2006 New York Code - Weekly Allowances; Work Experience.

 
    § 512. Weekly  allowances; work experience. 1. Every child being cared
  for in a division facility may receive a weekly  allowance  approved  by
  the  director  of  the  budget,  in  accordance  with regulations of the
  division, as compensation for work or services performed in  a  division
  facility.  Such  weekly allowance shall be paid from moneys appropriated
  to the division for maintenance and operation.
    2. A child who is being cared for in a division facility may, with the
  permission of the facility director, work outside of such facility  when
  attendance  upon  instruction  is not required pursuant to the education
  law. No such child may be permitted to work  unless  the  conditions  of
  work,  including  wages, meet the standards therefor prescribed pursuant
  to the labor law. The facility director may require that a part  of  the
  wages  of  such  child, not to exceed twenty-five per centum thereof, be
  deposited in a general welfare fund to be utilized for  the  benefit  of
  all children in such facility.