A 63 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Establishes the child and family well-being program and fund

Summary

Establishes the child and family well-being program and fund for the distribution of grants to eligible nonprofit community-based providers to respond to children's and families' needs in communities.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026

Maddy AI version diff · 1 comparison

What changed between versions

A63 → A63A · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to add a new sponsor (Assemblymember Rosenthal) and significantly restructure the Child and Family Well-Being Program by moving it from the Social Services Law to the Executive Law. The advisory board composition changed from commissioner-appointed members to a nine-member board with appointments from the Governor, Senate, and Assembly. The program now explicitly addresses poverty-related conditions like housing instability and lack of food as drivers for child protective involvement.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded from the Social Services Law to include the Executive Law, creating a new Article 19-J that establishes the program under executive authority rather than social services administration.

SCOPE

Program moved from Social Services Law to Executive Law, establishing new Article 19-J under executive authority

REQUIREMENT

Advisory board changed from eight commissioner-appointed members to nine members appointed by Governor, Senate, and Assembly committees

DEFINITION

New definitions added including 'community anchor entity' and 'grantee entity' to clarify local organization roles

ADDED

Legislative findings now explicitly identify poverty-related conditions like housing instability, homelessness, and lack of food as primary drivers of child protective system involvement

ELIGIBILITY

Eligibility criteria now more specifically define communities by zip codes with highest rates of investigations, removals, and racial disparities in foster care placement

Floor votes

How they voted

No floor votes recorded yet.

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

lower

Mar 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 63A

lower

Mar 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

lower

Jan 8, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

lower

1 primary · 9 co-sponsors