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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Senator Wahab</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> An act to amend Section 16004.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to foster children. </ns0:Title>
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<html:p>Existing law makes legislative findings and declarations regarding the need to provide resources and support to dependent minor parents. Existing law encourages the State Department of Social Services and local child welfare agencies to collect data on the number of minors in foster care who give birth and the number of minor parents who remain in placement with their minor children, and to collect information to be used to develop a more cost-effective infant supplemental payment rate structure to more adequately reimburse caregivers.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.</html:p>
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Section 16004.5 of the
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(a)
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The Legislature finds and declares that there is an urgent need to develop placement resources to permit minor parents and their children to remain together in out-of-home care when the minor parent is removed from the custody of their parents due to abuse or neglect.
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(b)
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To the greatest extent possible, child welfare agencies, in conjunction with providers and the state, and in conjunction with the ongoing
development of placements and the allocation of existing placement resources, shall identify and utilize whole family placements and other placement models that provide supportive family focused care for dependent teens and their children. In identifying these placements, child welfare agencies shall work with providers and stakeholders to identify and develop programs and program models designed to meet these goals.
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(c)
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In order to effectively plan, identify, and develop needed resources, and effectively address the needs of this population, the department and local child welfare agencies are encouraged to collect data on the number of minors in foster care who give birth and the number of minor parents who remain in placement with their minor children. The department shall aggregate the data annually.
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(d)
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In order to recruit, train, and retain qualified and supportive foster
care providers for this population, the department and local child welfare agencies, in consultation with other interested stakeholders, are encouraged to collect information to be used to develop a more cost-effective infant supplemental payment rate structure that more adequately reimburses caregivers for the costs of infant care and teen parent mentoring.
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