Details Meeting Name: Committee on General Welfare Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 10/31/2019 1:00 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Council Chambers - City Hall Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: CLICK ANY FILE # BELOW (in blue) TO ACCESS LEGISLATION AND ATTACHMENTS Meeting Items (23) 23 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: All agenda items Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Prime Sponsor Agenda # Agenda Note Name Type Summary Action Result Action Details Multimedia                     Roll call Not available Int 1715-2019 * Adrienne E. Adams     Provision of counsel at fair hearings following an indicated report during an ACS investigation. Introduction This bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to create a program to provide access to legal services for parents or guardians after an indicated report during an ACS investigation, specifically during the fair hearing process. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1715-2019 * Adrienne E. Adams     Provision of counsel at fair hearings following an indicated report during an ACS investigation. Introduction This bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to create a program to provide access to legal services for parents or guardians after an indicated report during an ACS investigation, specifically during the fair hearing process. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1716-2019 * Adrienne E. Adams     Reporting demographic information for emergency removals by the administration for children’s services. Introduction This bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to report on the total number of emergency removals of children each quarter. This bill also requires ACS to provide such information disaggregated by race, community district, and primary language of each child and parent or person legally responsible for the child. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1716-2019 * Adrienne E. Adams     Reporting demographic information for emergency removals by the administration for children’s services. Introduction This bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to report on the total number of emergency removals of children each quarter. This bill also requires ACS to provide such information disaggregated by race, community district, and primary language of each child and parent or person legally responsible for the child. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1717-2019 * Alicka Ampry-Samuel     Information regarding demographic information of parents and children at each step in the child welfare system and a plan to address racial and income disparities. Introduction This bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to report on various demographic information including race, ethnicity, gender, community district, and primary language of parents and children at every step of the child welfare system and to create a plan to address any disparities identifies as a result of such reporting. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1717-2019 * Alicka Ampry-Samuel     Information regarding demographic information of parents and children at each step in the child welfare system and a plan to address racial and income disparities. Introduction This bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to report on various demographic information including race, ethnicity, gender, community district, and primary language of parents and children at every step of the child welfare system and to create a plan to address any disparities identifies as a result of such reporting. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1718-2019 * Margaret S. Chin     Requiring the administration for children’s services to provide a multilingual disclosure form to parents or guardians during a child protective investigation. Introduction This bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to produce and make available to the parent or caretaker a multilingual disclosure form available in designated citywide languages and post on its website such form. The form would be provided at the commencement of a child protective investigation and would include information regarding the rights of a parent or caretaker during a child protective investigation, resources which may be available to such parent or caretaker including legal services, and information about ACS’ Office of Advocacy. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1718-2019 * Margaret S. Chin     Requiring the administration for children’s services to provide a multilingual disclosure form to parents or guardians during a child protective investigation. Introduction This bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to produce and make available to the parent or caretaker a multilingual disclosure form available in designated citywide languages and post on its website such form. The form would be provided at the commencement of a child protective investigation and would include information regarding the rights of a parent or caretaker during a child protective investigation, resources which may be available to such parent or caretaker including legal services, and information about ACS’ Office of Advocacy. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1719-2019 * Margaret S. Chin     Reporting on youth in foster care. Introduction This bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to submit to the Council no later than July 31, 2022, and annually thereafter, information on how long it takes for the families of children in ACS custody to visit their child after a placement or transfer, as well as the number of children that are given placements in boroughs other than those which they are from, disaggregated by borough. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1719-2019 * Margaret S. Chin     Reporting on youth in foster care. Introduction This bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to submit to the Council no later than July 31, 2022, and annually thereafter, information on how long it takes for the families of children in ACS custody to visit their child after a placement or transfer, as well as the number of children that are given placements in boroughs other than those which they are from, disaggregated by borough. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1727-2019 * Stephen T. Levin     Emergency removals conducted by the administration for children’s services and quarterly and annual reporting. Introduction This bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to report on emergency removal cases, which mean the removal of a child out of a home prior to a court hearing, when during the investigation of a report of abuse or neglect, ACS determines that such child is not safe at home. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1727-2019 * Stephen T. Levin     Emergency removals conducted by the administration for children’s services and quarterly and annual reporting. Introduction This bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to report on emergency removal cases, which mean the removal of a child out of a home prior to a court hearing, when during the investigation of a report of abuse or neglect, ACS determines that such child is not safe at home. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1728-2019 * Stephen T. Levin     Provision of counsel at the first point of contact during an ACS investigation. Introduction This bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to create a program to provide access to legal services for parents or guardians after an indicated report during an ACS investigation, specifically immediately after ACS makes contact for the first time with such parents or guardians. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1728-2019 * Stephen T. Levin     Provision of counsel at the first point of contact during an ACS investigation. Introduction This bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to create a program to provide access to legal services for parents or guardians after an indicated report during an ACS investigation, specifically immediately after ACS makes contact for the first time with such parents or guardians. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1729-2019 * Stephen T. Levin     Requiring ACS to provide information to parents or caretakers about their right to request a fair hearing to appeal an indicated report. Introduction This bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to provide a parent or caretaker written information about their right to request a fair hearing to challenge an indicated report made against a parent or caretaker during an ACS child protective investigation. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1729-2019 * Stephen T. Levin     Requiring ACS to provide information to parents or caretakers about their right to request a fair hearing to appeal an indicated report. Introduction This bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to provide a parent or caretaker written information about their right to request a fair hearing to challenge an indicated report made against a parent or caretaker during an ACS child protective investigation. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1736-2019 * Carlina Rivera     Requiring child protective specialists to orally disseminate information to parents or caretakers about their rights during initial contact at the start of an ACS investigation. Introduction This bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to orally disseminate to a parent or caretaker information about their rights during a child protective investigation at ACS’ initial point of contact with a parent or caretaker during such investigation. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1736-2019 * Carlina Rivera     Requiring child protective specialists to orally disseminate information to parents or caretakers about their rights during initial contact at the start of an ACS investigation. Introduction This bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to orally disseminate to a parent or caretaker information about their rights during a child protective investigation at ACS’ initial point of contact with a parent or caretaker during such investigation. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Res 0736-2019 * Laurie A. Cumbo     Develop a parents’ bill of rights to be distributed at initial home visits in child protective investigations and made available online. Resolution   Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Res 0736-2019 * Laurie A. Cumbo     Develop a parents’ bill of rights to be distributed at initial home visits in child protective investigations and made available online. Resolution   Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Res 1066-2019 * Deborah L. Rose     Reduce the length of time caretakers, parents or legal guardians remain on the Statewide Central Registry list. Resolution   Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Res 1066-2019 * Deborah L. Rose     Reduce the length of time caretakers, parents or legal guardians remain on the Statewide Central Registry list. Resolution   Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available