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THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 160
Author: McGuire (D)
Introduced:8/1/16
Vote: 21
SUBJECT: California Runaway and Homeless Youth Month
SOURCE: California Coalition for Youth
DIGEST: This resolution designates the month of November 2016
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 12 to 24 years of
age. Studies suggest that nationally between 1.6 and 2.8
million youth up to 24 years of age experience homelessness
every year.
2)Runaway and homeless youth flee conflict, abuse, neglect, and,
increasingly, poverty in their homes. The factors impacting
youth homelessness are complex and differ from those impacting
other homeless populations.
3)Of the unaccompanied homeless minors in California, 76.3% are
unsheltered, which is the second highest percentage in the
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country. California has the largest number of homeless youth
in any state with 28% of homeless youth in the country located
in California.
4)Youths who "age out" of the foster care system are at an
increased risk of homelessness and represent an estimated 20%
of the 20,000 youth who leave foster care and are currently
homeless.
5)Providing safe, stable, and permanent housing for runaway and
homeless youth is a family, community, state, and national
priority, and homeless youth are considered a unique
population in the homeless community by the United States
Interagency Council on Homelessness.
6)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. Only 20 of California's 58 counties have
programs for runaway and homeless youth.
7)Awareness of the tragedy of youth homelessness and its causes
must be heightened to ensure greater support for effective
programs aimed at preventing homelessness and helping youth
remain off the streets.
This resolution designates November 2016 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.
Related/Prior Legislation
SCR 82 (McGuire, Resolution Chapter 159, Statutes of 2015)
proclaims the month of November 2015 as California Runaway and
Homeless Youth Month.
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FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:NoLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified8/3/16)
California Coalition for Youth (source)
OPPOSITION: (Verified8/3/16)
None received
Prepared by: Melissa Ward / SFA / (916) 651-1520
8/4/16 12:40:13
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