S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9806
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 23, 2014
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Introduced by M. of A. CAMARA -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Children and Families
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to increasing from
$300 a month to $600 a month the rent subsidy payable to a foster
child living independently
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. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15066-01-4
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