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                                   1191
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2018 relating to the establish-
   ment 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, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.2084
   and A.2449, in relation to making certain provisions permanent
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 1 of a chapter of the laws of 2018 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, as proposed in legislative bills numbers
 S.2084 and A.2449, is amended to read 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
 vocational 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 AT LEAST three
 residential facilities [chosen] OPERATED 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  voca-
 tional  and job skills training programs, the need for expansion of such
 programs, the average length of stay, and age of youth at  the  specific
 facilities.   Such pilot program] JOB AND VOCATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING FOR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 YOUTH IN FACILITIES OPERATED  BY  THE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY
 SERVICES  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]  JOB  AND  VOCATIONAL  SKILLS  TRAINING who are also attending
 school or are receiving educational services within the facility,  [must
 be  given an option] SHALL BE AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY to participate in
 the program at a time that does not conflict with their school or educa-
 tion schedule OR REQUIREMENTS.
   § 2. Section 3 of a chapter of the laws of 2018 relating to the estab-
 lishment of a pilot program to provide job and vocational skills  train-
 ing  to youth who have been adjudicated juvenile delinquents or juvenile
 offenders residing in a facility overseen by the office of children  and
 family  services,  as  proposed  in legislative bills numbers S.2084 and
 A.2449, is amended to read as follows:
   § 3. To the extent [possible] PRACTICABLE, [the  department  of  labor
 and]  the  office  of children and family services shall work in collab-
 oration with THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND community organizations operat-
 ing in or around the counties where the facilities [chosen for the pilot
 program] OPERATED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES  PROVID-
 ING  JOB  AND  VOCATIONAL  SKILLS  TRAINING  are located. Such community
 organizations may include, but not be limited to, not-for-profit  organ-
 izations,  faith based organizations, local development corporations and
 small businesses.
   § 3. Section 4 of a chapter of the laws of 2018 relating to the estab-
 lishment of a pilot program to provide job and vocational skills  train-
 ing  to youth who have been adjudicated juvenile delinquents or juvenile
 offenders residing in a facility overseen by the office of children  and
 family  services,  as  proposed  in legislative bills numbers S.2084 and
 A.2449, is amended to read as follows:
   § 4. The [department of labor and the] office of children  and  family
 services,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, shall issue a
 [joint] report on the [status of the pilot program] JOB  AND  VOCATIONAL
 SKILLS  TRAINING SERVICES FOR YOUTH IN FACILITIES OPERATED BY THE OFFICE
 OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES 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 AND EVERY THREE YEARS THEREAFTER. Such  report  shall  include,
 but  not  be  limited to, the status of the [program] JOB AND VOCATIONAL
 SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAMS IN FACILITIES DIRECTLY OPERATED BY  THE  OFFICE
 OF  CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY  SERVICES,  the number of youth served in [the
 program] SUCH PROGRAMS, the average length of time youth received JOB OR
 VOCATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING services in [the program] SUCH PROGRAMS,  and
 AGGREGATE  INFORMATION ON the employment and educational outcomes of the
 youth participants if known, as of November 30[, 2019] OF EACH  YEAR  OF
 THE YEARS COVERED BY THE REPORT.
   § 4. Section 5 of a chapter of the laws of 2018 relating to the estab-
 lishment  of a pilot program to provide job and vocational skills train-
 ing to youth who have been adjudicated juvenile delinquents or  juvenile
 offenders  residing in a facility overseen by the office of children and
 family services, as proposed in legislative  bills  numbers  S.2084  and
 A.2449, is amended to read as follows:

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   §  5.  This act shall take effect immediately [and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed April 1, 2020].
   §  5.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2018 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,  as  proposed  in legislative bills numbers S.2084 and A.2449,
 takes effect.