BILL ANALYSIS �
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
ACR 49 (Stone and Maienschein)
As Introduced April 18, 2013
Majority vote
RULES 11-0
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|Ayes:|Skinner, Wilk, Bigelow, |
| |Brown, Chau, Donnelly, |
| |Hagman, Nazarian, V. |
| |Manuel P�rez, Quirk, |
| |Weber |
| | |
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SUMMARY : Declares the month of May 2013 as Foster Care Month.
Specifically, this resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1)In California there are approximately 60,000 children and
youth in foster care who need and deserve safe, permanent
connections to loving adults, a stable home, and adequate
preparation for a secure future.
2)Many counties in California have successfully supported
permanent family connections for foster youth, provided
support for families at risk of entering the child welfare
system, and changed practices to fully engage youth, family,
and communities, thereby reducing the number of children in
foster care.
3)The federal Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing
Adoptions Act of 2008 offers opportunities to promote
permanent families for children in foster care, improve
outcomes for older youth in foster care, increase support for
Native American foster children, improve the quality of staff
working with youth in the child welfare system, expand our
support of relative and adoptive caregivers, and assist older
youth in securing meaningful supportive transitions from
foster care.
4)California is committed to working in partnership with the
federal government and local governments to improve the lives
and futures of all children and youth touched by the child
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welfare system.
FISCAL EFFECT : None
Analysis Prepared by : Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800
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