§ 679-h. New York state child welfare worker incentive scholarship\nprogram. 1. Purpose. The president shall grant scholarship awards for\nthe purpose of enhancing the proficiency of current child welfare\nworkers in New York state. Such awards shall be made on a competitive\nbasis to applicants who are currently employed at a voluntary\nnot-for-profit child welfare agency in New York state licensed by the\noffice of children and family services, or employed within such state\nagency as a child welfare worker, with at least two years' experience\nand are enrolling in an approved program to obtain a degree that will\nenhance their ability to work in such agency.\n 2. Eligibility. To be eligible for an award pursuant to this section,\napplicants shall: a. be currently employed at a voluntary not-for-profit\nchild welfare agency in New York state licensed by the office of\nchildren and family services, with at least two years of qualified\nexperience;\n b. be matriculated in an undergraduate or graduate degree program at\nan institution of higher education located within New York state in a\nprogram of study that would enhance their ability to work in such agency\nas determined by the president;\n c. agree to work in a voluntary not-for-profit child welfare agency in\nNew York state licensed by the office of children and family services as\na child welfare worker on a full time basis for a period of no less than\nfive continuous years upon completion of such degree program within a\nreasonable period of time and maintain residency in New York state for\nsuch period of employment; and\n d. comply with subdivisions three and five of section six hundred\nsixty-one of this part.\n 3. Award conditions and requirements. a. Within amounts appropriated\ntherefore and based on availability of funds, scholarships shall be\ngranted beginning with the two thousand seventeen -- two thousand\neighteen academic year and thereafter on a competitive basis to\napplicants whom the corporation has certified are eligible to receive\nsuch awards; and who agree to work in a voluntary not-for-profit child\nwelfare agency in New York state licensed by the office of children and\nfamily services as a child welfare worker on a full time basis for a\nperiod of no less than five continuous years upon completion of such\ndegree within a reasonable period of time and maintain residency in New\nYork state for such period of employment.\n b. An applicant must make every reasonable effort to obtain employment\nin a voluntary not-for-profit child welfare agency in New York state\nlicensed by the office of children and family services as a child\nwelfare worker upon graduation.\n 4. Amount. The corporation shall grant such awards within the amounts\nappropriated for such purpose and based on availability of funds\naccording to a schedule to be determined by the corporation in an\namount:\n a. equal to the tuition charged to state resident students attending\nan undergraduate or graduate degree program, as applicable, at the state\nuniversity of New York; the average mandatory fees charged at the state\nuniversity of New York, or the actual tuition and fees charged to the\nrecipient, whichever is less; and the average non-tuition cost of\nattendance, as determined by the corporation and as approved by the\ndirector of the budget, for a student at the state university of New\nYork or actual non-tuition cost of attendance at such institution,\nwhichever is less provided that the scholarship shall not exceed an\namount that is equal to the total cost of attendance determined for\nfederal Title IV student financial aid purposes, less all other\nscholarships and grants provided by New York state, other states, the\nfederal government, or other governments, and the amount of educational\nbenefits paid under any program that would duplicate the purposes of\nthis program, provided that any scholarships or grants provided to a\nrecipient by the institution which are
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