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Empire Justice Memo of Support: Child Day Care Cost Study
This bill directs the Commissioner of OCFS to conduct a study to evaluate the actual costs associated with the provision of child day care services. Read More |
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Empire Justice Memo of Support: Child Day Care Waiting Lists
This bill would require local social services districts to maintain waiting lists of all families who are eligible for child care assistance, and to provide an annual report to the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS). Read More |
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Prioritize Child Care Dollars to Keep Low Income Parents Working
This legislation would allow New York make best use of limited child care dollars by shifting funding to pay for child care slots for parents with jobs and allowing non working parents with children under two to care for them at home. Read More |
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Empire Justice Memo of Support: Child Care Subsidies for Parents who Work the Night Shift
Senator Diane Savino and Assemblymember Ellen Jaffee have introduced a bill, that would require all districts to provide Child Care Subsidies for Parents Who Work the Night Shift and because they have young children, need child care in order to sleep during the day. Read More |
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Empire Justice Memo of Support: Disregard Teen Earnings When Determining Child Care Eligibility
Senator Diane Savino and Assemblymember Ellen Jaffee have introduced a bill, that would exempt the income of teens when calculating a family’s eligibility for child care assistance. Read More |
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Empire Justice Supports Bill to Provide Parents Time to Plan When they Lose Child Care Assistance
This bill provides a simple and cost-effective way to ensure that parents and providers are aware of decisions made by the counties that will impact their household budgets and business income so that they have time to develop a plan to respond to the loss of financial assistance. Read More |
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Memorandum in Support: Require Local Districts to Maintain Waiting Lists for Child Care Assistance
This bill would amend Social Services Law §410-z to require local social services districts to maintain waiting lists of all families who are eligible for child care assistance, and to provide an annual report to the Office of Children and Family Services detailing the length of time that eligible families remain on the waiting list before they receive child care services. Read More |
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