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.

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S1293-2013 Actions

• Jan 9, 2013: REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

S1293-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S1293

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 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expire and be deemed repealed April 1, 2016.

S1293-2013 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                    1293

                         2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 9, 2013
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by Sens. MONTGOMERY, ADAMS, HASSELL-THOMPSON, KRUEGER, PARK-
    ER, SAMPSON, SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when print-
    ed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families

  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

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD02677-01-3

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  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,  2015.  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, 2015.
    S  5.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
  deemed repealed April 1, 2016.