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                                   8862
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 9, 2025
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 Introduced  by M. of A. FORREST -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the immi-
   grant in-home child care training act; and providing for the repeal of
   such provisions upon the expiration thereof

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "immigrant
 in-home child care training act".
   § 2. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds and declares the
 following:
   1. Access to affordable, high-quality  child  care  is  essential  for
 working families and economic mobility in New York State;
   2.  Immigrant  communities often face barriers to accessing culturally
 and linguistically appropriate child care options;
   3. Many immigrants possess the skills and experience to provide  home-
 based child care but lack the necessary training and support to navigate
 licensing and regulatory requirements;
   4.  Expanding  opportunities  for  immigrants  to  establish  licensed
 in-home daycare services  will  promote  economic  self-sufficiency  and
 small business development;
   5.  The New York State Office for New Americans is uniquely positioned
 to coordinate with its network of service providers to deliver  targeted
 training and technical assistance;
   6. Collaboration with the New York State Child Care Coordinating Coun-
 cil,  the  Office  of  Children  and Family Services, and other relevant
 agencies will ensure that training aligns  with  state  regulations  and
 best practices for home-based child care; and
   7.  Establishing  a  pilot  program to provide training for immigrants
 will allow the state to assess the program's impact and effectiveness;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   § 3. Section 94-b of the executive law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6.  IMMIGRANT IN-HOME CHILD CARE TRAINING PILOT PROGRAM.  (A) THERE IS
 HEREBY ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE OFFICE, IN COORDINATION WITH  ITS  SERVICE
 PROVIDER NETWORK AND RELEVANT STATE AGENCIES, A THREE-YEAR PILOT PROGRAM
 TO  BE  KNOWN  AS  THE  IMMIGRANT IN-HOME CHILD CARE TRAINING PROGRAM TO
 PROVIDE TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND OTHER SUPPORT TO  IMMIGRANTS
 SEEKING TO ESTABLISH LICENSED IN-HOME DAYCARE SERVICES.
   (B)  THE  OFFICE SHALL COORDINATE WITH ITS SERVICE PROVIDER NETWORK TO
 DELIVER TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE PROGRAM.
   (C) IN CREATING AND IMPLEMENTING THE PILOT PROGRAM, THE  OFFICE  SHALL
 COLLABORATE  WITH  THE NEW YORK STATE CHILD CARE COORDINATING COUNCIL AS
 WELL AS OTHER  STATE  AGENCIES  RESPONSIBLE  FOR  CHILDCARE  REGULATION,
 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES.
   (D)  THE OFFICE SHALL SELECT COUNTIES OR REGIONS IN WHICH TO OFFER THE
 PROGRAM; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE SELECTION OF  COUNTIES  OR  REGIONS
 OFFERING THE PROGRAM SHALL BE BASED ON CRITERIA DEVELOPED BY THE OFFICE,
 IN COORDINATION WITH THE NEW YORK STATE CHILD CARE COORDINATING COUNCIL,
 AND  SHALL  PRIORITIZE  COUNTIES OR REGIONS CONTAINING SIGNIFICANT IMMI-
 GRANT POPULATIONS, AS WELL AS SHORTAGES IN CHILDCARE PROVIDERS.
   (E) SERVICES OFFERED UNDER THE  PROGRAM  SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE
 LIMITED TO:
   (I) TRAINING TO COVER REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS, LICENSING, SAFETY STAN-
 DARDS, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, AND FINANCIAL LITER-
 ACY FOR HOME-BASED CHILD CARE;
   (II)  CULTURALLY  AND LINGUISTICALLY APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTION TO ENSURE
 ACCESSIBILITY; AND
   (III) AVAILABILITY OF MENTORSHIP AND  FOLLOW-UP  SUPPORT  FOR  PROGRAM
 PARTICIPANTS POST-TRAINING.
   (F)  THE  OFFICE SHALL ASSESS AND ADJUST THE PROGRAM BASED ON FEEDBACK
 AND EFFECTIVENESS.
   (G) THE OFFICE SHALL SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR  AND  THE
 LEGISLATURE  DETAILING PROGRAM PARTICIPATION, OUTCOMES, AND ANY BARRIERS
 TO IMPLEMENTATION.
   (H) FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAM SHALL BE AUTHORIZED THROUGH:
   (I) EXISTING FUNDING AVAILABLE TO THE OFFICE;
   (II) EXISTING STATE ALLOCATIONS FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, SMALL BUSI-
 NESS ASSISTANCE, AND POVERTY REDUCTION INITIATIVES; AND
   (III) ADDITIONAL ALLOCATIONS TO THE OFFICE AS AUTHORIZED  THROUGH  THE
 STATE BUDGET PROCESS.
   (I)  THE  OFFICE SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO ACCEPT, AS AGENT OF THE STATE,
 ANY GIFT, GRANT, DEVISE OR  BEQUEST,  WHETHER  CONDITIONAL  OR  UNCONDI-
 TIONAL,  INCLUDING  BUT NOT LIMITED TO FEDERAL GRANTS, AND TO USE MONIES
 MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE PROGRAM FROM ANY PUBLIC OR  PRIVATE  SOURCE,  FOR
 THE  PURPOSE  OF  IMPLEMENTING THE PROGRAM AS SET FORTH IN THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed three
 years after such date. Effective immediately,  the  addition,  amendment
 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
 of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.