NY Lab L § 825 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 23-B - Displaced Homemakers Act 825 - Multipurpose Service Centers.

§  825.  Multipurpose  service  centers.  1.  Upon  receipt of federal funding designated to  assist  displaced  homemakers,  the  commissioner shall  establish  multipurpose  service centers for displaced homemakers which shall provide the following:  (a) job counseling services which shall:  (i) be specifically designed for a  person  entering  the  job  market after a number of years as a homemaker;  (ii)   operate   to  counsel  displaced  homemakers  with  respect  to appropriate job opportunities;  (b) job training and job placement services which shall:  (i) develop, by working with state and local government  agencies  and private  employers,  training  and  placement  programs  for jobs in the public and private sectors;  (ii) assist displaced homemakers  in  gaining  admission  to  existing public and private job training programs and opportunities;  (iii)  assist  in identifying community needs and creating new jobs in the public and private sectors;  (c) health education and counseling services with respect to:  (i) general principles of preventative health care;  (ii)  health  care  consumer  education,  directed   particularly   to selection  of  physicians,  dentists and health care services and health insurance;  (iii) family health care and nutrition;  (iv) alcohol and drug addictions; and  (v) other related health care matters;  (d)  financial  management  services  which  provide  information  and assistance   with  respect  to  insurance,  taxes,  estate  and  probate problems, mortgages, loans, and other related financial matters;  (e) educational services, including:  (i) courses offering information about  credit  through  secondary  or post  secondary  education  programs  including  bilingual programs when appropriate;  (ii) such other courses as the commissioner  determines  would  be  of interest and benefit to displaced homemakers; and  (f)  outreach  and  information  services  with respect to federal and state  employment,  education,  health,  and   unemployment   assistance programs  which  the  commissioner  determines  would be of interest and benefit to displaced homemakers.   2. The commissioner may enter into contracts with and make  grants  to public  and  nonprofit  private  entities  for  purposes of establishing multipurpose service centers under this article.   3. The commissioner shall consult and cooperate with the secretary  of health,  education and welfare, the secretary of labor, the commissioner of  the  social  security  administration,  the  commissioner   of   the administration  on aging, and such other persons in the executive branch of the federal and  state  governments  as  the  commissioner  considers appropriate  to  facilitate  the  coordination  of  multipurpose service centers established under this article with existing federal  and  state programs of a similar nature.   4.  Supervisory,  technical,  and administrative positions relating to multipurpose service centers established under this  article  shall,  to the maximum extent feasible, be filled by displaced homemakers.   5.  Trainees  in  a  program  established under this article, who have demonstrated a financial need to the satisfaction of  the  commissioner, shall  be  paid  a  stipend not less than the federal minimum wage while engaged in such program.