BILL NUMBER: AB 2342	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Evans

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to add Section 16523 to the Welfare and Institutions Code,
relating to foster youth.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2342, as introduced, Evans. Foster youth: outreach programs.
   Existing law provides for child welfare services, which are public
social services directed toward, among other purposes, protecting
and promoting the welfare of all children, including those in foster
care placement.
   This bill would require the State Department of Social Services to
develop a resource guide for foster youth that outlines available
statewide programs and services, and the eligibility standards for
those programs and services, as specified. This bill would require
the department to make the resource guide available on its Internet
Web site, in addition to a printed format. This bill would require
the department to seek public and private grants to fund the
development and distribution of the resource guide.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 16523 is added to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, to read:
   16523.  (a) The State Department of Social Services shall develop
a resource guide for foster youth that outlines available statewide
programs and services, and the eligibility standards for those
programs and services. The programs and services included in the
resource guide shall include, but not be limited to, those associated
with education, housing, mental health services, independent living
programs, and career and job opportunities.
   (b) The resource guide shall be available on the department's
Internet Web site, in addition to being available in a printed
format.
   (c) The department shall seek public and private grants to fund
the development and distribution of the resource guide.