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THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 128
Author: Liu (D), et al.
Amended: 8/11/14
Vote: 21
SUBJECT : California Runaway and Homeless Youth Month
SOURCE : California Coalition for Youth
DIGEST : This resolution designates the month of November 2014
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.
Senate Floor Amendments of 8/11/14 make technical changes and
add coauthors.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1.Runaway and homeless youth are young people between 12 and 24
years of age who have the least access to essential
opportunities and supports.
2.Based on national surveys and California's youth population,
an estimated 200,000 youth under 18 years of age, and
thousands more, who are 18 to 24 years of age, are homeless
for one or more days each year.
3.An overwhelming majority of runaway and homeless youth have
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been expelled from their homes by their families; physically,
sexually, and emotionally abused at home; discharged from
foster care and other state custodial systems without adequate
transition plans; separated from their parents by death or
divorce. These youth are often too poor to secure their own
basic needs and ineligible for or unable to access adequate
medical or mental health resources.
4.Providing safe, stable, and permanent housing for runaway and
homeless youth is a family, community, state, and national
priority, as the future well-being of our state depends on the
value we place on our youth, and, in particular, on our
actions to provide the most vulnerable young people in the
state with opportunities to acquire the knowledge, skills, and
abilities they need to find and maintain stable housing and
develop into healthy and productive adults.
5.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 the month of November 2014 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.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/11/14)
California Coalition for Youth (source)
JA:e 8/12/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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