Bill Text: NY A01346 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to training and education for sustainable wage jobs and traditional and non-traditional employment in public assistance employment programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to social services [A01346 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A01346-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          1346
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 11, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. SIMON, GOTTFRIED, SIMOTAS, JAFFEE -- Multi-Spon-
          sored by -- M.  of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Social Services
        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in  relation  to  training  and
          education for sustainable wage jobs and traditional and nontraditional
          employment in public assistance employment programs
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 330 of the social services law, as
     2  amended by section 148 of part B of chapter 436 of  the  laws  of  1997,
     3  paragraphs  a  and  b as amended by section 2 of part C of chapter 57 of
     4  the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
     5    1. Whenever used in this title:
     6    a. the term "commissioner" means the commissioner of the state  office
     7  of temporary and disability assistance; [and]
     8    b. the term "department" means the state office of temporary and disa-
     9  bility assistance;
    10    c.    the term "nontraditional employment" means occupations or fields
    11  of work, including careers in the skilled trades, or  computer  science,
    12  technology  and other emerging high skill occupations, for which any one
    13  gender comprises  less  than  twenty-five  percent  of  the  individuals
    14  employed  in  each such occupation or field of work according to federal
    15  department of labor statistics; and
    16    d. the term "sustainable wage" means a  wage  that  is  at  least  one
    17  hundred eighty-five percent of the poverty line and that is adjusted for
    18  regional factors.
    19    §  2.  The  second undesignated paragraph of section 333 of the social
    20  services law, as amended by section 148 of part B of chapter 436 of  the
    21  laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
    22    Such  plan  shall  be  developed  in cooperation and coordination with
    23  public and private education institutions, child care  providers,  child
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00793-01-7

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     1  care  resource and referral agencies if available in the district, labor
     2  unions, libraries, public and private employers, employment and training
     3  agencies and organizations, and private industry councils established in
     4  service  delivery  areas  defined  in  subdivision  five of section nine
     5  hundred seventy-one of the executive law.    Such  plan  shall  strongly
     6  consider,  for  individuals who have obtained a high school diploma or a
     7  general equivalency diploma (GED), training for  sustainable  wage  jobs
     8  and  promote  nontraditional  employment  opportunities for such partic-
     9  ipants; provided that any individual's preparation for employment  shall
    10  be consistent with federal and state work participation requirements.
    11    §  3.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  1 of section 334 of the social
    12  services law, as amended by section 148 of part B of chapter 436 of  the
    13  laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
    14    (a)  education,  employment and training opportunities available under
    15  the local plan, including: (i) education and  training  for  sustainable
    16  wage  jobs  and nontraditional employment opportunities; and (ii) educa-
    17  tional and training opportunities available at no cost  to  the  partic-
    18  ipant  as  well as the responsibilities associated with the repayment of
    19  student financial aid;
    20    §  4. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of  section  335  of  the  social
    21  services  law, as amended by section 148 of part B of chapter 436 of the
    22  laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
    23    (a) Based on the  assessment  required  by  subdivision  one  of  this
    24  section,  the social services official, in consultation with the partic-
    25  ipant, shall develop an employability plan in writing  which  shall  set
    26  forth  the  services  that will be provided by the social services offi-
    27  cial, including but not limited to child care and other services and the
    28  activities in which the participant will take part, including child care
    29  and other services and shall  set  forth  an  employment  goal  for  the
    30  participant.    To  the  extent  possible,  the employability plan shall
    31  reflect the preferences of the participant in a manner that is  consist-
    32  ent with the results of the participant's assessment and the need of the
    33  social services district to meet federal and state work activity partic-
    34  ipation  requirements,  and, if such preferences cannot be accommodated,
    35  the reasons shall be specified in the employability plan.  The  employa-
    36  bility  plan  shall  also take into account the participant's supportive
    37  services needs, available program resources, local  employment  opportu-
    38  nities, and shall strongly consider, for individuals who have obtained a
    39  high  school  diploma or a general equivalency diploma (GED), the poten-
    40  tial for available employment that pays  a  sustainable  wage;  provided
    41  that  any  individual's  preparation  for employment shall be consistent
    42  with federal and state work participation requirements;  and  where  the
    43  social  services official is considering an educational activity assign-
    44  ment for such  participant,  the  participant's  liability  for  student
    45  loans,  grants  and  scholarship awards. The employability plan shall be
    46  explained to the participant.  Any change to the participant's  employa-
    47  bility  plan required by the social services official shall be discussed
    48  with the participant and shall be documented in writing.
    49    § 5. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section  335-a  of  the  social
    50  services  law,  as  amended  by section 1 of part J of chapter 58 of the
    51  laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
    52    (a) Based on the  assessment  required  by  subdivision  one  of  this
    53  section,  the social services official, in consultation with the partic-
    54  ipant, shall develop an employability plan in writing  which  shall  set
    55  forth the services that will be provided by the social services official
    56  and  the  activities  in which the participant will take part, including

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     1  supportive services and shall set  forth  an  employment  goal  for  the
     2  participant.  To  the  extent  possible,  the  employability  plan shall
     3  reflect the preferences of the participant in a manner that is  consist-
     4  ent with the results of the participant's assessment and the need of the
     5  social services district to meet federal and state work activity partic-
     6  ipation  requirements,  and, if such preferences cannot be accommodated,
     7  the reasons shall be specified in the employability plan.  The  employa-
     8  bility  plan  also  shall take into account the participant's supportive
     9  services needs, available program resources, local  employment  opportu-
    10  nities, and shall strongly consider, for individuals who have obtained a
    11  high  school  diploma or a general equivalency diploma (GED), the poten-
    12  tial for available employment that pays  a  sustainable  wage;  provided
    13  that  any  individual's  preparation  for employment shall be consistent
    14  with federal and state work participation requirements;  and  where  the
    15  social  services official is considering an educational activity assign-
    16  ment for such  participant,  the  participant's  liability  for  student
    17  loans,  grants  and  scholarship awards. The employability plan shall be
    18  explained to the participant. Any change to the  participant's  employa-
    19  bility  plan required by the social services official shall be discussed
    20  with the participant and shall be documented in writing.
    21    § 6. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    22  it shall have become a law, and shall apply to employability plans  made
    23  or updated on and after such effective date.
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