New York A 2183: Directs the council on children and families to establish an online listing and map of publicly funded or registered afterschool and school age child care programs

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STATE OF NEW YORK
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2183
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 17, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. MAYER, JAFFEE, ROZIC, BARRETT, BUCHWALD, SKOUFIS,
STECK, COOK, OTIS, GALEF, PERRY, CRESPO, LUPARDO, FAHY, TITUS, WALKER,
BARRON, RAIA, STIRPE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN,
RIVERA, SOLAGES, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Children and Families
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to directing the
council on children and families to establish an online listing and
map of publicly funded or registered afterschool and school age child
care programs and to expand the duties of the commissioner of social
services; and to amend the education law, in relation to expanding the
duties of the commissioner of education
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
2 483-h to read as follows:
3 § 483-h. List of child care providers. 1. The council, in accordance
4 with information made available to it by the office of children and
5 family services pursuant to section seventeen of this chapter and
6 provided to it by the state education department pursuant to section
7 three hundred five of the education law, shall develop and make avail-
8 able through a link on its website:
9 (a) a listing of:
10 (1) all recipients of competitive grants awarded or administered by
11 the state for the purpose of providing: (i) afterschool or summer
12 programs as defined in section two of this chapter, or extended learning
13 time, including but not limited to grants for such purposes awarded
14 under section thirty-six hundred forty-one of the education law; or (ii)
15 community schools, including but not limited to grants for such purposes
16 awarded under section thirty-six hundred forty-one of the education law;
17 and
EXPLANATION--Matter in (underscored) is new; matter in bracketsitalics
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (2) all registered school age child care providers registered by the
2 office of children and family services; and
3 (b) a map displaying the locations of the award recipients and provid-
4 ers described in subparagraph one of paragraph (a) of this subdivision.
5 2. The listing shall include for each grant recipient or provider the
6 recipient's or provider's name, the address at which the program is
7 offered, and the name and phone number of an individual who is author-
8 ized to answer questions regarding the program.
9 3. The listing and map described in subdivision one of this section
10 shall be updated no less than once a year. The listing and map shall
11 also be updated within ninety days of the date of execution or expira-
12 tion of contracts with grant recipients when all such contracts are
13 executing or expiring for a particular competitive grant.
14 4. The council may include locations and information for additional
15 relevant programs as it sees fit.
16 § 2. Subdivision (h) of section 17 of the social services law, as
17 added by section 1 of part k3 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2007, is
18 amended to read as follows:
19 (h) make available on its website all award allocations for request
20 for proposals issued by the office of children and family services upon
21 release of such awards. Such information shall also include all organ-
22 izations requesting funding and the amounts requested for each request
23 for proposal. The office of children and family services may also
24 include any other information related to each program that it deems
25 appropriate[ ]. ;
26 § 3. Subdivisions (i) and (j) of section 17 of the social services
27 law, subdivision (j) as relettered by section 1 of part W of chapter 54
28 of the laws of 2016, are relettered subdivisions (j) and (k).
29 § 3-a. Section 17 of the social services law is amended by adding a
30 new subdivision (i) to read as follows:
31 (i) make available to the council on children and families, through
32 the OpenNY website, information regarding: (1) all recipients of grants
33 awarded or administered by the state for the purposes of providing
34 afterschool or summer programs as defined in section two of this chap-
35 ter, extended learning time, including but not limited to grants for
36 such purposes awarded under section thirty-six hundred forty-one of the
37 education law, or community schools, including but not limited to grants
38 for such purposes awarded under section thirty-six hundred forty-one of
39 the education law; and (2) registered school age child care providers
40 registered by the office of children and family services. For each grant
41 recipient or provider the recipient's or provider's name, the address at
42 which the program is offered, and the name and phone number of an indi-
43 vidual who is authorized to answer questions regarding the progr