What's happening
This bill exempts income earned by individuals under 24 from summer youth employment programs when determining eligibility for public assistance.
Why it matters
Encourages youth employment. By ensuring that earnings from summer youth employment programs don't reduce a young person's family’s eligibility for public assistance, the bill removes a financial disincentive for low-income youth to seek summer jobs.
Supports family economic stability. Families receiving public assistance can allow their children to participate in summer work programs without fear of losing needed benefits, which can help break cycles of poverty and allow for greater household financial planning.
Promotes workforce development and experience. Exempting summer program income for those under 24 increases access to early work experiences, building job skills and resumes for young people from lower-income backgrounds.
Standardizes exemption policy statewide. Previously, local districts could choose whether to exempt this income; the bill makes the exemption mandatory, ensuring fair and equal treatment for all eligible youth across New York State.
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Exclude Youth Job Income
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- Referred to social services
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Protect Youth Job Earnings
In Assembly Committee · Ways And Means · Sponsor Roxanne J. Persaud
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STATE OF NEW YORK
8967
IN ASSEMBLY
January 6, 2020
Introduced by M. of A. EICHENSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services
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 a chapter of the laws of 2019 amending the social services law relating 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, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.6443 and A.6753-A, is amended, and a new subparagraph (ix) is added 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 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;]
(ix) all of the income derived from participation in the summer youth employment program, provided however, that such income shall be exempt only for an individual who is not older than age twenty-four at the time of enrollment in the summer youth employment program and such disregard
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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must be applied for the length of the individual's participation in such program.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2019 amending the social services law relating to exempting income earned by persons under the age of twentyfour from certain workforce development programs from the determination of need for public assistance programs, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.6443 and A.6753-A, takes effect.
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