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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 883
Author: Cooley (D)
Amended: 6/15/14 in Senate
Vote: 27
SENATE HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE : 4-0, 6/10/14
AYES: Beall, DeSaulnier, Liu, Wyland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Berryhill
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 5-0, 8/14/14
AYES: De León, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg
NO VOTE RECORDED: Walters, Gaines
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 1/29/14 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Child sexual abuse: prevention pilot program
SOURCE : The Child Abuse Prevention Center
DIGEST : This bill establishes, until January 1, 2019, the
Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Program as a pilot program in
three counties, selected by the Department of Social Services
(DSS), to provide child sexual abuse prevention and intervention
services, and appropriates to each county $50,000 annually from
the General Fund for this purpose.
ANALYSIS :
Existing federal law:
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1. Establishes Title IV-B of the Social Security Act to provide
states, tribes, and territories with funding for the
provision of child welfare-related services to children and
their families. Requires the submission of a state plan and
provides the majority of this funding under two grant
programs including:
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services program.
Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF).
2.Establishes the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act which
provides fully federal grant funding to applicant states to
improve child protective service systems and for child abuse
prevention activities. Requires the submission of a state
plan, as specified, and requires services to be coordinated
with Title IV-B services.
3. Establishes and implements under state law, the Community
Based Child Abuse Prevention to provide formula grant funding
for community based child abuse prevention programs
Existing state law:
1. Establishes the Office of Child Abuse Prevention (OCAP)
within DSS and designates the office to apply for and
administer federal funds for child abuse prevention, as
specified.
2. Establishes the Child Abuse Prevention, Intervention and
Treatment Program (CAPIT) to fund projects and services
related to the prevention, intervention and treatment of
child abuse in California.
3. Establishes the State Children's Trust Fund (SCTF), for the
purpose of funding innovative and distinctive child abuse and
neglect prevention and intervention projects and permits
individuals to designate income taxes, counties to designate
a portion of birth certificate fees, and private individuals
to grant, gift and bequeath monies to the SCTF.
4. Provides for the establishment of Child Abuse Prevention
Coordinating Councils designated by the County Board of
Supervisors and funded by the SCTF to coordinate the
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community's efforts to prevent and respond to child abuse and
neglect.
5. Establishes the State Family Preservation program,
administered by OCAP, to avoid or limit out-of-home placement
of children who have experienced child abuse or neglect
within the family. Funds have been realigned to counties and
are used to meet the maintenance of effort requirements of
the PSSF program.
6. Establishes the California Child and Family Services Review
process to ensure that each county allocates CAPIT revenues
through the use of an accountable process that utilizes a
multidisciplinary approach, explains how services funded are
coordinated with the array of services available in the
county and ensures funded services are based on priority
unmet need.
This bill:
1. Establishes, until January 1, 2019, the Child Sexual Abuse
Prevention Program as a pilot program, in no more than three
counties, to provide child sexual abuse prevention and
intervention services, as specified.
2. Appropriates $50,000 annually from the General Fund to each
county that has volunteered and been selected to conduct a
pilot program.
3. Provides that DSS shall select three counties that have
indicated an intent to participate based on DSS's
determination that the counties have significant incidences
of child sexual abuse or commercially sexually exploited
children and have a public or private nonprofit organization
with experience in child sexual abuse issues or commercial
sexual exploitation issues that is designated to act as the
primary administrator.
4. Encourages participating counties to efficiently use the
funds by giving priority to programs currently serving the
needs of at-risk children, as defined, and that have
demonstrated effectiveness in child sexual abuse prevention
or intervention, or commercial sexual exploitation prevention
or intervention.
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5. Provides that appropriated funds shall not supplant or
replace any existing funding for programs current serving the
needs of at-risk children, and provides that such funds may
only supplement the expansion of existing programs or the
collaboration of separate existing programs, or fund newly
created programs within the county if no current programs
exist to serve the needs of children at risk of sexual abuse,
or commercial sexual exploitation.
6. Provides that a county shall allocate funds to a public or
private nonprofit agency that has applied if the services
meet the above requirements and are supported by a county
welfare department, law enforcement agency, probation
department, board of supervisors, public health department,
mental health department, or a school district.
7. Requires participating counties to report specified
information to DSS and to the Assembly and Senate Human
Services Committees.
8. Requires the administering local agency to, with oversight
and review from the County Board of Supervisors, include and
integrate the pilot program in the county system improvement
plan, county self-assessments, and the county plan for other
federal and state child abuse prevention programs.
9. Requires the county, to the extent applicable, to provide
similar assurances, data, and outcome assessments to the OCAP
with respect to the pilot program as are provided regarding
other federal and state child abuse prevention programs.
Background
According to the author's office, although the state
aggressively prosecutes child sexual predators and requires
mandatory reporting for suspected abuse, there is a lack of
focus on preventing the abuse before it occurs. The author's
office states that funding and training are needed to teach
adults about warning signs and that by building community
collaboration this measure strengthens the prioritization of
stopping child sexual abuse.
The author's office additionally cites a program created in
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Massachusetts called the "Enough Abuse" campaign which seeks to
raise awareness about child sexual abuse and prevention
techniques. This program has been adopted in greater Bay Area
counties including Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa,
San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma. The
program hosts interactive workshops designed for parents, early
education and care professionals and others who have contact
with children and/or their families.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: Yes Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:
Annual costs of up to $150,000 (General Fund) through 2018 to
fund up to three pilot counties.
Minor administrative costs (General Fund) to DSS to review
applications for county pilot selection and to review annual
reports.
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/15/14)
The Child Abuse Prevention Center (source)
Alliance for Children's Rights
California Catholic Conference, Inc.
California Council of Nonprofit Organizations
California Family Resource Association
California Police Chiefs Association
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 1/29/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon,
Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley, Dababneh,
Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier,
Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell,
Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hernández, Holden,
Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Lowenthal, Maienschein,
Mansoor, Medina, Melendez, Morrell, Mullin, Muratsuchi,
Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, V. Manuel Pérez,
Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas,
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Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski,
Wilk, Williams, Yamada, John A. Pérez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Bonilla, Logue, Perea
JL:d 8/15/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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