Bill Text: CA SCR117 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Foster Care Month.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-5)

Status: (Passed) 2014-08-07 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 103, Statutes of 2014. [SCR117 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SCR117-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: SCR 117	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  103
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 7, 2014
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  MAY 5, 2014
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 4, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Liu
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Stone)
   (Coauthors: Senators Berryhill, Block, Cannella, DeSaulnier,
Evans, Fuller, Huff, Jackson, Leno, Mitchell, Pavley, Steinberg,
Vidak, and Wolk)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Ammiano, Bloom, Chesbro, Cooley,
Dickinson, Hall, and Quirk-Silva)

                        APRIL 28, 2014

   Relative to Foster Care Month.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 117, Liu. Foster Care Month.
   This measure would declare the month of May 2014 as Foster Care
Month.



   WHEREAS, In California there are approximately 64,622 children and
youth in foster care who need and deserve safe, permanent
connections to loving adults, a stable home, and adequate preparation
for a secure future; and
   WHEREAS, The needs of children and youth for belonging and
unconditional emotional commitment are best met in families; and
   WHEREAS, Many California counties have successfully supported
permanent family connections for foster youth, provided support for
families at risk of entering the child welfare system, and changed
practices to fully engage youth, family, and communities, thereby
reducing the number of children in foster care; and
   WHEREAS, California recognizes the enduring and valuable
contribution of relatives and foster and adoptive parents who open
their hearts, families, and homes to vulnerable children and youth;
and
   WHEREAS, California recognizes the numerous individuals and public
and private organizations that work to ensure that the needs of
children and youth living in and leaving foster care are met, that
help provide foster and former foster children and youth with vital
connections to their siblings, and that help launch young people into
successful adulthood; and
   WHEREAS, The federal Fostering Connections to Success and
Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 offers opportunities to promote
permanent families for children in foster care, improve outcomes for
older youth in foster care, increase support for Native American
foster children, improve the quality of staff working with youth in
the child welfare system, expand our support of relative and adoptive
caregivers, and assist older youth in securing meaningful supportive
transitions from foster care; and
   WHEREAS, This federal law affirms California's leadership and
success in pioneering innovative child welfare approaches; and
   WHEREAS, California is committed to working in partnership with
the federal government and local governments to improve the lives and
futures of all children and youth touched by the child welfare
system; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature declares the month of May
2014 as Foster Care Month; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.