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Int 1590-2017

Training for preventive services employees.

IntroductionEnactedCommittee on General Welfareintroduced 2017-05-10Local Law 2018/016

Enacted as Local Law 2018/016.

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Agenda: 2017-05-10Passed: 2017-12-31Enacted: 2017-12-31

Summary

Preventive services are supportive services provided to children and their families for the purposes of averting an impairment or disruption of a family which will or could result in the placement of a child in foster care, enabling a child who has been placed in foster care to return to his family at an earlier time than would otherwise be possible, or reducing the likelihood that a child who has been discharged from foster care would return to care. This bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to provide training to all individuals providing preventive services on an ongoing basis. The bill would also require ACS to ensure that all individuals providing preventive services to attend at least one training a year, the content of which ACS determines.

Committee on General WelfareHuman Resources Administration/Department of Social Services, Department of Homeless Services, and charitable institutions.

How it compares

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18 passed · 32 died

This bill: 202 days in committee

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Sponsors (6)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2017-05-10 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2017-05-10 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2017-06-14 · Committee on General Welfare
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2017-06-14 · Committee on General Welfare
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2017-11-29 · Committee on General Welfare
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2017-11-29 · Committee on General Welfare
ActionAmended by Committee
2017-11-29 · Committee on General Welfare
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2017-11-29 · Committee on General Welfare
AdvancedApproved by Council
2017-11-30 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2017-11-30 · City Council
HeardHearing Scheduled by Mayor
2017-12-18 · Mayor
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2017-12-31 · Administration

Votes (8)

Aye (6)
Fernando Cabrera Stephen T. LevinVanessa L. GibsonRitchie J. TorresBarry S. GrodenchikRafael Salamanca, Jr.
Absent (2)
Annabel PalmaCorey D. Johnson

Heard at (4)

City Council · 2017-11-30 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on General Welfare · 2017-11-29 · 11:00 AM · 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 16th Fl.
Committee on General Welfare · 2017-06-14 · 1:00 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2017-05-10 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (17)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Chapter 9 of title 21 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 21-916 to read as follows: � 21-916 Preventive services training. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the term "preventive services" means supportive and rehabilitative services provided, in accordance with title four of the social services law, to children and their families for the purposes of: averting an impairment or disruption of a family which will or could result in the placement of a child in foster care; enabling a child who has been placed in foster care to return to his family at an earlier time than would otherwise be possible; or reducing the likelihood that a child who has been discharged from foster care would return to such care. b. ACS shall require all individuals providing preventive services to attend trainings, the content of which shall be determined by ACS, on an ongoing basis and no less than once per year. This requirement is in addition to any other training required by law or regulation for individuals providing preventive services. � 2. This local law takes effect 60 days after it becomes law. AV/ACK LS # 10244 11/21/2017 5:10pm 1 2