What's happening
This bill requires the Office of Children and Family Services to create and maintain a real-time, public database of available beds for runaway and homeless youth.
Why it matters
Provides real-time information for youth and service providers. By requiring up-to-date listings of available beds, the bill can help runaway and homeless youth, as well as the professionals assisting them, quickly find safe shelter, potentially reducing time spent on the streets.
Enhances transparency and accessibility. Making the database public and searchable both online and through a phone app means families, advocates, and youth themselves can independently access critical information about shelter availability and services.
Supports data-driven resource allocation and planning. Continuous data collection on bed availability, age ranges, length of stay, and services offered enables policymakers and agencies to identify gaps, allocate resources more effectively, and spot trends in youth homelessness.
Addresses diverse needs of homeless youth. By including information on age ranges and services offered, the bill acknowledges that homeless youth are not a homogenous group and that different facilities may better serve different populations, such as LGBTQ+ youth or those needing specialized services.
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- Print number 6549a
- Amend and recommit to children and families
- Referred to children and families
- Referred to children and families
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Track Shelter Beds for Youth
In Senate Committee · Children And Families · Sponsor Anna Kaplan
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6549--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 11, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families -- recommitted to the Committee on Children and Families in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the office of children and family services to maintain a database of available beds for runaway and/or homeless youth
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 532-e of the executive law is renumbered subdivision 9.
§ 2. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 7 of section 532-e of the executive law, as added by chapter 361 of the laws of 2019, is amended and a new subdivision 8 is added to read as follows:
(e) how to address the families of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth; [and]
8. work with service providers to gather information to create and maintain a publicly searchable database of available beds at residential facilities currently available for runaway and/or homeless youth on the office's website and on a companion phone application. Such database shall be updated in real time and shall provide and be searchable by the following information:
(a) the name and address of the facility;
(b) the number of beds available at the facility;
(c) the age range allowable for the available bed;
(d) the length of time the runaway and/or homeless youth may stay at the facility; and
(e) the services offered at the facility; and
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09709-02-0
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