NY State Senate Bill 2015-S906A

Senate Bill S906A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Establishes a pilot program to provide job and vocational skills training to youth who have been adjudicated juvenile delinquents or juvenile offenders

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Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 21, 2016	print number 906a
Jan 21, 2016	amend and recommit to social services
Jan 06, 2016	referred to social services
Jan 07, 2015	referred to social services

Bill Amendments

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co-Sponsors

2015-S906 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Social Services
Law Section:: Social Services
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S6713
2011-2012: S67
2013-2014: S1293

2015-S906 - Summary

Establishes 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.

2015-S906 - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S906

TITLE OF BILL:  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

PURPOSE:

Establishes a pilot program that would provide job and vocational
skills training to youth who have been adjudicated juvenile
delinquents or juvenile offenders and are residing in a facility
overseen by the office of children and family services.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 establishes the parameters and goals of the pilot program.

Section 2 clarifies that confidentiality provisions which are
otherwise applicable continue to apply to this program.

Section 3 sets out the collaboration between the department of labor
and the office of children and family services on the development and
operation of these training programs.

Section 4 details reporting requirements.

Section 5 contains the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:

This bill responds to a recommendation of the Governor's Task Force on
Transforming Juvenile Justice issued in December 2009.

OCFS does not currently offer enough vocational training which will
help youth in juvenile justice facilities attain practical job skills.
By collaborating with the Department of Labor, OCFS will be able to
ensure that these youth receive top-quality training that responds to
their needs,and perhaps can smooth the path for success once they
leave OCFS custody. These training programs will also help these youth
develop strengths and assert control over their lives.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2009-2010: S.6713 - Passed Senate;
2011-2012: S.67-A - Referred to Children and Families and Died in
Committee;
2013-2014: S.1293 - Referred to Children and Families and Died in
Committee.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:


This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed
repealed April 1, 2019.

2015-S906 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   906

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services

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
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.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02224-01-5

S. 906                              2

  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,  2018.  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, 2018.
  S  5.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed April 1, 2019.

co-Sponsors

2015-S906A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Social Services
Law Section:: Social Services
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S6713
2011-2012: S67
2013-2014: S1293

2015-S906A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S906A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S906A

 TITLE OF BILL :

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

 PURPOSE :

Establishes a pilot program that would provide job and vocational
skills training to youth who have been adjudicated juvenile
delinquents or juvenile offenders and are residing in a facility
overseen by the office of children and family services.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 establishes the parameters and goals of the pilot program.

Section 2 clarifies that confidentiality provisions which are
otherwise applicable continue to apply to this program.

Section 3 sets out the collaboration between the department of labor
and the office of children and family services on the development and

operation of these training programs.

Section 4 details reporting requirements.

Section 5 contains the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

This bill responds to a recommendation of the Governor's Task Force on
Transforming Juvenile Justice issued in December 2009.

OCFS does not currently offer enough vocational training which will
help youth in juvenile justice facilities attain practical job skills.
By collaborating with the Department of Labor, OCFS will be able to
ensure that these youth receive top-quality training that responds to
their needs,and perhaps can smooth the path for success once they
leave OCFS custody. These training programs will also help these youth
develop strengths and assert control over their lives.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2009-2010: S.6713 Passed Senate;
2011-2012: S.67-A Referred to Children and Families and Died in
Committee;
2013-2014: S.1293 Referred to Children and Families and Died in
Committee.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

To be determined.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed
repealed April 1, 2020.

2015-S906A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 906--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. MONTGOMERY, KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed,  and  when  printed  to  be  committed  to the Committee on Social
  Services -- recommitted to the Committee on Social Services in accord-
  ance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- 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
program  who  are  also  attending  school  or are receiving educational

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02224-03-6

S. 906--A                           2

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,  2019.  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, 2019.
  S  5.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed April 1, 2020.

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Sponsored By

Velmanette Montgomery

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Social Services Committee

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

Liz Krueger

2015-S906 - Details

2015-S906 - Summary

2015-S906 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S906 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

Leroy Comrie

Liz Krueger

Jose Peralta

Roxanne J. Persaud

2015-S906A (ACTIVE) - Details

2015-S906A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S906A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S906A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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