BILL NUMBER: AB 787	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Stone

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act relating to foster care.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 787, as introduced, Stone. Foster care.
   Existing law provides federal financial assistance through the
federal Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act
of 2008 to nonminor dependents of the juvenile court who satisfy
specified criteria, such as enrollment in an institution that
provides postsecondary or vocational education, or employment for at
least 80 hours per month, consistent with their transitional
independent living case plan.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would enhance the delivery of services for nonminor
dependent foster youth who are eligible to receive federal financial
assistance through the federal Fostering Connections to Success and
Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would enhance the delivery of services for nonminor
dependent foster youth who are eligible to receive federal financial
assistance through the federal Fostering Connections to Success and
Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008.