BILL ANALYSIS
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Date of Hearing: May 20, 2010
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
Nancy Skinner, Chair
SCR 104 (Steinberg) - As Introduced: April 26, 2010
SENATE VOTE : 33-0
SUBJECT : Foster Care Month.
SUMMARY : Designates May 2010 as Foster Care Month.
Specifically, this resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1)In California, there are more than 60,000 children and youth
in foster care who need and deserve safe and stable homes,
permanent connections to loving adults, and adequate
preparation for adulthood; and, 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, among other things, promote permanent
families for children in foster care and improve outcomes for
older youth in foster care.
2)California recognizes the valuable contribution of public and
private organizations that work on behalf of children and
youth in foster care, as well as relatives, foster parents and
adoptive parents who open their hearts, families, and homes to
vulnerable children and youth.
3)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; and
the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions
Act of 2008 affirms California's leadership and success in
pioneering innovative child welfare approaches.
FISCAL EFFECT : None
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
None on file.
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Opposition
None on file.
Analysis Prepared by : Anna McCabe / RLS. / (916) 319-2800