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                                  8242--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 10, 2019
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 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Social Services -- recommitted to the Committee on Social Services
   in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2  --  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. THE COMMISSIONER OF THE
 OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE IN  COOPERATION  WITH  THE
 COMMISSIONER  OF THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, THE COMMIS-
 SIONER OF MENTAL HEALTH AND THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH SHALL ESTABLISH A
 PILOT PROGRAM TO PROMOTE FAMILY STABILITY AND  CHILDREN'S  SCHOOL  READ-
 INESS IN UP TO SIX LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICE 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,  ORGANIZATIONS  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.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD13196-04-0

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   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;
   (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.