CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2343Introduced by Assembly Member SchiavoFebruary 12, 2024 An act to add Section 10372.3 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to public social services. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2343, as introduced, Schiavo. CalWORKs: childcare programs.Existing federal law provides for allocation of federal funds through the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program to eligible states. Existing law provides for the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, under which, through a combination of state and county funds and federal funds received through the TANF program, each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families. Existing law provides for state-subsidized childcare programs and childcare for recipients of benefits under the CalWORKs program and establishes 3 stages of childcare services managed by county welfare departments and agencies contracting with the State Department of Social Services. This bill would authorize an administrator of a childcare program providing services during the first and 2nd stages of childcare to provide additional enhanced support and navigation services to those recipients experiencing homelessness, escaping domestic violence, or both. The bill would also authorize the administrator of a childcare program to partner with specified agencies to provide those services.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. Section 10372.3 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:10372.3. An administrator of a childcare program, providing childcare services to participants receiving services at the first and second stages of childcare established pursuant to this chapter, may provide additional enhanced support and navigation services to recipients experiencing homelessness, escaping domestic violence, or both. These services may be provided in partnership with homeless service agencies, domestic violence agencies, or other supportive housing.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2343Introduced by Assembly Member SchiavoFebruary 12, 2024 An act to add Section 10372.3 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to public social services. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2343, as introduced, Schiavo. CalWORKs: childcare programs.Existing federal law provides for allocation of federal funds through the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program to eligible states. Existing law provides for the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, under which, through a combination of state and county funds and federal funds received through the TANF program, each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families. Existing law provides for state-subsidized childcare programs and childcare for recipients of benefits under the CalWORKs program and establishes 3 stages of childcare services managed by county welfare departments and agencies contracting with the State Department of Social Services. This bill would authorize an administrator of a childcare program providing services during the first and 2nd stages of childcare to provide additional enhanced support and navigation services to those recipients experiencing homelessness, escaping domestic violence, or both. The bill would also authorize the administrator of a childcare program to partner with specified agencies to provide those services.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2343
Introduced by Assembly Member SchiavoFebruary 12, 2024
Introduced by Assembly Member Schiavo
February 12, 2024
An act to add Section 10372.3 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to public social services.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2343, as introduced, Schiavo. CalWORKs: childcare programs.
Existing federal law provides for allocation of federal funds through the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program to eligible states. Existing law provides for the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, under which, through a combination of state and county funds and federal funds received through the TANF program, each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families. Existing law provides for state-subsidized childcare programs and childcare for recipients of benefits under the CalWORKs program and establishes 3 stages of childcare services managed by county welfare departments and agencies contracting with the State Department of Social Services. This bill would authorize an administrator of a childcare program providing services during the first and 2nd stages of childcare to provide additional enhanced support and navigation services to those recipients experiencing homelessness, escaping domestic violence, or both. The bill would also authorize the administrator of a childcare program to partner with specified agencies to provide those services.
Existing federal law provides for allocation of federal funds through the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program to eligible states. Existing law provides for the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, under which, through a combination of state and county funds and federal funds received through the TANF program, each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families. Existing law provides for state-subsidized childcare programs and childcare for recipients of benefits under the CalWORKs program and establishes 3 stages of childcare services managed by county welfare departments and agencies contracting with the State Department of Social Services.
This bill would authorize an administrator of a childcare program providing services during the first and 2nd stages of childcare to provide additional enhanced support and navigation services to those recipients experiencing homelessness, escaping domestic violence, or both. The bill would also authorize the administrator of a childcare program to partner with specified agencies to provide those services.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 10372.3 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:10372.3. An administrator of a childcare program, providing childcare services to participants receiving services at the first and second stages of childcare established pursuant to this chapter, may provide additional enhanced support and navigation services to recipients experiencing homelessness, escaping domestic violence, or both. These services may be provided in partnership with homeless service agencies, domestic violence agencies, or other supportive housing.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 10372.3 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:10372.3. An administrator of a childcare program, providing childcare services to participants receiving services at the first and second stages of childcare established pursuant to this chapter, may provide additional enhanced support and navigation services to recipients experiencing homelessness, escaping domestic violence, or both. These services may be provided in partnership with homeless service agencies, domestic violence agencies, or other supportive housing.
SECTION 1. Section 10372.3 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
10372.3. An administrator of a childcare program, providing childcare services to participants receiving services at the first and second stages of childcare established pursuant to this chapter, may provide additional enhanced support and navigation services to recipients experiencing homelessness, escaping domestic violence, or both. These services may be provided in partnership with homeless service agencies, domestic violence agencies, or other supportive housing.
10372.3. An administrator of a childcare program, providing childcare services to participants receiving services at the first and second stages of childcare established pursuant to this chapter, may provide additional enhanced support and navigation services to recipients experiencing homelessness, escaping domestic violence, or both. These services may be provided in partnership with homeless service agencies, domestic violence agencies, or other supportive housing.
10372.3. An administrator of a childcare program, providing childcare services to participants receiving services at the first and second stages of childcare established pursuant to this chapter, may provide additional enhanced support and navigation services to recipients experiencing homelessness, escaping domestic violence, or both. These services may be provided in partnership with homeless service agencies, domestic violence agencies, or other supportive housing.
10372.3. An administrator of a childcare program, providing childcare services to participants receiving services at the first and second stages of childcare established pursuant to this chapter, may provide additional enhanced support and navigation services to recipients experiencing homelessness, escaping domestic violence, or both. These services may be provided in partnership with homeless service agencies, domestic violence agencies, or other supportive housing.