The proposed bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services to provide monthly reports on the utilization of preventive services. Preventive services are provided to children and families with the goal of averting entries into foster care or facilitating family reunifications. The monthly reports would include the number of families and the number of children who received preventive services, entered foster care during the month and had previously received preventive services, received preventive services after reunification, was under court ordered supervision and received preventive services, and lived in homeless shelters and received preventive services. The report would also include the school attendance rates for children receiving preventive services.
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Int. No.
By Council Member Levin
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the utilization of preventive services
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 21-911 to read as follows:
§ 21-911 Preventive services monthly reports. 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. Beginning March 1, 2017, and monthly thereafter, ACS shall furnish to the speaker of the council and post on ACS’ website, no later than 30 days after the end of each month, a report regarding preventive services that includes, at a minimum, the following information about the monthly reporting period:
1. The number of families and the number of children who received preventive services and the average length of enrollment, disaggregated by each program type, including but not limited to general preventive, family treatment rehabilitation, special medical, development delays, sexually exploited, deaf and hearing impaired and high-risk evidence-based model, medium-risk evidence-based model and low-risk evidence-based model.
2. The number of open slots available for preventive services, disaggregated by each program type, to general preventive, family treatment rehabilitation, special medical, development delays, sexually exploited, deaf and hearing impaired and high-risk evidence-based model, medium-risk evidence-based model and low-risk evidence-based model.
3. The number of children who entered foster care and had been receiving preventive services at the following points in time: at the time of removal, six months prior to removal, 12 months prior to removal.
4. The number of families and the number of children who received preventive services after a previous reunification.
5. The number of families who were under court ordered supervision, and the percent of such families who received preventive services.
6. The number of families who lived in homeless shelters operated by the department of homeless services or department of social services/human resources administration and received preventive services.
7. The average school attendance rates for children enrolled in preventive services, disaggregated by the following age ranges: 4-6 years old; 7-9 years old; 10-12 years old; 13-15 years old; 16-18 years old; and 19-21 years old.
§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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11/18/16