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Committee on Children and Youth

Tuesday, June 23, 2026 · 1:00 PM AM · 250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 2

TL;DR

The Committee on Children and Youth held an oversight hearing on youth programs and approved multiple resolutions advocating for state and federal legislation. The resolutions focused on expanding youth sports funding, supporting foster youth through savings accounts and financial initiatives, establishing fatherhood programs, and regulating misleading food advertising to children.

Key Decisions

  • Oversight - Evaluation of DYCD's Beacon and Cornerstone Programs Hearing held
  • Sports Betting Revenue for Youth Sports Resolution passed (state legislature advocacy)
  • Center for Fatherhood Initiatives Resolution passed (state legislature advocacy)
  • Baby Bond Pilot Program for Foster Youth (A.7415) Resolution passed (state legislature advocacy)
  • Predatory Marketing Prevention Act (S7487C) Resolution passed (state legislature advocacy)
Agenda PDF

Agenda

  1. T2026-1962 Oversight - Evaluation of DYCD’s Beacon and Cornerstone Programs.
    Oversight
  2. Res 0032-2026 Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign legislation setting aside a portion of state revenues from sports betting to support youth sports programs, upgrade community sports infrastructure and expand access to recreational athletics for young people across the state
    Resolution
  3. Res 0142-2026 Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, legislation to establish the Center for Fatherhood Initiatives under the Office of Children and Family Services
    Resolution
  4. Res 0161-2026 Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, A.7415 and a Senate companion bill, which would establish a baby bond pilot program for foster youth
    Resolution
  5. Res 0217-2026 Resolution calling upon the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, the Predatory Marketing Prevention Act (S7487C), which relates to false or misleading advertisements of food and food products; provides factors to determine whether an advertisement is false or misleading; provides for enforcement and a private right of action
    Resolution
  6. Res 0276-2026 Resolution calling on Congress to pass, and the President to sign, legislation that creates targeted and means-tested guaranteed income programs for low-income individuals, young adults, and foster youth
    Resolution
  7. Res 0277-2026 Resolution calling on Congress to pass, and the President to sign, S.441/HR 1041, also known as the American Opportunity Accounts Act, which would create a federally funded savings account for every American child
    Resolution