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                                   3153
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2021
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 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI, BARRON, CRUZ -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Social Services
 
 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.
   2. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE DESIGNED TO ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING OUTCOMES:
   (A) INCREASED FINANCIAL  STABILITY  OF  FAMILIES  INCLUDING  INCREASED
 EARNING POTENTIAL OF PARENTS;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   (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.