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Assembly Bill A259

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Increases from $300 to $600 the monthly rent subsidy payable for housing for a foster child living independently in certain circumstances

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2017-A259 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1291
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §409-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9806
2015-2016: A7756, S1615
2019-2020: A2303
2021-2022: A1777
2023-2024: A2525
2025-2026: A735

2017-A259 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases from $300 to $600 the monthly rent subsidy payable for housing for a foster child living independently in certain circumstances; doesn't limit those from living with roommates.

2017-A259 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    259
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 5, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- 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, MAY BE PROVIDED UP TO AGE TWENTY-FOUR FOR YOUTH
 DISCHARGED FROM FOSTER CARE, and shall be considered  a  special  grant.
 NOTHING  IN  THIS  PARAGRAPH  SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT THE ABILITY OF
 THOSE USING THE RENT SUBSIDY TO LIVE WITH ROOMMATES. The  provisions  of
 this paragraph shall not be construed to limit such official's authority
 to provide other preventive services.
   §  2.  Subdivision  7  of section 409-a of the social services law, as
 added by section 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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