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This bill requires child day care providers in New York to receive training on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and trauma-informed care.
Why it matters
Expands training requirements to include adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and trauma-informed care. , meaning child care providers will need to understand how early trauma can affect children's behavior and development, potentially improving how they respond to and support kids facing difficulties.
Mandates that even legally exempt providers (with the exception of close relatives) must receive this training. , which broadens the scope of who is required to be educated about trauma, increasing the likelihood that children in various care settings receive support from informed adults.
Aims to foster resiliency in children by equipping caregivers with skills to nurture and respond effectively to trauma. , which could have long-term benefits for children’s emotional well-being and educational outcomes.
Empowers the Office of Children and Family Services to set and enforce these training standards. , giving the agency flexibility to update regulations and ensure that training content stays current with best practices in trauma-informed care.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
11081
IN ASSEMBLY
June 4, 2018
Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Hevesi) -read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to standards and training for child day care
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subparagraphs (viii) and (ix) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 390-a of the social services law, subparagraph (viii) as amended by chapter 552 of the laws of 2003 and subparagraph (ix) as amended by chapter 117 of the laws of 2010, are amended and a new subparagraph (x) is added to read as follows:
(viii) statutes and regulations pertaining to child abuse and maltreatment; [and]
(ix) for operators, program directors, employees and assistants of family day care homes, group family day care homes and child day care centers, education and information on the identification, diagnosis and prevention of shaken baby syndrome[.]; and
(x) adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), focused on understanding trauma and on nurturing resiliency.
§ 2. Subdivision 3 of section 390-a of the social services law is amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows:
(f) The office of children and family services shall issue regulations establishing that training with respect to adverse childhood experiences shall be included within the minimum health and safety training requirements for child day care providers, including those that are otherwise legally exempt from the provisions of section three hundred ninety of this article, other than the parent, step-parent, guardian, or relative within the third degree of consanguinity of the parents or step-parents of such child who provides care only for a child or children related to them.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed by the commissioner of the office of children and family services on or before such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16143-01-8
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