Provides that, conditions of poverty, including but not limited to, the inability to provide or obtain clothing, home or property repair, or childcare, shall not be the sole determining factor when providing notification to the appropriate police authorities or the local child protective service unless there is willful or negligent action or failure to act and a nexus to harm such that the child has suffered or there is a substantial risk the child will suffer serious physical, mental, or emotional impairment.
Requires the office of children and family services implement a regional cost factor analysis for child care subsidies; requires social service districts implement such findings.
Relates to the establishment of a waiver for child care learning pods; provides that unlicensed and unregulated child care learning pods may operate if there are otherwise no violations of laws or codes, rules, and regulations of New York and such child care learning pod is compliant with the local laws, codes, rules, and regulations of such local municipality in which they are located and operated; provides for civil penalty for violations.
Directs the commissioner of the office of children and family services to establish a consumer directed childcare pilot program for eligible families, within amounts appropriated therefor, in up to five counties with populations between 160,000 and 300,000.
Relates to enacting the "safe landings for youth leaving foster care act" or "safe landings act", which provides protections for youth transitioning out of foster care who bring certain legal proceedings.
Provides access to representation for adults in child protective proceedings of the family court who are financially eligible as determined by the chief administrator of the courts; provides access by attorneys for adults and children to records of the statewide registry of child abuse and maltreatment.
Relates to the right to counsel in certain family court proceedings regarding violations of orders of child support and to establish paternity or parentage in the family court.
Requires the court in proceedings in which an order of protection or temporary order of protection has been issued and a child is the protected party to notify such child's school of such order of protection or temporary order or protection on the same day of the issuance of such order of protection or temporary order or protection.
Extends liability of certain agencies for negligence in the placement of a child in the authorized agency's custody, or in the supervision of a foster home or foster parents; extends jurisdiction of the court of claims to certain claims for injuries to a child.
Authorizes an application to be made in family court for the name change of a child under eighteen as part of a pending, related proceeding; makes related provisions.
Requires the office of children and family services to utilize a cost estimation model when determining the actual cost providers incur when providing child care; requires the office to prepare a report detailing such.