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- Committee discharged and committed to social services
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Prohibits work experience programs in New York
In Assembly Committee · Ways And Means · Sponsor Keith L.T. Wright
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S3597
Title of bill
An act to amend the social services law, in relation to prohibiting work experience programs in New York
Purpose or general idea of bill
To improve the work activity options provided to New Yorkers receiving public assistance and provide greater flexibility regarding how work requirements could be met in order to prepare them for unsubsidized job placement.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 amends subdivision 1 of section 336 of the social services law by limiting federal work requirement to activities which will improve the recipient's employment opportunities and allows participants to choose locations where they perform community service.
Section two amends section 336-c of the social services law, to prohibit work experience programs in the State of New York.
Justification
The Work Experience Program is currently forcing over 25,000 New Yorkers to work without receiving a paycheck, social security credit, or eligibility for earned income tax credit. This bill prohibits counties from fulfilling their work requirements by using the work experience program. The work experience program provides public agencies and nonprofit organizations a pool of unpaid labor, resulting in the displacement of full time workers. This bill would eradicate that practice. The bill maintains the work activity requirement, providing counties to choose from a number of options to provide public assistance recipients needed to fulfill their requirements
Prior legislative history
2013-14 Session - S.5120 - referred to Social Services
Fiscal implications
None
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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