What's happening
This bill expands New York's internet mapping resource to include information about home visiting programs, in addition to child care and afterschool programs.
Why it matters
Broader Family Support Visibility. By adding home visiting programs to the mapping resource, families can more easily find not only child care and afterschool services, but also evidence-based programs that offer support, guidance, and resources to parents with young children, which can be especially critical for new or vulnerable parents.
Inclusion Regardless of Funding Source. The bill ensures that home visiting programs are listed whether or not they receive state funding, expanding the directory to include privately funded or locally supported services, thus offering a more complete picture of available help in the community.
Improved Data Transparency and Access. The amendment requires annual updates and standardized information—including the name, location, contact information, and a description of who is served—providing families, service providers, and policymakers with more reliable, current data for decision-making and referrals.
Potential for Better Coordination and Outreach. By centralizing information about home visiting, child care, and afterschool programs, the state can identify service gaps, avoid duplication, and help ensure that at-risk families are connected more efficiently to the resources they need.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6569
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 12, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to internet mapping resources of school age child care providers, afterschool and home visiting programs; and to amend the public health law, in relation to provision of information to the council on children and families
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 483-h of the social services law, as amended by chapter 34 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
§ 483-h. Internet mapping resource of school age child care providers [and], afterschool and home visiting programs. 1. The council, in accordance with information made available to it by the office of children and family services pursuant to section seventeen of this chapter [and]; and information provided to [it] the council by the state education department pursuant to section three hundred five of the education law[,]; and information provided by the department of health pursuant to section two hundred one of the public health law, shall develop and make available through a link on its website an internet mapping resource of:
(a) all recipients of competitive grants awarded or administered by the state office of children and family services or the state education department for the purpose of providing: afterschool programs or extended learning time, including but not limited to grants for such purposes awarded under section thirty-six hundred forty-one of the education law; and
(b) all registered school age child care providers registered by the office of children and family services except for those who in accordance with [paragraph] subdivision eight-a of section three hundred ninety of this chapter have opted out of providing information online[.]; and
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(c) all home visiting programs that meet the criteria as required by section four hundred twenty-nine of this chapter regardless of whether they have a contract with or receive funding from the state, which provide the necessary information to the office of children and family services required pursuant to subdivision (i) of section seventeen of this chapter, or the department of health as required by paragraph (w) of subdivision one of section two hundred one of the public health law.
2. The internet mapping resource shall include the following information for each grant recipient [or], provider or program:
(a) the recipient's [or], provider's or program's name[,];
(b) the address at which the recipient, provider or program is offered except for those who in accordance with [paragraph] subdivision eight-a of section three hundred ninety of this chapter have opted out of providing information online[, and];
(c) the phone number for the recipient, provider or program[.]; and
(d) a general description of eligible individuals and families served by the particular recipient, provider or program.
3. The internet mapping resource described in subdivision one of this section shall be updated no less than once a year.
4. The council may include locations and information for additional relevant programs as it sees fit.
§ 2. Subdivision (i) of section 17 of the social services law, as amended by chapter 34 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
(i) make available to the council on children and families information regarding: (1) all recipients of grants awarded or administered by the office of children and family services for the purposes of providing afterschool programs; [and] (2) registered school age child care providers registered by the office of children and family services[. For each grant recipient or provider the recipient's or provider's name, and the address at which the program is offered except for those who in accordance with paragraph eight-a of section three hundred ninety of this chapter have opted out of providing information online, and the phone number for the program will]; and (3) home visiting programs that meet the criteria as required by section four hundred twenty-nine of this chapter regardless of whether they have a contract with or receive funding from the state. Such information shall be provided in accordance with the requirements set forth in subdivision two of section four hundred eighty-three-h of this chapter. Such information shall be made available no less than once a year; and
§ 3. Subdivision (i) of section 17 of the social services law, as relettered by section 1 of part K-3 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2007, is relettered subdivision (j).
§ 4. Section 429 of the social services law is amended by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
8. Any home visiting program that meets the criteria delineated in this section as determined by factors set by the office of children and family services and the department of health, regardless of whether such program contracts with or receives funding from the state, may provide the necessary information to such offices as is required by subdivision (i) of section seventeen of this chapter or paragraph (w) of subdivision one of section two hundred one of the public health law in order for their program to be made available on the internet mapping resource maintained by the council on children and families pursuant to section four hundred eighty-three-h of this chapter.
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§ 5. Subdivision 1 of section 201 of the public health law is amended by adding a new paragraph (w) to read as follows:
(w) make available to the council on children and families information, in a format identified by the council, regarding home visiting programs that meet the criteria as required by section four hundred twenty-nine of the social services law regardless of whether such program has a contract with or receive funding from the state. Such information shall be provided in accordance with the requirements set forth in subdivision two of section four hundred eighty-three-h of the social services law. Such information shall be made available no less than once a year.
§ 6. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law; provided, however that section three of this act shall take effect upon the repeal of section 1 of part W of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016. 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 on or before such effective date.
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