CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2043Introduced by Assembly Member ArambulaFebruary 06, 2018 An act relating to foster youth.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2043, as introduced, Arambula. Foster youth: response system.Existing law, commonly known as Continuum of Care Reform (CCR), states the intent of the Legislature in adopting CCR to improve Californias child welfare system and its outcomes by using comprehensive initial child assessments, increasing the use of home-based family care and the provision of services and supports to home-based family care, reducing the use of congregate care placement settings, and creating faster paths to permanency resulting in shorter durations of involvement in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. Existing law, as part of CCR, requires the State Department of Social Services to implement a resource family approval process, which replaces the multiple processes for licensing foster family homes, certifying foster homes by foster family agencies, approving relatives and nonrelative extended family members as foster care providers, and approving guardians and adoptive families.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would build upon the current CCR implementation effort by establishing a response system, as specified, for caregivers of current or former foster youth who are experiencing emotional, behavioral, or other needs that require immediate support. The bill would state the intent of the Legislature to include a statewide hotline in the response system to provide triage and, as appropriate, deploy a mobile and coordinated in-home response.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would build upon the current Continuum of Care Reform implementation effort through the following actions:(a) Establish a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week response system at the state and local levels for caregivers of current or former foster youth who are experiencing emotional, behavioral, or other needs that require immediate support.(b) Include a statewide hotline in the response system to provide triage and, as appropriate, deploy a mobile and coordinated in-home response that includes face-to-face intervention and support to the youth and caregiver.(c) Ensure the response system increases coordination between state and local child welfare and behavioral health systems to stabilize a foster care placement, prevent placement disruptions that often lead to worse outcomes, reduce law enforcement contacts with foster youth, and connect the foster youth and caregiver to existing services in their communities.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2043Introduced by Assembly Member ArambulaFebruary 06, 2018 An act relating to foster youth.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2043, as introduced, Arambula. Foster youth: response system.Existing law, commonly known as Continuum of Care Reform (CCR), states the intent of the Legislature in adopting CCR to improve Californias child welfare system and its outcomes by using comprehensive initial child assessments, increasing the use of home-based family care and the provision of services and supports to home-based family care, reducing the use of congregate care placement settings, and creating faster paths to permanency resulting in shorter durations of involvement in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. Existing law, as part of CCR, requires the State Department of Social Services to implement a resource family approval process, which replaces the multiple processes for licensing foster family homes, certifying foster homes by foster family agencies, approving relatives and nonrelative extended family members as foster care providers, and approving guardians and adoptive families.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would build upon the current CCR implementation effort by establishing a response system, as specified, for caregivers of current or former foster youth who are experiencing emotional, behavioral, or other needs that require immediate support. The bill would state the intent of the Legislature to include a statewide hotline in the response system to provide triage and, as appropriate, deploy a mobile and coordinated in-home response.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 2043
Introduced by Assembly Member ArambulaFebruary 06, 2018
Introduced by Assembly Member Arambula
February 06, 2018
An act relating to foster youth.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2043, as introduced, Arambula. Foster youth: response system.
Existing law, commonly known as Continuum of Care Reform (CCR), states the intent of the Legislature in adopting CCR to improve Californias child welfare system and its outcomes by using comprehensive initial child assessments, increasing the use of home-based family care and the provision of services and supports to home-based family care, reducing the use of congregate care placement settings, and creating faster paths to permanency resulting in shorter durations of involvement in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. Existing law, as part of CCR, requires the State Department of Social Services to implement a resource family approval process, which replaces the multiple processes for licensing foster family homes, certifying foster homes by foster family agencies, approving relatives and nonrelative extended family members as foster care providers, and approving guardians and adoptive families.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would build upon the current CCR implementation effort by establishing a response system, as specified, for caregivers of current or former foster youth who are experiencing emotional, behavioral, or other needs that require immediate support. The bill would state the intent of the Legislature to include a statewide hotline in the response system to provide triage and, as appropriate, deploy a mobile and coordinated in-home response.
Existing law, commonly known as Continuum of Care Reform (CCR), states the intent of the Legislature in adopting CCR to improve Californias child welfare system and its outcomes by using comprehensive initial child assessments, increasing the use of home-based family care and the provision of services and supports to home-based family care, reducing the use of congregate care placement settings, and creating faster paths to permanency resulting in shorter durations of involvement in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. Existing law, as part of CCR, requires the State Department of Social Services to implement a resource family approval process, which replaces the multiple processes for licensing foster family homes, certifying foster homes by foster family agencies, approving relatives and nonrelative extended family members as foster care providers, and approving guardians and adoptive families.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would build upon the current CCR implementation effort by establishing a response system, as specified, for caregivers of current or former foster youth who are experiencing emotional, behavioral, or other needs that require immediate support. The bill would state the intent of the Legislature to include a statewide hotline in the response system to provide triage and, as appropriate, deploy a mobile and coordinated in-home response.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would build upon the current Continuum of Care Reform implementation effort through the following actions:(a) Establish a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week response system at the state and local levels for caregivers of current or former foster youth who are experiencing emotional, behavioral, or other needs that require immediate support.(b) Include a statewide hotline in the response system to provide triage and, as appropriate, deploy a mobile and coordinated in-home response that includes face-to-face intervention and support to the youth and caregiver.(c) Ensure the response system increases coordination between state and local child welfare and behavioral health systems to stabilize a foster care placement, prevent placement disruptions that often lead to worse outcomes, reduce law enforcement contacts with foster youth, and connect the foster youth and caregiver to existing services in their communities.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would build upon the current Continuum of Care Reform implementation effort through the following actions:(a) Establish a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week response system at the state and local levels for caregivers of current or former foster youth who are experiencing emotional, behavioral, or other needs that require immediate support.(b) Include a statewide hotline in the response system to provide triage and, as appropriate, deploy a mobile and coordinated in-home response that includes face-to-face intervention and support to the youth and caregiver.(c) Ensure the response system increases coordination between state and local child welfare and behavioral health systems to stabilize a foster care placement, prevent placement disruptions that often lead to worse outcomes, reduce law enforcement contacts with foster youth, and connect the foster youth and caregiver to existing services in their communities.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would build upon the current Continuum of Care Reform implementation effort through the following actions:(a) Establish a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week response system at the state and local levels for caregivers of current or former foster youth who are experiencing emotional, behavioral, or other needs that require immediate support.(b) Include a statewide hotline in the response system to provide triage and, as appropriate, deploy a mobile and coordinated in-home response that includes face-to-face intervention and support to the youth and caregiver.(c) Ensure the response system increases coordination between state and local child welfare and behavioral health systems to stabilize a foster care placement, prevent placement disruptions that often lead to worse outcomes, reduce law enforcement contacts with foster youth, and connect the foster youth and caregiver to existing services in their communities.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would build upon the current Continuum of Care Reform implementation effort through the following actions:
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(a) Establish a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week response system at the state and local levels for caregivers of current or former foster youth who are experiencing emotional, behavioral, or other needs that require immediate support.
(b) Include a statewide hotline in the response system to provide triage and, as appropriate, deploy a mobile and coordinated in-home response that includes face-to-face intervention and support to the youth and caregiver.
(c) Ensure the response system increases coordination between state and local child welfare and behavioral health systems to stabilize a foster care placement, prevent placement disruptions that often lead to worse outcomes, reduce law enforcement contacts with foster youth, and connect the foster youth and caregiver to existing services in their communities.