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                                 1515--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SCARBOROUGH -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Children and Families -- recommitted to the Committee  on
  Children  and  Families  in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
  recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  relating to the establishment of a pilot program to provide job
  and vocational skills training to  youth  who  have  been  adjudicated
  juvenile  delinquents  or  juvenile  offenders  residing in a facility
  overseen by the office of children and family services; 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. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
the department of labor, in consultation with the office of children and
family services shall conduct a pilot program to provide job  and  voca-
tional  skills  training  to  youth  who  have been adjudicated juvenile
delinquents or juvenile offenders under article 3 of  the  family  court
act  and  who are residing in a facility overseen by the office of chil-
dren and family services as defined in section 504 or 504-a of the exec-
utive law. Such pilot program shall be conducted  in  three  residential
facilities  chosen  by  the  office of children and family services. The
office of children and family services shall choose the three facilities
in which the pilot program will  be  conducted  as  considering  factors
including, but not limited to, existing vocational and job skills train-
ing  programs,  the  need  for  expansion  of such programs, the average
length of stay, and age of youth at the specific facilities.  Such pilot
program shall use a combination of integrated support  services,  educa-
tional,  vocational  and job skill training to provide youth with skills
needed to advance to higher levels of education and higher wage jobs  in
growing  occupational  fields.    Youth  wishing  to participate in such

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

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program who are also  attending  school  or  are  receiving  educational
services  within the facility, must be given an option to participate in
the program at a time that does not conflict with their school or educa-
tion schedule.
  S  2. The name of any youth participating in the pilot program and any
other identifying information relating to the placement of such youth at
a residential facility, and his or her adjudication as a juvenile delin-
quent or juvenile offender, shall remain confidential  pursuant  to  law
and shall not be disclosed to any person or entity not otherwise author-
ized.
  S 3. To the extent possible, the department of labor and the office of
children  and family services shall work in collaboration with community
organizations operating in or around the counties where  the  facilities
chosen  for  the pilot program are located. Such community organizations
may include, but not be limited to, not-for-profit organizations,  faith
based  organizations,  local  development  corporations  and small busi-
nesses.
  S 4. The department of labor and the office  of  children  and  family
services  shall  issue a joint report on the status of the pilot program
to the chair of the New York state senate standing committee on children
and families, the chair of the New York state senate standing  committee
on labor, the chair of the New York state assembly standing committee on
children  and  families  and  the  chair  of the New York state assembly
standing committee on labor by December  31,  2016.  Such  report  shall
include, but not be limited to, the status of the program, the number of
youth  served  in the program, the average length of time youth received
services in the program, and the employment and educational outcomes  of
the youth participants if known, as of November 30, 2016.
  S  5.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed April 1, 2017.