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THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 29
Author: Liu (D)
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
SUBJECT : California Runaway and Homeless Youth Month
SOURCE : California Coalition for Youth
DIGEST : This resolution designates the month of November 2013
as California Runaway and Homeless Youth Month and recognizes
the need for individuals, schools, communities, businesses,
local governments, and the state to take action on behalf of
runaway and homeless youth in California.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1. Runaway and homeless youth are young people between 12 and 24
years of age who have the least access to essential
opportunities and supports; and the prevalence of runaways
and homelessness among youth is staggering, with studies
suggesting that nationally between 1.6 and 1.8 million youth
up to 24 years of age experience homelessness every year.
2. An overwhelming majority of runaway and homeless youth have
been expelled from their homes by their families; physically,
sexually, and emotionally abused at home; discharged from
foster care and other state custodial systems without
adequate transition plans; separated from their parents by
death or divorce; too poor to secure their own basic needs;
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and ineligible or unable to access adequate medical or mental
health resources.
3. The number of effective programs providing services and
support to runaway and homeless youth in California is a
fraction of what is needed to fully address the needs of
these young people.
4. The California Coalition for Youth, along with other
community-based organizations, providers, and advocates, is
sponsoring the third annual California Runaway and Homeless
Youth Month to increase awareness and action on behalf of
youth who are at risk or currently living on the street.
This resolution designates the month of November 2013 as
California Runaway and Homeless Youth Month and recognizes the
need for individuals, schools, communities, businesses, local
governments, and the state to take action on behalf of runaway
and homeless youth in California.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 4/2/13)
California Coalition for Youth (source)
AB:k 4/2/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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