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Int 1077-2024
| * | Rita C. Joseph | | Proposed Int. No. 1077-A | Provision of luggage to youth in foster care. | Introduction | This bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to provide luggage to youth entering the foster care system, transitioning between foster homes, or exiting the foster care system. The bill would also require ACS to report on their efforts to provide luggage to youth in foster care, any barriers encountered in providing luggage to such youth, and additional efforts to be taken in the upcoming year to overcome those barriers. | | |
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Int 1245-2025
| * | Adrienne E. Adams | | Proposed Int. No. 1245-A | Additional information collected and reported about foster care youth. | Introduction | This bill would amend the report on foster youth required by Local Law 145 of 2016 to require the data to be disaggregated by age. This bill would also require information to be collected on the council district of each supportive housing building to which foster youth are placed in. | | |
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Int 1246-2025
| * | Adrienne E. Adams | | Proposed Int. No. 1246-A | Establishing a program to support youth in foster care and youth who have exited foster care. | Introduction | This bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to operate a program to improve the outcomes for youth currently in foster care as well as youth that have exited foster care. This bill would require the program to include long term coaching, academic support, career development guidance, mental health resources, and housing assistance. | | |
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Int 1259-2025
| * | Linda Lee | | Proposed Int. No. 1259-A | Requiring basic training in behavioral support strategies for certain staff at juvenile detention facilities. | Introduction | This bill would require that all direct service staff employed at juvenile detention facilities who are not professionally certified or licensed in mental health, behavioral analysis, medicine, or a similar field, to complete foundational training in behavioral support strategies. Such strategies include de-escalation and crisis prevention techniques, guidance on incorporating trauma-informed and culturally competent practices when addressing challenging behaviors, as well as basic principles for encouraging positive behaviors and learning. The bill would also require the commissioner of the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to make the trainings, informational materials, and guidance available to providers who work directly with youth involved in the juvenile justice system. | | |
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