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A01760 Summary:

BILL NOA01760 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORCunningham

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COSPNSRJackson, Gonzalez-Rojas, Lunsford

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 6 Title 1-B §394-h, Soc Serv L

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Establishes the youth in progress advisory board and regional teams for adolescents in foster care to provide mentorship of youths in foster care; requires reporting.

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BILL NOA01760 

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01/14/2025referred to children and families

01/07/2026referred to children and families

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1760

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Children and Families

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing the
 youth in progress statewide advisory board and regional teams for
 adolescents in foster care for the state

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

 1 Section 1. Article 6 of the social services law is amended by adding a
 2 new title 1-B to read as follows:

 3 TITLE 1-B
 4 YOUTH IN PROGRESS

 5 Section 394-h. Youth in progress.
 6 § 394-h. Youth in progress. 1. The youth in progress statewide advi-
 7 sory board is hereby established for the purposes of bringing together
 8 youth age fourteen and older who are or have been in foster care in
 9 order to discuss common experiences, ideas and concerns. The local
 10 social services departments, authorized agencies serving adolescents in
 11 foster care, the office of children and family services, and contractors
 12 of the office may recruit appropriate youth to participate in the youth
 13 in progress statewide advisory board and regional teams on a voluntary
 14 basis.
 15 2. The office of children and family services shall facilitate the
 16 formation of regional youth in progress teams and assist in identifying
 17 an adult mentor for each youth team member. The regional youth in
 18 progress teams and adult mentors shall meet on a regular basis and shall
 19 conduct periodic regional forums for foster care youth to speak out on
 20 issues of interest to adolescents in foster care.
 21 3. The youth in progress statewide advisory board shall include a
 22 representative from the regional teams that will advise the office of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01960-01-5

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 1 children and family services and the council on children and families on
 2 issues relating to foster care. In each of the six office of children
 3 and family services regions the youth in progress regional team or teams
 4 shall nominate up to four youth members and their adult mentors to
 5 participate in the youth in progress statewide advisory board. In addi-
 6 tion, four youth currently or formerly placed with the office of chil-
 7 dren and family services' division of juvenile justice and opportunities
 8 for youth shall be selected by the members of the youth in progress
 9 statewide advisory board, to be members of the advisory board's member-
 10 ship. The youth in progress statewide advisory board shall have up to
 11 twenty-eight youth participants and shall meet at least three times each
 12 year.
 13 4. (a) The youth in progress statewide advisory board may issue an
 14 annual report with its recommendations on issues of interest to adoles-
 15 cents in foster care. The report may include other information on the
 16 activities of the youth in progress statewide advisory board. The office
 17 of children and family services shall provide technical assistance to
 18 the youth in progress statewide advisory board, including distribution
 19 of the annual report. Such reports shall be made available to the public
 20 and shall be submitted to: the governor, the legislature, the director
 21 of the council on children and families, and the member agencies of the
 22 council on children and families. The contents of the youth in progress
 23 annual report shall be solely the