New York S 5228: Directs the office of children and family services to establish a center for fatherhood initiatives

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S05228 Summary:

BILL NOS05228A

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SAME ASSAME AS A01211-A

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SPONSORBAILEY

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COSPNSRBROUK, FERNANDEZ, LIU, RHOADS

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §501-i, Exec L

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Directs the office of children and family services to establish a center for fatherhood initiatives to issue grants to initiatives regarding the promotion and advancement of fatherhood, including but not limited to all underserved fatherhood groups to help expand opportunities to improve parenting knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy.

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BILL NOS05228A

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02/19/2025REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

05/29/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

05/29/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1491

06/04/2025PASSED SENATE

06/04/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/04/2025referred to children and families

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

04/29/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

04/29/2026PRINT NUMBER 5228A

05/28/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

05/28/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1358

06/01/2026PASSED SENATE

06/01/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/01/2026referred to ways and means

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5228--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 19, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. BAILEY, BROUK, FERNANDEZ, LIU -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Children and Families -- recommitted to the Committee on Children and
 Families in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to directing the office
 of children and family services to establish a center for fatherhood
 initiatives

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

 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 501-i
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 501-i. The center for fatherhood initiatives. There is hereby
 4 established within the office of children and family services the center
 5 for fatherhood initiatives. The center for fatherhood initiatives shall
 6 issue grants to initiatives regarding the promotion and advancement of
 7 fatherhood, including but not limited to all underserved fatherhood
 8 groups to help expand opportunities to improve parenting knowledge,
 9 attitudes, and self-efficacy. The center for fatherhood initiatives may
 10 also provide such services. The commissioner of the office of children
 11 and family services may promulgate any necessary rules and regulations
 12 for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of the center for
 13 fatherhood initiatives.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 15 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00316-04-6

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