Details Meeting Name: Committee on General Welfare Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 10/25/2021 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: REMOTE HEARING (VIRTUAL ROOM 2) Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: CLICK ANY FILE # BELOW (in blue) TO ACCESS LEGISLATION AND ATTACHMENTS Meeting Items (15) 15 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: All agenda items Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Prime Sponsor Agenda # Agenda Note Name Type Summary Action Result Action Details Multimedia                     Roll call Not available Int 1304-2018 * Daniel Dromm     Authorizing council members and the public advocate to visit and inspect detention facilities. Introduction This bill would authorize Council Members and the Public Advocate to visit and inspect secure and non-secure detention facilities administered by the Administration for Children's Services. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1304-2018 * Daniel Dromm     Authorizing council members and the public advocate to visit and inspect detention facilities. Introduction This bill would authorize Council Members and the Public Advocate to visit and inspect secure and non-secure detention facilities administered by the Administration for Children's Services. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1829-2019 * Diana I. Ayala     Precluding the department of homeless services from requiring a child’s presence at an intake center when a family with children applies for shelter. Introduction This bill would preclude the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) from requiring that every member of a family be present at its intake center when that family seeks placement at a shelter. Currently, DHS requires that children under the age of 21 be present with their adult family members at the facility that processes shelter applications. This bill would allow these families to complete the application process without disrupting children’s schooling or other daily activities. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1829-2019 * Diana I. Ayala     Precluding the department of homeless services from requiring a child’s presence at an intake center when a family with children applies for shelter. Introduction This bill would preclude the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) from requiring that every member of a family be present at its intake center when that family seeks placement at a shelter. Currently, DHS requires that children under the age of 21 be present with their adult family members at the facility that processes shelter applications. This bill would allow these families to complete the application process without disrupting children’s schooling or other daily activities. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1992-2020 * Diana I. Ayala     Establishing a pilot program in the administration for children’s services to train case workers who specialize in developmental, intellectual and physical disabilities. Introduction This bill would establish a pilot program within the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to train a small percentage of ACS case workers to specialize in developmental, intellectual and physical disabilities. This bill would also require the Commissioner of Children’s Services to submit a report to the Mayor and the Speaker of the City Council on the merits of the pilot program. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1992-2020 * Diana I. Ayala     Establishing a pilot program in the administration for children’s services to train case workers who specialize in developmental, intellectual and physical disabilities. Introduction This bill would establish a pilot program within the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to train a small percentage of ACS case workers to specialize in developmental, intellectual and physical disabilities. This bill would also require the Commissioner of Children’s Services to submit a report to the Mayor and the Speaker of the City Council on the merits of the pilot program. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 2405-2021 * Stephen T. Levin     Runaway and homeless youth eligibility for rental assistance. Introduction This bill would allow youth who have spent time in runaway and homeless youth services funded by the Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) to be eligible for CityFHEPS rental assistance vouchers. Any 90 days of the previous two years spent in these services would count as time spent in shelter for purposes of determining eligibility for the vouchers. The provision of vouchers to such individuals would be subject to appropriation. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 2405-2021 * Stephen T. Levin     Runaway and homeless youth eligibility for rental assistance. Introduction This bill would allow youth who have spent time in runaway and homeless youth services funded by the Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) to be eligible for CityFHEPS rental assistance vouchers. Any 90 days of the previous two years spent in these services would count as time spent in shelter for purposes of determining eligibility for the vouchers. The provision of vouchers to such individuals would be subject to appropriation. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 2419-2021 * Stephen T. Levin     Quarterly reporting by the administration for children’s services on the amount of time children spend in the children’s center or temporary placement facilities. Introduction This bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to report to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council, and post on the ACS website, a quarterly report about the amount of time that children spend in the children’s center or a temporary placement facility. The report would include information about the number of days spent in a facility, the type of facility, the age of the child, the level of care recommended, the number of children placed in a facility for the first time and the number of children placed in a facility on two or more occasions. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 2419-2021 * Stephen T. Levin     Quarterly reporting by the administration for children’s services on the amount of time children spend in the children’s center or temporary placement facilities. Introduction This bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to report to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council, and post on the ACS website, a quarterly report about the amount of time that children spend in the children’s center or a temporary placement facility. The report would include information about the number of days spent in a facility, the type of facility, the age of the child, the level of care recommended, the number of children placed in a facility for the first time and the number of children placed in a facility on two or more occasions. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 2420-2021 * Stephen T. Levin     Requiring an audit and report on foster care placement notices. Introduction The New York Social Services law and Family Court Act require that when a foster care placement changes, a social services agency or worker must provide the attorney for the child with notice of the change in placement. This bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to conduct quarterly audits of foster care placement notifications. The audit would include a review of instances in which a notice was not provided as required, the time elapsed between a change in foster care placement and when the placement notice was provided, when notice of the change was provided to the attorney for the child and a summary of the information that was missing from the notice. ACS would be required to report to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council, and post on the ACS website, a report with the results of its audit from the preceding quarter. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 2420-2021 * Stephen T. Levin     Requiring an audit and report on foster care placement notices. Introduction The New York Social Services law and Family Court Act require that when a foster care placement changes, a social services agency or worker must provide the attorney for the child with notice of the change in placement. This bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to conduct quarterly audits of foster care placement notifications. The audit would include a review of instances in which a notice was not provided as required, the time elapsed between a change in foster care placement and when the placement notice was provided, when notice of the change was provided to the attorney for the child and a summary of the information that was missing from the notice. ACS would be required to report to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council, and post on the ACS website, a report with the results of its audit from the preceding quarter. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 2379-2021 * Darma V. Diaz     Requiring the department of social services to create a domestic violence shelter designated for men. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Social Services (DSS) to establish a domestic violence shelter exclusively for individuals who identify as men. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 2379-2021 * Darma V. Diaz     Requiring the department of social services to create a domestic violence shelter designated for men. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Social Services (DSS) to establish a domestic violence shelter exclusively for individuals who identify as men. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available