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S5228 • 2025

Directs the office of children and family services to establish a center for fatherhood initiatives

Directs the office of children and family services to establish a center for fatherhood initiatives

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Jamaal Bailey
Last action
2026-06-01
Official status
In Assembly Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Directs the office of children and family services to establish a center for fatherhood initiatives

Directs the office of children and family services to establish a center for fatherhood initiatives Directs the office of children and family services to establish a center for fatherhood initiatives to issue grants to initiatives regarding the promotion and advancement of fatherhood, including but not limited to all underserved fatherhood groups to help expand opportunities to improve parenting knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy.

What This Bill Does

  • Directs the office of children and family services to establish a center for fatherhood initiatives Directs the office of children and family services to establish a center for fatherhood initiatives to issue grants to initiatives regarding the promotion and advancement of fatherhood, including but not limited to all underserved fatherhood groups to help expand opportunities to improve parenting knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-01 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  2. 2026-06-01 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  3. 2026-06-01 Assembly

    REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

  4. 2026-05-28 Senate

    COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

  5. 2026-05-28 Senate

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1358

  6. 2026-04-29 Senate

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

  7. 2026-04-29 Senate

    PRINT NUMBER 5228A

  8. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    DIED IN ASSEMBLY

  9. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    RETURNED TO SENATE

  10. 2026-01-07 Senate

    REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

  11. 2025-06-04 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  12. 2025-06-04 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  13. 2025-06-04 Assembly

    REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

  14. 2025-05-29 Senate

    COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

  15. 2025-05-29 Senate

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1491

  16. 2025-02-19 Senate

    REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Official Summary Text

Directs the office of children and family services to establish a center for fatherhood initiatives
Directs the office of children and family services to establish a center for fatherhood initiatives to issue grants to initiatives regarding the promotion and advancement of fatherhood, including but not limited to all underserved fatherhood groups to help expand opportunities to improve parenting knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          5228

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                    February 19, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to directing  the  office
          of  children  and family services to establish a center for fatherhood
          initiatives

          THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 501-i
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 501-I. THE CENTER FOR  FATHERHOOD  INITIATIVES.    THERE  IS  HEREBY
     4  ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES THE CENTER
     5  FOR  FATHERHOOD INITIATIVES. THE CENTER FOR FATHERHOOD INITIATIVES SHALL
     6  ISSUE GRANTS TO ANY AND ALL  INITIATIVES  REGARDING  THE  PROMOTION  AND
     7  ADVANCEMENT OF FATHERHOOD, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ALL MARGINALIZED
     8  FATHERHOOD  GROUPS  TO  HELP  EXPAND  OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE PARENTING
     9  KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND SELF-EFFICACY.    THE  CENTER  FOR  FATHERHOOD
    10  INITIATIVES  SHALL  ALSO  PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES. THE COMMISSIONER OF THE
    11  OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL  PROMULGATE  ANY  NECESSARY
    12  RULES  AND REGULATIONS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE
    13  OF THE CENTER FOR FATHERHOOD INITIATIVES.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00316-01-5