File #: Int 0488-2022    Version: Name: Establishing a child care grant pilot program.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Women and Gender Equity
On agenda: 6/2/2022
Enactment date: 11/9/2022 Law number: 2022/104
Title: A Local Law in relation to establishing a child care grant pilot program
Sponsors: Julie Menin, Diana I. Ayala, Lynn C. Schulman, Kevin C. Riley, Julie Won, Mercedes Narcisse, Crystal Hudson, Rita C. Joseph, Carmen N. De La Rosa, Althea V. Stevens, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Tiffany Cabán, Farah N. Louis, Linda Lee, Adrienne E. Adams, Shahana K. Hanif, Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Shekar Krishnan, Eric Dinowitz, Pierina Ana Sanchez, Sandy Nurse, Christopher Marte, Sandra Ung, Erik D. Bottcher, Shaun Abreu, Marjorie Velázquez, Nantasha M. Williams, Chi A. Ossé, Lincoln Restler, James F. Gennaro, Oswald Feliz, Amanda Farías, Alexa Avilés, Darlene Mealy, Carlina Rivera , Francisco P. Moya, Keith Powers , Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
Council Member Sponsors: 38
Summary: This bill would require an administering agency designated by the Mayor to establish a three-year child care grant pilot program by July 1, 2023, from which grants may be awarded to child care programs that establish a need for assistance, in an amount that the administering agency determines appropriate to assist with maintaining such child care program’s operations. To be eligible for a grant, a child care program would need to be at significant risk of closure or displacement, file an application on a form prepared by the administering agency, certify the number of employees employed by such child care program, and meet any other requirements as determined by the administering agency. The administering agency would be required to post information about the pilot program online within one year after the commencement of the program, to be updated as appropriate. This bill would also require the administering agency to submit a report to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council no later than one year after the commencement of the program, and annually thereafter, on the grants awarded to each child care program, including, but not limited to, the name of each grant recipient, the type of child care program such grant recipient operates, and the amount of the grant received. The report would also include an overview of any challenges associated with implementing the pilot program and recommendations for whether and how such pilot program may be continued or expanded.
Indexes: Agency Rule-making Required, Report Required, Sunset Date Applies
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 488-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 488, 3. Int. No. 488, 4. June 2, 2022 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 5. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 6-2-22, 6. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - June 2, 2022, 7. Committee Report 6/29/22, 8. Hearing Testimony 6/29/22, 9. Hearing Transcript 6/29/22, 10. Proposed Int. No. 488-A - 10/4/22, 11. Committee Report 10/12/22, 12. Hearing Transcript 10/12/22, 13. Committee Report - Stated Meeting, 14. October 12, 2022 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 15. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 10-12-22, 16. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - October 12, 2022, 17. Int. No. 488-A (FINAL), 18. Fiscal Impact Statement, 19. Mayor's Letter, 20. Local Law 104
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Int. No. 488-A

 

By Council Members Menin, Ayala, Schulman, Riley, Won, Narcisse, Hudson, Joseph, De La Rosa, Stevens, Gutiérrez, Cabán, Louis, Lee, The Speaker (Council Member Adams), Hanif, Brooks-Powers, Krishnan, Dinowitz, Sanchez, Nurse, Marte, Ung, Bottcher, Abreu, Velázquez, Williams, Ossé, Restler, Gennaro, Feliz, Farías, Avilés, Mealy, Rivera, Moya, Powers and the Public Advocate (Mr. Williams)

 

A Local Law in relation to establishing a child care grant pilot program

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Child care grant pilot program. a. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

Administering agency. The term “administering agency” means the agency, office or individual designated by the mayor to administer the child care grant pilot program established by this section.

Child care program. The term “child care program” means any child care program serving children whose families are receiving child care assistance subject to title 5-C of article 6 of the social services law.

Pilot program. The term “pilot program” means the child care grant pilot program established by this local law.

b. Child care grant pilot program. 1. No later than July 1, 2023, the administering agency shall establish, subject to appropriation, a three-year pilot program from which grants may be awarded to child care programs, in accordance with the requirements of this section.

2. The administering agency may award to a child care program that establishes a need for assistance in accordance with rules of the administering agency a grant in an amount that the administering agency determines appropriate to assist with maintaining the operations of the child care program, except that the total combined grants paid to all child care programs in a fiscal year shall not exceed the appropriations for the pilot program for such fiscal year. The administering agency may award a grant to a child care program pursuant to this section only if the administering agency determines that there is a significant risk of closure or displacement of the child care program, and the child care program:

(a) Files an application for the pilot program on a form prepared by the administering agency;

(b) Certifies the number of employees employed by the child care program; and

(c) Meets any other requirements for the pilot program established by rules promulgated by the administering agency in accordance with this section.

c. Rules. No later than May 1, 2023, the administering agency shall promulgate rules to carry out the provisions of this section, including determining eligibility criteria for such grants and how grant awards from the pilot program may be allocated to child care programs each year in an equitable manner.

d. Report. No later than one year after the commencement of the pilot program, and annually thereafter, the administering agency shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council a report that includes, but need not be limited to, the following information:

1. For each grant recipient:

(a) The name of such grant recipient;

(b) The amount of the grant; and

(c) The type of child care program operated by such grant recipient;

2. An overview of any challenges associated with implementing the pilot program; and

3. Recommendations for whether and how such pilot program may be continued or expanded.

e. Website. No later than one year after the commencement of the pilot program, the administering agency shall post online, and update as appropriate, information on the pilot program, including, but not limited to, eligibility for such program, application instructions and required documentation.

            § 2. This local law takes effect immediately and is deemed repealed upon submission of the third annual report required by subdivision d of section one of this local law.

 

 

JEF / BM

LS # 8774

10/03/22 5:40 pm