Bill Text: CA ACR103 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered


Bill Title: Court Adoption and Permanency Month.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 46-24-1)

Status: (Passed) 2015-09-25 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 201, Statutes of 2015. [ACR103 Detail]

Download: California-2015-ACR103-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: ACR 103	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  201
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 25, 2015
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 10, 2015
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 8, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member McCarty
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen,
Atkins, Baker, Bigelow, Bonilla, Bonta, Brown, Burke, Calderon,
Campos, Chang, Chau, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle,
Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto,
Gipson, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Roger
Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine,
Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, Medina, Melendez,
Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Perea,
Quirk, Rendon, Rodriguez, Salas, Steinorth, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner,
Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams, and Wood)

                        AUGUST 26, 2015

   Relative to adoption.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 103, McCarty. Court Adoption and Permanency Month.
   This measure would designate November 2015 as Court Adoption and
Permanency Month and would encourage the courts and their local
communities to join in activities to expedite permanency for
children.



   WHEREAS, Consistent with its commitment to support practices and
procedures that promote access to justice and improved case outcomes
for California's children and families, the Judicial Council has
recognized November as Court Adoption and Permanency Month every year
since 1999; and
   WHEREAS, Nearly half a million incidents of child abuse and
neglect are reported each year in California, and about 23,400
children enter child welfare-supervised foster care for the first
time each year; and
   WHEREAS, Nearly 62,900 children in California live apart from
their families in child welfare-supervised out-of-home care; and
   WHEREAS, Thirty-eight percent of the children in foster care in
California have lived apart from their families for two or more
years; and
   WHEREAS, Twenty-four percent of the youth in care are
transitional-age youth between 16 and 20 years of age, inclusive; and

   WHEREAS, Of the more than 26,000 California children who left
foster care in 2014, approximately 57 percent were reunited with
their families, 22 percent were adopted, and 6 percent exited foster
care without reunifying or obtaining a permanent home by the time
they reached the age of majority; and
   WHEREAS, Local courts and communities throughout California have
created programs promoting permanency that have resulted in a
reduction in the number of children waiting to live in safe, stable,
and permanent homes; and
   WHEREAS, The Judicial Council has endeavored to support these
programs by creating resources, including children's activity books,
orientation videos, and written materials for parents, to encourage
parents and children in the dependency process; and
   WHEREAS, The Judicial Council remains committed to working with
the Governor, the Legislature, and local courts and communities to
ensure that every abused or neglected child finds a safe, stable, and
permanent home with a loving family as quickly as possible; and
   WHEREAS, The Assembly and Senate are committed to working together
to improve outcomes for children in the child welfare system; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates November
2015 as Court Adoption and Permanency Month, during which the courts
and their local communities are encouraged to join in activities to
expedite permanency for children; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
                                                             
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