BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 104
Author: Steinberg (D)
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
WITHOUT REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE OR FILE
SUBJECT : Foster Care Month
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution designates May 2010 as Foster
Care Month.
ANALYSIS :
This resolution makes the following Legislative findings:
1.In California, there are more than 60,000 children and
youth in foster are who need and deserve safe and stable
homes, permanent connections to loving adults, and
adequate preparation for adulthood.
2.A child's and youth's need for a sense of belonging,
unconditional love, and emotional commitment are best met
in families.
3.Many California counties are working to provide permanent
family connections for foster youth, provide support for
families at risk of entering the child welfare system,
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and improve practices to fully engage youth, family, and
communities, thereby reducing the number of children and
youth in foster care.
4.California recognizes the enduring and valuable
contribution of relatives, foster parents, and adoptive
parents who open their hearts, families, and homes to
vulnerable children and youth.
5.California recognizes the numerous individuals in public
agencies and private organizations that work to ensure
that the needs of children and youth living in, and
leaving, foster care are met, that help to provide foster
children and youth and former foster children and youth
with vital connections to their siblings, and that help
launch young people into successful adulthood.
6.The current economic recession has presented additional
challenges for individuals, agencies, and organizations
working to meet the needs of foster youth.
7.A recent federal law, the Fostering Connections to
Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (Public Law
110-351), offers opportunities to improve California's
efforts to promote permanent families for children in
foster care, improve outcomes for older youth in foster
care, increase support for Native American foster
children and youth, improve the quality of staff working
with children and youth in the child welfare system,
expand our support of relative and adoptive caregivers,
and assist older foster youth in securing meaningful
supportive transitions from foster care.
8.The federal act affirms California's leadership and
success in pioneering innovative child welfare
approaches.
9.California is committed to working in partnership with
the federal government to improve the lives and futures
of all children and youth touched by the child welfare
system.
This resolution designates May 2010 as Foster Care Month.
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FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
RJG:do 4/27/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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