What's happening
This bill exempts income earned by people under 24 from certain workforce development programs when determining eligibility for public assistance.
Why it matters
Encourages Youth Employment. By not counting income from certain workforce development programs for people under 24 when determining public assistance eligibility, the bill removes a disincentive for young people to take jobs or participate in job training, supporting early career development without risking family benefits.
Targets Vulnerable Populations. The exemption specifically helps dependent children and young adults in low-income households, making it easier for them to gain work experience and skills while their families continue to qualify for crucial support programs.
Provides Local Flexibility. The bill allows local social services districts the option to exempt all such income for individuals up to age 24, giving localities the ability to tailor support to the specific economic needs of their youth populations.
Limits on Exemption Duration. The exemption for summer youth employment program earnings is tied to the actual length of the program, and for other federal workforce programs, the disregard can last up to six months per year, balancing support for youth employment with program integrity.
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Who cares
Dependent children receiving or applying for public assistance
The bill would exclude their summer youth employment program income when determining need for the length of the program.
Local social services districts
The bill would let districts exempt summer youth employment program income for individuals up to age 24.
Families receiving public assistance
The bill would keep a dependent child's qualifying summer youth employment earnings from counting toward the family's need determination.
Workforce development program operators
The bill would extend the existing income exclusion for dependent children in federal Job Training Partnership Act programs to programs under any successor act, retaining the six-month annual limit for earned income.
Headline styles
Protect Youth Earnings for Aid
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
87 Co-sponsors
- Andrew Hevesi
- Jeffrion Aubry
- Victor M. Pichardo
- Nathalia Fernandez
- Karines Reyes
- Michaelle C. Solages
- Pamela J. Hunter
- Daniel Rosenthal
- Charles Barron
- Latoya Joyner
- Steven Cymbrowitz
- Mathylde Frontus
- Steven Otis
- Kevin Cahill
- Jaime R. Williams
- Phil Steck
- Clyde Vanel
- Karen McMahon
- Carmen E. Arroyo
- Steven Englebright
- Peter Abbate
- William Colton
- N. Nick Perry
- Jose Rivera
- Robert J. Rodriguez
- John T. McDonald III
- Charles Fall
- Judy Griffin
- Patricia Fahy
- Inez E. Dickens
- Michael Benedetto
- Catalina Cruz
- Harvey Epstein
- Nader Sayegh
- Jamie Romeo
- Jonathan Jacobson
- Michael G. Miller
- Walter T. Mosley
- Michael Cusick
- Jo Anne Simon
- Joseph Lentol
- Philip Ramos
- Dan Quart
- Kimberly Jean-Pierre
- J. Gary Pretlow
- Thomas Abinanti
- Al Taylor
- Sandy Galef
- Aravella Simotas
- Monica P. Wallace
- Anthony D'Urso
- Marcos Crespo
- Felix Ortiz
- Yuh-Line Niou
- Steve Stern
- Stacey Pheffer Amato
- David Weprin
- Charles Lavine
- Nily Rozic
- Michael DenDekker
- Carmen De La Rosa
- Sean Ryan
- Robert C. Carroll
- Donna Lupardo
- William Magnarelli
- Linda Rosenthal
- Michael Blake
- Michele Titus
- Latrice Walker
- Alicia Hyndman
- Catherine Nolan
- Amy Paulin
- Richard Gottfried
- Daniel O'Donnell
- Jeffrey Dinowitz
- Kenneth Zebrowski
- Albert A. Stirpe
- Diana Richardson
- Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn
- Harry B. Bronson
- Taylor Darling
- Rebecca Seawright
- Carrie Woerner
- Marianne Buttenschon
- Barbara Lifton
- Patrick Burke
- David Buchwald
History
- Approval memo.19
- Signed chap.544
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- 3rd reading cal.1633
- Substituted for S6443
- Referred to rules
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.154
- Rules report cal.154
Show 6 earlier actions
- Reported
- Reported referred to rules
- Reported referred to ways and means
- Print number 6753a
- Amend (t) and recommit to social services
- Referred to social services
Companion bill
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Protect Youth Job Earnings
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Roxanne J. Persaud
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6753--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 18, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. EICHENSTEIN, HEVESI, AUBRY, PICHARDO, FERNANDEZ, REYES, SOLAGES, HUNTER, D. ROSENTHAL, BARRON, JOYNER, CYMBROWITZ, FRONTUS, OTIS, CAHILL, WILLIAMS, STECK, VANEL, McMAHON, ARROYO, ENGLE- BRIGHT, ABBATE, COLTON, PERRY, RIVERA, RODRIGUEZ,… Show allHide
Introduced by M. of A. EICHENSTEIN, HEVESI, AUBRY, PICHARDO, FERNANDEZ, REYES, SOLAGES, HUNTER, D. ROSENTHAL, BARRON, JOYNER, CYMBROWITZ, FRONTUS, OTIS, CAHILL, WILLIAMS, STECK, VANEL, McMAHON, ARROYO, ENGLE- BRIGHT, ABBATE, COLTON, PERRY, RIVERA, RODRIGUEZ, McDONALD, FALL, GRIFFIN, FAHY, DICKENS, BENEDETTO, CRUZ, EPSTEIN, SAYEGH, ROMEO, JACOBSON, M. G. MILLER, MOSLEY, CUSICK, SIMON, LENTOL, RAMOS, QUART, JEAN-PIERRE, PRETLOW, ABINANTI, TAYLOR, GALEF, SIMOTAS, WALLACE, D'URSO, CRESPO, ORTIZ, NIOU, STERN, PHEFFER AMATO, WEPRIN, LAVINE, ROZIC, DenDEKKER, DE LA ROSA, RYAN, CARROLL, LUPARDO, MAGNARELLI, L. ROSENTHAL, BLAKE, TITUS, WALKER, HYNDMAN, NOLAN, PAULIN, GOTTFRIED, O'DONNELL, DINOWITZ, ZEBROWSKI, STIRPE, RICHARDSON, BICHOTTE, BRONSON, RAYNOR, SEAWRIGHT, WOERNER, BUTTENSCHON, LIFTON, BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to exempting income earned by persons under the age of twenty-four from certain workforce development programs from the determination of need for public assistance programs
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subparagraph (vii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of section 131-a of the social services law, as amended by section 12 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
(vii) all of the income of a dependent child living with a parent or other caretaker relative, who is receiving such aid or for whom an application for such aid has been made, which is derived from participation in (i) the summer youth employment program, provided however, that in the case of earned income such disregard must be applied for at least, but no longer than the length of such program; or (ii) a program
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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carried out under the federal job training partnership act (P.L. 97-300) or any successor act, provided, however, that in the case of earned income such disregard must be applied for at least, but no longer than, six months per calendar year for each such child. Provided however, a local social services district may exempt all the income of an individual, up to the age of twenty-four, which is derived from their participation in the summer youth employment program, in accordance with clause (i) of this subparagraph;
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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