A 4266: Authorizes child care assistance to be made available to certain victims of domestic violence who are in need of assistance in order for a parent or caretaker relative to engage in work or participate in work activities.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4266 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 31, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM, GRAY, GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to child care assistance for victims of domestic violence The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (d) and (e) of subdivision 1 of section 410-w of 2 the social services law, as amended by section 2 of part U of chapter 56 3 of the laws of 2023, are amended and a new paragraph (f) is added to 4 read as follows: 5 (d) families with incomes up to eighty-five percent of the state medi- 6 an income, who are attending a post secondary educational program; [and] 7 (e) other families with incomes up to eighty-five percent of the state 8 median income in accordance with criteria established by the depart- 9 ment[.]; and 10 (f) victims of domestic violence as defined in section four hundred 11 eighty-one-c of this chapter who are in need of assistance in order for 12 a parent or caretaker relative to engage in work or participate in work 13 activities pursuant to the provisions of title nine-B of article five of 14 this chapter. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04101-01-5