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A10494 Summary:

BILL NOA10494 

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SAME ASSAME AS S09529

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SPONSORClark

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COSPNSRKay, Stirpe, Conrad, Kassay, Lunsford, Carroll P, Bronson, Magnarelli, McMahon, Hevesi, Barrett,
 Simon, Rivera, Wieder

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd Art 6 Title 5-C Title Head, §§410-u, 410-v, 410-w, 410-x, 410-y & 410-z, Soc Serv L

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Renames the block grant for child care to the early childhood fund; requires the office of children and family services administer such fund; expands who qualifies for guaranteed child care assistance.

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BILL NOA10494 

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03/06/2026referred to children and families

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10494

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 6, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. CLARK -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Children and Families

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring the
 office of children and family services administrate the early child-
 hood fund

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

 1 Section 1. The title heading of title 5-C of article 6 of the social
 2 services law, as added by section 52 of part B of chapter 436 of the
 3 laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
 4 [BLOCK GRANT FOR CHILD CARE] EARLY CHILDHOOD FUND

 5 § 2. Section 410-u of the social services law, as added by section 52
 6 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997 and subdivision 2 as
 7 amended by section 1 of part U of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, is
 8 amended to read as follows:
 9 § 410-u. Establishment of [block grant for child care] the early
 10 childhood fund. 1. The [department] office of children and family
 11 services shall establish [a state block grant] an early childhood fund
 12 for child care comprised of all of the federal funds appropriated for
 13 child care under title IV-A of the federal social security act and under
 14 the federal child care and development block grant act and any addi-
 15 tional federal funds that the state chooses to transfer from the federal
 16 family assistance to needy families block grant to the child care and
 17 development block grant plus any state funds appropriated for the
 18 provision by social services districts of child care assistance to fami-
 19 lies in receipt of family assistance and other low income families and
 20 for activities to increase the availability and/or quality of child care
 21 programs.
 22 2. The [state block grant] early childhood fund for child care shall
 23 be divided into two parts pursuant to a plan developed by the [depart-
 24 ment] office and approved by the director of the budget. One part shall
 25 be retained by the state to provide child care on a statewide basis low
 26 income families as defined in subdivision four of section four hundred

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14961-01-6

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 1 ten-w of this article, except in a city with a population of one million
 2 or more. This part shall also be used to provide child care on a state-
 3 wide basis to special groups and for activities to increase the avail-
 4 ability and/or quality of child care programs, including, but not limit-
 5 ed to, the start-up of child care programs, the operation of child care
 6 resource and referral programs, training activities, the regulation and
 7 monitoring of child care programs, the development of computerized data
 8 systems, and consumer education, provided however, that child care
 9 resource and referral programs funded under title five-B of article six
 10 of this chapter shall meet additional performance standards developed by
 11 the [department] office of [social] children and family services includ-
 12 ing but not limited to: increasing the number of child care placements
 13 for persons who are at or below eighty-five percent of the state median
 14 income, with emphasis on placements supporting local efforts in meeting
 15 federal and state work participation requirements, increasing technical
 16 assist