§ 512. Weekly allowances; work experience. 1. Every child being cared
for in a division facility may receive a weekly allowance approved by
the director of the budget, in accordance with regulations of the
division, as compensation for work or services performed in a division
facility. Such weekly allowance shall be paid from moneys appropriated
to the division for maintenance and operation.

2. A child who is being cared for in a division facility may, with the
permission of the facility director, work outside of such facility when
attendance upon instruction is not required pursuant to the education
law. No such child may be permitted to work unless the conditions of
work, including wages, meet the standards therefor prescribed pursuant
to the labor law. The facility director may require that a part of the
wages of such child, not to exceed twenty-five per centum thereof, be
deposited in a general welfare fund to be utilized for the benefit of
all children in such facility.