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Assembly Bill A5217

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Increases the amount of special grants provided to a parent of a child in foster care or to be placed in foster care for such person to obtain adequate housing

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2009-A5217 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง409-a, Soc Serv L

2009-A5217 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the amount of rent subsidies or assistance special grants provided to a parent of a child in foster care or to be placed in foster care where the sole reason for such placement is the lack of adequate housing.

2009-A5217 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5217

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 11, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. V. LOPEZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. AUBRY,
  BRENNAN,  CANESTRARI,  CLARK,  GLICK, GREENE, HOYT, JOHN, P. RIVERA --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families

AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to adequate housing
  as a factor for foster care placement and rent subsidies or assistance

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (c)  of  subdivision 5 of section 409-a of the
social services law, as amended by chapter 339 of the laws of  1993,  is
amended to read as follows:
  (c)  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  this section, where a
social services official determines that a lack of adequate  housing  is
the  primary factor preventing the discharge of a child or children from
foster care including, but not limited to, children  with  the  goal  of
discharge  to  independent living, preventive services shall include, in
addition to any other payments  or  benefits  received  by  the  family,
special  cash  grants  in  the  form  of  rent subsidies, including rent
arrears, or any other assistance, sufficient to obtain adequate housing.
Such rent subsidies or assistance shall not exceed the  sum  of  [three]
SIX  hundred  dollars  per  month, shall not be provided for a period of
more than three years, and shall be  considered  a  special  grant.  The
provisions  of this paragraph shall not be construed to limit such offi-
cial's authority to provide other preventive services.
  S 2. Subdivision 7 of section 409-a of the  social  services  law,  as
added by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  7.  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of this section, if a social
services official determines that a lack of adequate housing is a factor
that may cause the entry of a child or children into foster care and the
family has at least one service need other than lack of  adequate  hous-
ing,  preventive services may include, in addition to any other payments
or benefits received by the family, special cash grants in the  form  of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05023-02-9

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