New York A 9302: Enacts the "child care for caregivers act"

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A09302 Summary:

BILL NOA09302 

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SPONSORTapia

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Amd §410-x, Soc Serv L

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Establishes the regulated child care workforce as a priority population for child care assistance program funds; requires a public education and outreach campaign.

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BILL NOA09302 

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12/10/2025referred to children and families

01/07/2026referred to children and families

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9302

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 December 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. TAPIA -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Children and Families

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to enacting the
 "child care for caregivers act"

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "child care for caregivers act".
 3 § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 410-x of the social
 4 services law, as amended by section 3 of part U of chapter 56 of the
 5 laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
 6 (a) (i) The office of children and family services may establish
 7 priorities for the families which will be eligible to receive funding;
 8 provided that the priorities provide that eligible families will receive
 9 equitable access to child care assistance funds to the extent that these
 10 funds are available. The office of children and family services shall
 11 ensure that families in receipt of child care assistance as of September
 12 thirtieth, two thousand twenty-three who were identified as a priority
 13 population under a local social services district's consolidated
 14 services plan shall continue to be eligible for such assistance,
 15 provided they meet all other applicable eligibility requirements for
 16 such assistance.
 17 (ii) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
 18 office of children and family services shall, consistent with federal
 19 law and regulation, designate families in which a parent or caretaker
 20 relative is a member of the regulated child care workforce as a top
 21 priority population for the receipt of child care assistance under this
 22 subdivision.
 23 (iii) For purposes of this subdivision, "regulated child care work-
 24 force" shall mean individuals employed by licensed or registered child
 25 day care centers, programs operating as group family day care homes or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13976-01-5

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 1 family day care homes, enrolled legally exempt providers, or school-age
 2 child care programs regulated by the office of children and family
 3 services, including but not limited to teachers, teaching assistants,
 4 and teacher aides.
 5 (iv) The office of children and family services shall ensure that
 6 funding is set aside or otherwise reserved for regulated child care
 7 workforce populations sufficient to provide child care assistance to
 8 eligible families, to the extent of appropriations made available there-
 9 for.
 10 (v) The office of children and family services shall conduct, or cause
 11 to be conducted, a statewide public education and outreach campaign to
 12 inform members of the regulated child care workforce of their eligibil-
 13 ity and priority status for child care assistance under subparagraph
 14 (ii) of this paragraph. Such campaign shall include, but not be limited
 15 to, publication of information on the office of children and family
 16 services website, coordination with local social services districts, and
 17 collaboration with child care resource and referral agencies and employ-
 18 er networks.
 19 § 3. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 of section 410-x of the social
 20 services law, as added by chapter 416 of the laws of 2000, is amended to
 21 read as follows:
 22 (e) The commissioner of the office of children and family services
 23 shall submit a report to the governor, temporary p