Issue Position: Youth

Issue Position

Student support services: Dream Resource Liaisons (AB 2477)
Will require high schools, community colleges and universities to have a dedicated person on campus to provide undocumented students with adequate support and resources needed to navigate the education system.

Child abuse or neglect: foster children (AB 2323)
Will require the state to complete investigations of abuse or neglect of foster children within 30 days of an allegation being made.

Newborns and infants: hearing screening (AB 612)
Strengthens state reporting requirements for newborns and infants tested for hearing loss and would require general acute care hospitals to maintain a newborn and infant data management system.

Foster care: resource family (AB-2183)
Creates an immediate source of funding for resource families who take in a child on an emergency basis.

Resource Family Plan for Foster Youth (AB 507)
Elevate the importance of training while supporting resource families in a dynamic way. The goal is to empower resource families in the foster care system by redirecting current training requirements to most effectively benefit foster youth outcomes. Chaptered by Secretary of State, Chapter 705, Statutes of 2017

Prohibiting Preschool Expulsions (AB 752)
Add to the Education Code to create a process for addressing serious and challenging behavior exhibited by children enrolled in a California State Preschool Program. The goal being to establish a process modeled after the US Department of Health and Human Services' guidelines to prevent children from being unnecessarily expelled or unenrolled. Chaptered by Secretary of State, Chapter 708, Statutes of 2017

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