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Measure ACR 82
Authors Bryan   Hart  
Coauthors: Elhawary   Ellis   Flora   Fong   Gabriel   Gallagher   Garcia   Gipson   Jeff Gonzalez   Mark González   Hadwick   Haney   Harabedian   Hoover   Irwin   Jackson   Kalra   Krell   Lackey   Lee   Lowenthal   Macedo   McKinnor   Muratsuchi   Ortega   Pacheco   Papan   Patel   Patterson   Pellerin   Petrie-Norris   Quirk-Silva   Ramos   Ransom   Rivas   Celeste Rodriguez   Michelle Rodriguez   Rogers   Blanca Rubio   Sanchez   Schiavo   Schultz   Stefani   Ta   Valencia   Wallis   Wicks   Wilson   Zbur   Addis   Aguiar-Curry   Ahrens   Alanis   Arambula   Bains   Bauer-Kahan   Bennett   Berman   Boerner   Bonta   Calderon   Caloza   Carrillo   Castillo   Connolly   Davies   DeMaio   Dixon  
Subject Foster Care Month.
Relating To
Title Relative to Foster Care Month.
Last Action Dt 2025-06-25
State Chaptered
Status Chaptered
Active? Y
Vote Required None
Appropriation None
Fiscal Committee No
Local Program None
Substantive Changes None
Urgency None
Tax Levy None
Leginfo Link Bill
Actions
2025-06-25     Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 1 p.m.
2025-06-25     Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 104, Statutes of 2025.
2025-06-19     Adopted and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1666.)
2025-06-19     In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
2025-06-17     Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-06-11     From committee: Ordered to third reading.
2025-06-02     In Senate. To Com. on RLS.
2025-05-29     Coauthors revised.
2025-05-29     Adopted and to Senate. (Page 1768.)
2025-05-19     From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to Third Reading. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 19).
2025-05-14     Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
2025-05-13     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on RLS. Amended.
2025-05-12     Referred to Com. on RLS.
2025-05-09     From printer.
2025-05-08     Introduced. To print.
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Chaptered     2025-06-25
Enrolled     2025-06-20
Amended Assembly     2025-05-13
Introduced     2025-05-08
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Nearly 38,000 children in California are navigating the complexities of the foster care system, longing for and deserving safe, enduring bonds with nurturing adults, a stable home, and comprehensive supports to grow, learn, and thrive; and </html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, California’s children and youth represent our hope for the future and every child deserves a safe, loving, accepting, stable, and nurturing home; and </html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Historically, foster youth have experienced alarming rates of homelessness as they transition out of care. While California has taken great strides to address this, 1 in 4 foster youth experience homelessness after exiting care and before turning 23 years of age; and </html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Many California counties and community partners 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, families, and communities, thereby reducing the number of children in foster care; and </html:p>
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				<html:p>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 </html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, California acknowledges the tireless efforts of countless individuals and organizations dedicated to meeting the needs of children and youth within, and transitioning out of, foster care, facilitating essential connections among youth and their siblings, and empowering young individuals to thrive as they transition into adulthood; and </html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, California is deeply committed to constructing a comprehensive, holistic behavioral health and strengths-based system for youth and families affected by the child welfare system that is designed to be responsive to the trauma caused by family separation, specifically embracing nontraditional therapeutic methods such as enrichment activities and prioritizing lifelong relationships; and </html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, It is undeniable that children and adolescents thrive most effectively within the nurturing embrace of familial environments, thus ensuring that such placements continue to be given the highest priority; and </html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, California has undergone comprehensive reforms to improve the experience and outcomes of children and youth in foster care by improving assessments of children and families to make more informed and appropriate initial placement decisions, emphasizing home-based family care placements of children, appropriately supporting these placements with needed services, creating short-term programs for youth whose needs cannot be met safely in families, and increasing transparency and accountability for child outcomes; and </html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, California is dedicated to working in partnership with local governments, advocates, and stakeholders to address the disproportionate representation of Black, Latino, and indigenous youth in the foster care system, and further, to address systemwide outcomes that reflect that children of color in the foster care system are more likely to experience multiple placements and less likely to be reunited with their birth families than White children in the foster care system; and </html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, California is committed to working in partnership with the federal government, local governments, and community partners to improve the lives and futures of all children and youth touched by the child welfare system; now, therefore, be it </html:p>
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					<html:i>Resolved,</html:i>
					 by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature declares the month of May 2025 as Foster Care Awareness Month; and be it further 
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					<html:i>Resolved,</html:i>
					 That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution. 
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Last Version Text Digest This measure would declare the month of May 2025 as Foster Care Month.