Bill Text: NY A06016 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes child care assistance to be made available to certain victims of domestic violence who are in need of assistance in order for a parent or caretaker relative to engage in work or participate in work activities.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to children and families [A06016 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A06016-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6016

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 30, 2023
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        Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM, GRAY -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Children and Families

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  social  services law, in relation to child care
          assistance for victims of domestic violence

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraphs (d) and (e) of subdivision 1 of section 410-w of
     2  the social services law, as amended by section 2 of part L of chapter 56
     3  of  the  laws  of  2022, are amended and a new paragraph (f) is added to
     4  read as follows:
     5    (d) families with incomes up to  two  hundred  percent  of  the  state
     6  income  standard,  or three hundred percent of the state income standard
     7  effective August first, two thousand twenty-two,  who  are  attending  a
     8  post secondary educational program; provided, the family income does not
     9  exceed eighty-five percent of the state median income; [and]
    10    (e) other families with incomes up to two hundred percent of the state
    11  income  standard,  or three hundred percent of the state income standard
    12  effective August  first,  two  thousand  twenty-two,  which  the  social
    13  services district designates in its consolidated services plan as eligi-
    14  ble for child care assistance in accordance with criteria established by
    15  the  department; provided, the family income does not exceed eighty-five
    16  percent of the state median income[.]; and
    17    (f) victims of domestic violence as defined in  section  four  hundred
    18  eighty-one-c  of this chapter who are in need of assistance in order for
    19  a parent or caretaker relative to engage in work or participate in  work
    20  activities pursuant to the provisions of title nine-B of article five of
    21  this chapter.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09736-01-3