BILL ANALYSIS �
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Date of Hearing: June 13, 2011
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
Nancy Skinner, Chair
SCR 44 (Liu) - As Amended: June 9, 2011
SENATE VOTE : 36-0
SUBJECT : Foster Care Month.
SUMMARY : Designates the month of May 2011 as Foster Care Month
in California. Specifically, this resolution makes the
following legislative findings:
1)Thanks to the focus and commitment of Californians working in
public and private organizations and the extraordinary
commitment of those who open their homes and work with
jurisdictions to meet the needs of foster youth for safety,
permanency, and well-being, more of California's youth are
able to live and grow up with the support of permanent, caring
families.
2)In recent years, California has made great strides in
attaining permanency for thousands of children and youth in
foster care; and, throughout the state, children and youth are
benefiting from a focused creation of permanent family
connections from the moment a child enters child welfare
supervised care.
3)Although almost 60 percent of the children leaving foster care
were returned to their families; numerous teens age out of the
foster care system without the safety net of a permanent
family; and all children need and deserve to feel love, a
sense of belonging and the continuity of family and loved ones
to support and guide them in their growth and development.
FISCAL EFFECT : None
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
None on file.
Opposition
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None on file.
Analysis Prepared by : Anna McCabe / RLS. / (916) 319-2800