  OF THE ASSEMBLY AND THE EARLY CHILDHOOD ADVISORY COUNCIL ESTAB-
 LISHED UNDER  SECTION  FOUR  HUNDRED  EIGHTY-THREE-G  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,
 ANALYZING  THE  DATA PROVIDED BY THE PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATION, AS WELL
 AS RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THE OUTCOMES OF THE PILOT PROGRAM.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have  become  a  law  and shall expire 5 years after such effective date
 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.