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California Assembly Bill AB1520

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1-Assembly Bill No. 1520 CHAPTER 415 An act to add and repeal Division 11 (commencing with Section 20050) of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to poverty. [ Approved by Governor October 02, 2017. Filed with Secretary of State October 02, 2017. ] LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1520, Burke. Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Task Force.Existing law establishes various programs that provide cash assistance and other benefits relating to health care, food, and housing, among other things, to qualified low-income families and individuals, including, among others, the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, the California Earned Income Tax Credit, Medi-Cal, CalFresh, the California Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC Program), and the Emergency Housing and Assistance Program.This bill would establish the Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Task Force, for the purpose of submitting a report to the Legislature and the executive branch administration of the state, as specified, that recommends future comprehensive strategies to achieve the reduction of deep poverty among children and reduce the overall child poverty rate in the state. The bill would require the report to be completed by November 1, 2018. The bill would require the State Department of Social Services to invite and convene the task force and to assist the task force in carrying out its duties, as specified. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2020.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to address deep poverty among children and move toward reducing the overall child poverty rate in the state.(b) In seeking to address deep child poverty and reduce overall child poverty, it is the intent of the Legislature to build on the substantial foundation and progress that has been made in helping low-income Californians and addressing child poverty in the state, such as increases to the minimum wage, the elimination of the maximum family grant rule in the CalWORKs program, housing and utility support programs, school nutrition programs, the local control funding formula for K12 education, state programs under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, expansion of health care, investments in child development, the California Earned Income Tax Credit, and outreach and assistance with the federal earned income tax credit.(c) It is further the intent of the Legislature that the Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Task Force produce a report that recommends future comprehensive strategies to achieve the reduction of deep poverty among children and reduce the overall child poverty rate in the state.SEC. 2. Division 11 (commencing with Section 20050) is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:DIVISION 11. POVERTY REDUCTION CHAPTER 1. General Provisions Article 1. Title20050. This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Act. Article 2. Task Force20055. (a) (1) The Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Task Force is hereby established for the purpose of recommending future comprehensive strategies aimed at addressing deep child poverty and reducing child poverty in California.(2) The task force shall be invited and convened by the State Department of Social Services. The task force shall consist of stakeholders that focus on family and child well-being, from birth to adulthood, in furtherance of the goals of reducing child poverty and alleviating family crises, including, but not limited to, representatives from among the state agencies responsible for health and human services, workforce, education, and housing programs, counties, justice agencies, state and local community organizations that work with and advocate for children and families, and researchers with subject-matter expertise.(b) The State Department of Social Services shall assist the task force in carrying out its duties to the extent that funding is available. The department may use its existing resources to absorb its costs for implementing this division. Notwithstanding any other law, the department may accept and expend funds from nongovernment sources for its work with the task force.(c) The task force shall submit a report to the executive branch administration and the Legislature. The report shall be completed by no later than November 1, 2018, and shall include the following:(1) The success achieved over the eight-year period prior to completion of the report, for each program and service determined by the task force to be of the highest importance in reducing both childhood poverty and the number of children in deep poverty, and recommendations that may build on that success.(2) An analysis of unmet needs among children in deep poverty and poverty, if any, for each of the programs and services determined by the task force to be of the highest importance in reducing childhood poverty.(3) A specific set of near-term, intermediate term, and long-term benchmarks that can be used to measure the states progress toward the goal of addressing child poverty.(4) The task force shall consider the needs and priorities for services, and make recommendations intended to address deep poverty among children and reduce the number of children living in poverty.(d) A report submitted to the Legislature pursuant to this section shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.20060. This division shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2020, deletes or extends that date.
1+Enrolled September 19, 2017 Passed IN Senate September 13, 2017 Passed IN Assembly September 15, 2017 Amended IN Senate September 08, 2017 Amended IN Senate September 06, 2017 Amended IN Senate September 01, 2017 Amended IN Senate July 17, 2017 Amended IN Senate July 05, 2017 Amended IN Assembly May 30, 2017 Amended IN Assembly April 17, 2017 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1520Introduced by Assembly Members Burke and Rubio(Coauthors: Assembly Members Baker, Chiu, Cooper, Cristina Garcia, Gloria, Limn, Mayes, Steinorth, and Thurmond)(Coauthors: Senators Anderson and Bradford)February 17, 2017 An act to add and repeal Division 11 (commencing with Section 20050) of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to poverty.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1520, Burke. Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Task Force.Existing law establishes various programs that provide cash assistance and other benefits relating to health care, food, and housing, among other things, to qualified low-income families and individuals, including, among others, the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, the California Earned Income Tax Credit, Medi-Cal, CalFresh, the California Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC Program), and the Emergency Housing and Assistance Program.This bill would establish the Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Task Force, for the purpose of submitting a report to the Legislature and the executive branch administration of the state, as specified, that recommends future comprehensive strategies to achieve the reduction of deep poverty among children and reduce the overall child poverty rate in the state. The bill would require the report to be completed by November 1, 2018. The bill would require the State Department of Social Services to invite and convene the task force and to assist the task force in carrying out its duties, as specified. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2020.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to address deep poverty among children and move toward reducing the overall child poverty rate in the state.(b) In seeking to address deep child poverty and reduce overall child poverty, it is the intent of the Legislature to build on the substantial foundation and progress that has been made in helping low-income Californians and addressing child poverty in the state, such as increases to the minimum wage, the elimination of the maximum family grant rule in the CalWORKs program, housing and utility support programs, school nutrition programs, the local control funding formula for K12 education, state programs under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, expansion of health care, investments in child development, the California Earned Income Tax Credit, and outreach and assistance with the federal earned income tax credit.(c) It is further the intent of the Legislature that the Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Task Force produce a report that recommends future comprehensive strategies to achieve the reduction of deep poverty among children and reduce the overall child poverty rate in the state.SEC. 2. Division 11 (commencing with Section 20050) is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:DIVISION 11. POVERTY REDUCTION CHAPTER 1. General Provisions Article 1. Title20050. This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Act. Article 2. Task Force20055. (a) (1) The Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Task Force is hereby established for the purpose of recommending future comprehensive strategies aimed at addressing deep child poverty and reducing child poverty in California.(2) The task force shall be invited and convened by the State Department of Social Services. The task force shall consist of stakeholders that focus on family and child well-being, from birth to adulthood, in furtherance of the goals of reducing child poverty and alleviating family crises, including, but not limited to, representatives from among the state agencies responsible for health and human services, workforce, education, and housing programs, counties, justice agencies, state and local community organizations that work with and advocate for children and families, and researchers with subject-matter expertise.(b) The State Department of Social Services shall assist the task force in carrying out its duties to the extent that funding is available. The department may use its existing resources to absorb its costs for implementing this division. Notwithstanding any other law, the department may accept and expend funds from nongovernment sources for its work with the task force.(c) The task force shall submit a report to the executive branch administration and the Legislature. The report shall be completed by no later than November 1, 2018, and shall include the following:(1) The success achieved over the eight-year period prior to completion of the report, for each program and service determined by the task force to be of the highest importance in reducing both childhood poverty and the number of children in deep poverty, and recommendations that may build on that success.(2) An analysis of unmet needs among children in deep poverty and poverty, if any, for each of the programs and services determined by the task force to be of the highest importance in reducing childhood poverty.(3) A specific set of near-term, intermediate term, and long-term benchmarks that can be used to measure the states progress toward the goal of addressing child poverty.(4) The task force shall consider the needs and priorities for services, and make recommendations intended to address deep poverty among children and reduce the number of children living in poverty.(d) A report submitted to the Legislature pursuant to this section shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.20060. This division shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2020, deletes or extends that date.
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3- Assembly Bill No. 1520 CHAPTER 415 An act to add and repeal Division 11 (commencing with Section 20050) of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to poverty. [ Approved by Governor October 02, 2017. Filed with Secretary of State October 02, 2017. ] LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1520, Burke. Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Task Force.Existing law establishes various programs that provide cash assistance and other benefits relating to health care, food, and housing, among other things, to qualified low-income families and individuals, including, among others, the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, the California Earned Income Tax Credit, Medi-Cal, CalFresh, the California Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC Program), and the Emergency Housing and Assistance Program.This bill would establish the Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Task Force, for the purpose of submitting a report to the Legislature and the executive branch administration of the state, as specified, that recommends future comprehensive strategies to achieve the reduction of deep poverty among children and reduce the overall child poverty rate in the state. The bill would require the report to be completed by November 1, 2018. The bill would require the State Department of Social Services to invite and convene the task force and to assist the task force in carrying out its duties, as specified. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2020.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
3+ Enrolled September 19, 2017 Passed IN Senate September 13, 2017 Passed IN Assembly September 15, 2017 Amended IN Senate September 08, 2017 Amended IN Senate September 06, 2017 Amended IN Senate September 01, 2017 Amended IN Senate July 17, 2017 Amended IN Senate July 05, 2017 Amended IN Assembly May 30, 2017 Amended IN Assembly April 17, 2017 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1520Introduced by Assembly Members Burke and Rubio(Coauthors: Assembly Members Baker, Chiu, Cooper, Cristina Garcia, Gloria, Limn, Mayes, Steinorth, and Thurmond)(Coauthors: Senators Anderson and Bradford)February 17, 2017 An act to add and repeal Division 11 (commencing with Section 20050) of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to poverty.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1520, Burke. Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Task Force.Existing law establishes various programs that provide cash assistance and other benefits relating to health care, food, and housing, among other things, to qualified low-income families and individuals, including, among others, the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, the California Earned Income Tax Credit, Medi-Cal, CalFresh, the California Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC Program), and the Emergency Housing and Assistance Program.This bill would establish the Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Task Force, for the purpose of submitting a report to the Legislature and the executive branch administration of the state, as specified, that recommends future comprehensive strategies to achieve the reduction of deep poverty among children and reduce the overall child poverty rate in the state. The bill would require the report to be completed by November 1, 2018. The bill would require the State Department of Social Services to invite and convene the task force and to assist the task force in carrying out its duties, as specified. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2020.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
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5+ Enrolled September 19, 2017 Passed IN Senate September 13, 2017 Passed IN Assembly September 15, 2017 Amended IN Senate September 08, 2017 Amended IN Senate September 06, 2017 Amended IN Senate September 01, 2017 Amended IN Senate July 17, 2017 Amended IN Senate July 05, 2017 Amended IN Assembly May 30, 2017 Amended IN Assembly April 17, 2017
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9+Passed IN Assembly September 15, 2017
10+Amended IN Senate September 08, 2017
11+Amended IN Senate September 06, 2017
12+Amended IN Senate September 01, 2017
13+Amended IN Senate July 17, 2017
14+Amended IN Senate July 05, 2017
15+Amended IN Assembly May 30, 2017
16+Amended IN Assembly April 17, 2017
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22+Introduced by Assembly Members Burke and Rubio(Coauthors: Assembly Members Baker, Chiu, Cooper, Cristina Garcia, Gloria, Limn, Mayes, Steinorth, and Thurmond)(Coauthors: Senators Anderson and Bradford)February 17, 2017
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24+Introduced by Assembly Members Burke and Rubio(Coauthors: Assembly Members Baker, Chiu, Cooper, Cristina Garcia, Gloria, Limn, Mayes, Steinorth, and Thurmond)(Coauthors: Senators Anderson and Bradford)
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1633 AB 1520, Burke. Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Task Force.
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1835 Existing law establishes various programs that provide cash assistance and other benefits relating to health care, food, and housing, among other things, to qualified low-income families and individuals, including, among others, the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, the California Earned Income Tax Credit, Medi-Cal, CalFresh, the California Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC Program), and the Emergency Housing and Assistance Program.This bill would establish the Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Task Force, for the purpose of submitting a report to the Legislature and the executive branch administration of the state, as specified, that recommends future comprehensive strategies to achieve the reduction of deep poverty among children and reduce the overall child poverty rate in the state. The bill would require the report to be completed by November 1, 2018. The bill would require the State Department of Social Services to invite and convene the task force and to assist the task force in carrying out its duties, as specified. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2020.
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2037 Existing law establishes various programs that provide cash assistance and other benefits relating to health care, food, and housing, among other things, to qualified low-income families and individuals, including, among others, the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, the California Earned Income Tax Credit, Medi-Cal, CalFresh, the California Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC Program), and the Emergency Housing and Assistance Program.
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2239 This bill would establish the Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Task Force, for the purpose of submitting a report to the Legislature and the executive branch administration of the state, as specified, that recommends future comprehensive strategies to achieve the reduction of deep poverty among children and reduce the overall child poverty rate in the state. The bill would require the report to be completed by November 1, 2018. The bill would require the State Department of Social Services to invite and convene the task force and to assist the task force in carrying out its duties, as specified. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2020.
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2845 The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to address deep poverty among children and move toward reducing the overall child poverty rate in the state.(b) In seeking to address deep child poverty and reduce overall child poverty, it is the intent of the Legislature to build on the substantial foundation and progress that has been made in helping low-income Californians and addressing child poverty in the state, such as increases to the minimum wage, the elimination of the maximum family grant rule in the CalWORKs program, housing and utility support programs, school nutrition programs, the local control funding formula for K12 education, state programs under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, expansion of health care, investments in child development, the California Earned Income Tax Credit, and outreach and assistance with the federal earned income tax credit.(c) It is further the intent of the Legislature that the Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Task Force produce a report that recommends future comprehensive strategies to achieve the reduction of deep poverty among children and reduce the overall child poverty rate in the state.SEC. 2. Division 11 (commencing with Section 20050) is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:DIVISION 11. POVERTY REDUCTION CHAPTER 1. General Provisions Article 1. Title20050. This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Act. Article 2. Task Force20055. (a) (1) The Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Task Force is hereby established for the purpose of recommending future comprehensive strategies aimed at addressing deep child poverty and reducing child poverty in California.(2) The task force shall be invited and convened by the State Department of Social Services. The task force shall consist of stakeholders that focus on family and child well-being, from birth to adulthood, in furtherance of the goals of reducing child poverty and alleviating family crises, including, but not limited to, representatives from among the state agencies responsible for health and human services, workforce, education, and housing programs, counties, justice agencies, state and local community organizations that work with and advocate for children and families, and researchers with subject-matter expertise.(b) The State Department of Social Services shall assist the task force in carrying out its duties to the extent that funding is available. The department may use its existing resources to absorb its costs for implementing this division. Notwithstanding any other law, the department may accept and expend funds from nongovernment sources for its work with the task force.(c) The task force shall submit a report to the executive branch administration and the Legislature. The report shall be completed by no later than November 1, 2018, and shall include the following:(1) The success achieved over the eight-year period prior to completion of the report, for each program and service determined by the task force to be of the highest importance in reducing both childhood poverty and the number of children in deep poverty, and recommendations that may build on that success.(2) An analysis of unmet needs among children in deep poverty and poverty, if any, for each of the programs and services determined by the task force to be of the highest importance in reducing childhood poverty.(3) A specific set of near-term, intermediate term, and long-term benchmarks that can be used to measure the states progress toward the goal of addressing child poverty.(4) The task force shall consider the needs and priorities for services, and make recommendations intended to address deep poverty among children and reduce the number of children living in poverty.(d) A report submitted to the Legislature pursuant to this section shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.20060. This division shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2020, deletes or extends that date.
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3451 SECTION 1. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to address deep poverty among children and move toward reducing the overall child poverty rate in the state.(b) In seeking to address deep child poverty and reduce overall child poverty, it is the intent of the Legislature to build on the substantial foundation and progress that has been made in helping low-income Californians and addressing child poverty in the state, such as increases to the minimum wage, the elimination of the maximum family grant rule in the CalWORKs program, housing and utility support programs, school nutrition programs, the local control funding formula for K12 education, state programs under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, expansion of health care, investments in child development, the California Earned Income Tax Credit, and outreach and assistance with the federal earned income tax credit.(c) It is further the intent of the Legislature that the Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Task Force produce a report that recommends future comprehensive strategies to achieve the reduction of deep poverty among children and reduce the overall child poverty rate in the state.
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3653 SECTION 1. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to address deep poverty among children and move toward reducing the overall child poverty rate in the state.(b) In seeking to address deep child poverty and reduce overall child poverty, it is the intent of the Legislature to build on the substantial foundation and progress that has been made in helping low-income Californians and addressing child poverty in the state, such as increases to the minimum wage, the elimination of the maximum family grant rule in the CalWORKs program, housing and utility support programs, school nutrition programs, the local control funding formula for K12 education, state programs under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, expansion of health care, investments in child development, the California Earned Income Tax Credit, and outreach and assistance with the federal earned income tax credit.(c) It is further the intent of the Legislature that the Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Task Force produce a report that recommends future comprehensive strategies to achieve the reduction of deep poverty among children and reduce the overall child poverty rate in the state.
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3855 SECTION 1. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to address deep poverty among children and move toward reducing the overall child poverty rate in the state.
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4259 (b) In seeking to address deep child poverty and reduce overall child poverty, it is the intent of the Legislature to build on the substantial foundation and progress that has been made in helping low-income Californians and addressing child poverty in the state, such as increases to the minimum wage, the elimination of the maximum family grant rule in the CalWORKs program, housing and utility support programs, school nutrition programs, the local control funding formula for K12 education, state programs under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, expansion of health care, investments in child development, the California Earned Income Tax Credit, and outreach and assistance with the federal earned income tax credit.
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4461 (c) It is further the intent of the Legislature that the Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Task Force produce a report that recommends future comprehensive strategies to achieve the reduction of deep poverty among children and reduce the overall child poverty rate in the state.
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4663 SEC. 2. Division 11 (commencing with Section 20050) is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:DIVISION 11. POVERTY REDUCTION CHAPTER 1. General Provisions Article 1. Title20050. This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Act. Article 2. Task Force20055. (a) (1) The Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Task Force is hereby established for the purpose of recommending future comprehensive strategies aimed at addressing deep child poverty and reducing child poverty in California.(2) The task force shall be invited and convened by the State Department of Social Services. The task force shall consist of stakeholders that focus on family and child well-being, from birth to adulthood, in furtherance of the goals of reducing child poverty and alleviating family crises, including, but not limited to, representatives from among the state agencies responsible for health and human services, workforce, education, and housing programs, counties, justice agencies, state and local community organizations that work with and advocate for children and families, and researchers with subject-matter expertise.(b) The State Department of Social Services shall assist the task force in carrying out its duties to the extent that funding is available. The department may use its existing resources to absorb its costs for implementing this division. Notwithstanding any other law, the department may accept and expend funds from nongovernment sources for its work with the task force.(c) The task force shall submit a report to the executive branch administration and the Legislature. The report shall be completed by no later than November 1, 2018, and shall include the following:(1) The success achieved over the eight-year period prior to completion of the report, for each program and service determined by the task force to be of the highest importance in reducing both childhood poverty and the number of children in deep poverty, and recommendations that may build on that success.(2) An analysis of unmet needs among children in deep poverty and poverty, if any, for each of the programs and services determined by the task force to be of the highest importance in reducing childhood poverty.(3) A specific set of near-term, intermediate term, and long-term benchmarks that can be used to measure the states progress toward the goal of addressing child poverty.(4) The task force shall consider the needs and priorities for services, and make recommendations intended to address deep poverty among children and reduce the number of children living in poverty.(d) A report submitted to the Legislature pursuant to this section shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.20060. This division shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2020, deletes or extends that date.
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4865 SEC. 2. Division 11 (commencing with Section 20050) is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:
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5269 DIVISION 11. POVERTY REDUCTION CHAPTER 1. General Provisions Article 1. Title20050. This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Act. Article 2. Task Force20055. (a) (1) The Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Task Force is hereby established for the purpose of recommending future comprehensive strategies aimed at addressing deep child poverty and reducing child poverty in California.(2) The task force shall be invited and convened by the State Department of Social Services. The task force shall consist of stakeholders that focus on family and child well-being, from birth to adulthood, in furtherance of the goals of reducing child poverty and alleviating family crises, including, but not limited to, representatives from among the state agencies responsible for health and human services, workforce, education, and housing programs, counties, justice agencies, state and local community organizations that work with and advocate for children and families, and researchers with subject-matter expertise.(b) The State Department of Social Services shall assist the task force in carrying out its duties to the extent that funding is available. The department may use its existing resources to absorb its costs for implementing this division. Notwithstanding any other law, the department may accept and expend funds from nongovernment sources for its work with the task force.(c) The task force shall submit a report to the executive branch administration and the Legislature. The report shall be completed by no later than November 1, 2018, and shall include the following:(1) The success achieved over the eight-year period prior to completion of the report, for each program and service determined by the task force to be of the highest importance in reducing both childhood poverty and the number of children in deep poverty, and recommendations that may build on that success.(2) An analysis of unmet needs among children in deep poverty and poverty, if any, for each of the programs and services determined by the task force to be of the highest importance in reducing childhood poverty.(3) A specific set of near-term, intermediate term, and long-term benchmarks that can be used to measure the states progress toward the goal of addressing child poverty.(4) The task force shall consider the needs and priorities for services, and make recommendations intended to address deep poverty among children and reduce the number of children living in poverty.(d) A report submitted to the Legislature pursuant to this section shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.20060. This division shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2020, deletes or extends that date.
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5471 DIVISION 11. POVERTY REDUCTION CHAPTER 1. General Provisions Article 1. Title20050. This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Act. Article 2. Task Force20055. (a) (1) The Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Task Force is hereby established for the purpose of recommending future comprehensive strategies aimed at addressing deep child poverty and reducing child poverty in California.(2) The task force shall be invited and convened by the State Department of Social Services. The task force shall consist of stakeholders that focus on family and child well-being, from birth to adulthood, in furtherance of the goals of reducing child poverty and alleviating family crises, including, but not limited to, representatives from among the state agencies responsible for health and human services, workforce, education, and housing programs, counties, justice agencies, state and local community organizations that work with and advocate for children and families, and researchers with subject-matter expertise.(b) The State Department of Social Services shall assist the task force in carrying out its duties to the extent that funding is available. The department may use its existing resources to absorb its costs for implementing this division. Notwithstanding any other law, the department may accept and expend funds from nongovernment sources for its work with the task force.(c) The task force shall submit a report to the executive branch administration and the Legislature. The report shall be completed by no later than November 1, 2018, and shall include the following:(1) The success achieved over the eight-year period prior to completion of the report, for each program and service determined by the task force to be of the highest importance in reducing both childhood poverty and the number of children in deep poverty, and recommendations that may build on that success.(2) An analysis of unmet needs among children in deep poverty and poverty, if any, for each of the programs and services determined by the task force to be of the highest importance in reducing childhood poverty.(3) A specific set of near-term, intermediate term, and long-term benchmarks that can be used to measure the states progress toward the goal of addressing child poverty.(4) The task force shall consider the needs and priorities for services, and make recommendations intended to address deep poverty among children and reduce the number of children living in poverty.(d) A report submitted to the Legislature pursuant to this section shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.20060. This division shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2020, deletes or extends that date.
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6077 CHAPTER 1. General Provisions Article 1. Title20050. This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Act. Article 2. Task Force20055. (a) (1) The Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Task Force is hereby established for the purpose of recommending future comprehensive strategies aimed at addressing deep child poverty and reducing child poverty in California.(2) The task force shall be invited and convened by the State Department of Social Services. The task force shall consist of stakeholders that focus on family and child well-being, from birth to adulthood, in furtherance of the goals of reducing child poverty and alleviating family crises, including, but not limited to, representatives from among the state agencies responsible for health and human services, workforce, education, and housing programs, counties, justice agencies, state and local community organizations that work with and advocate for children and families, and researchers with subject-matter expertise.(b) The State Department of Social Services shall assist the task force in carrying out its duties to the extent that funding is available. The department may use its existing resources to absorb its costs for implementing this division. Notwithstanding any other law, the department may accept and expend funds from nongovernment sources for its work with the task force.(c) The task force shall submit a report to the executive branch administration and the Legislature. The report shall be completed by no later than November 1, 2018, and shall include the following:(1) The success achieved over the eight-year period prior to completion of the report, for each program and service determined by the task force to be of the highest importance in reducing both childhood poverty and the number of children in deep poverty, and recommendations that may build on that success.(2) An analysis of unmet needs among children in deep poverty and poverty, if any, for each of the programs and services determined by the task force to be of the highest importance in reducing childhood poverty.(3) A specific set of near-term, intermediate term, and long-term benchmarks that can be used to measure the states progress toward the goal of addressing child poverty.(4) The task force shall consider the needs and priorities for services, and make recommendations intended to address deep poverty among children and reduce the number of children living in poverty.(d) A report submitted to the Legislature pursuant to this section shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.20060. This division shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2020, deletes or extends that date.
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6683 Article 1. Title20050. This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Act.
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7289 20050. This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Act.
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7693 20050. This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Act.
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7895 Article 2. Task Force20055. (a) (1) The Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Task Force is hereby established for the purpose of recommending future comprehensive strategies aimed at addressing deep child poverty and reducing child poverty in California.(2) The task force shall be invited and convened by the State Department of Social Services. The task force shall consist of stakeholders that focus on family and child well-being, from birth to adulthood, in furtherance of the goals of reducing child poverty and alleviating family crises, including, but not limited to, representatives from among the state agencies responsible for health and human services, workforce, education, and housing programs, counties, justice agencies, state and local community organizations that work with and advocate for children and families, and researchers with subject-matter expertise.(b) The State Department of Social Services shall assist the task force in carrying out its duties to the extent that funding is available. The department may use its existing resources to absorb its costs for implementing this division. Notwithstanding any other law, the department may accept and expend funds from nongovernment sources for its work with the task force.(c) The task force shall submit a report to the executive branch administration and the Legislature. The report shall be completed by no later than November 1, 2018, and shall include the following:(1) The success achieved over the eight-year period prior to completion of the report, for each program and service determined by the task force to be of the highest importance in reducing both childhood poverty and the number of children in deep poverty, and recommendations that may build on that success.(2) An analysis of unmet needs among children in deep poverty and poverty, if any, for each of the programs and services determined by the task force to be of the highest importance in reducing childhood poverty.(3) A specific set of near-term, intermediate term, and long-term benchmarks that can be used to measure the states progress toward the goal of addressing child poverty.(4) The task force shall consider the needs and priorities for services, and make recommendations intended to address deep poverty among children and reduce the number of children living in poverty.(d) A report submitted to the Legislature pursuant to this section shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.20060. This division shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2020, deletes or extends that date.
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84101 20055. (a) (1) The Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Task Force is hereby established for the purpose of recommending future comprehensive strategies aimed at addressing deep child poverty and reducing child poverty in California.(2) The task force shall be invited and convened by the State Department of Social Services. The task force shall consist of stakeholders that focus on family and child well-being, from birth to adulthood, in furtherance of the goals of reducing child poverty and alleviating family crises, including, but not limited to, representatives from among the state agencies responsible for health and human services, workforce, education, and housing programs, counties, justice agencies, state and local community organizations that work with and advocate for children and families, and researchers with subject-matter expertise.(b) The State Department of Social Services shall assist the task force in carrying out its duties to the extent that funding is available. The department may use its existing resources to absorb its costs for implementing this division. Notwithstanding any other law, the department may accept and expend funds from nongovernment sources for its work with the task force.(c) The task force shall submit a report to the executive branch administration and the Legislature. The report shall be completed by no later than November 1, 2018, and shall include the following:(1) The success achieved over the eight-year period prior to completion of the report, for each program and service determined by the task force to be of the highest importance in reducing both childhood poverty and the number of children in deep poverty, and recommendations that may build on that success.(2) An analysis of unmet needs among children in deep poverty and poverty, if any, for each of the programs and services determined by the task force to be of the highest importance in reducing childhood poverty.(3) A specific set of near-term, intermediate term, and long-term benchmarks that can be used to measure the states progress toward the goal of addressing child poverty.(4) The task force shall consider the needs and priorities for services, and make recommendations intended to address deep poverty among children and reduce the number of children living in poverty.(d) A report submitted to the Legislature pursuant to this section shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
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88105 20055. (a) (1) The Lifting Children and Families Out of Poverty Task Force is hereby established for the purpose of recommending future comprehensive strategies aimed at addressing deep child poverty and reducing child poverty in California.
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90107 (2) The task force shall be invited and convened by the State Department of Social Services. The task force shall consist of stakeholders that focus on family and child well-being, from birth to adulthood, in furtherance of the goals of reducing child poverty and alleviating family crises, including, but not limited to, representatives from among the state agencies responsible for health and human services, workforce, education, and housing programs, counties, justice agencies, state and local community organizations that work with and advocate for children and families, and researchers with subject-matter expertise.
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92109 (b) The State Department of Social Services shall assist the task force in carrying out its duties to the extent that funding is available. The department may use its existing resources to absorb its costs for implementing this division. Notwithstanding any other law, the department may accept and expend funds from nongovernment sources for its work with the task force.
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94111 (c) The task force shall submit a report to the executive branch administration and the Legislature. The report shall be completed by no later than November 1, 2018, and shall include the following:
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96113 (1) The success achieved over the eight-year period prior to completion of the report, for each program and service determined by the task force to be of the highest importance in reducing both childhood poverty and the number of children in deep poverty, and recommendations that may build on that success.
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98115 (2) An analysis of unmet needs among children in deep poverty and poverty, if any, for each of the programs and services determined by the task force to be of the highest importance in reducing childhood poverty.
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100117 (3) A specific set of near-term, intermediate term, and long-term benchmarks that can be used to measure the states progress toward the goal of addressing child poverty.
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102119 (4) The task force shall consider the needs and priorities for services, and make recommendations intended to address deep poverty among children and reduce the number of children living in poverty.
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104121 (d) A report submitted to the Legislature pursuant to this section shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
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106123 20060. This division shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2020, deletes or extends that date.
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