| Bill/Budget Position (Click for background info) | Brief Synopsis |
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| Childcare & Early Childhood Development ⬇ |
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| SB 1051 (Menjivar) | Helps Foster Families Quickly Secure Childcare by Allowing Navigators to Make Referrals to the Emergency Child Care Bridge Program |
| AB 2379 (Solache, Carrillo) | Ensures All Childcare Providers Are Informed of Their Constitutional Rights when Encountering Immigration Enforcement Activity |
| AB 2092 (Bonta) | Creates a Statewide Integrated Data System for All Early Childhood Programs to Help Identify and Address Disparities Facing Young Children and Families |
| Healthcare for Children and their Families ⬇ |
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| AB 2201 (Boerner) | Reinstates Streamlined Medi-Cal Renewal Strategies to Help Mitigate Devastating Cuts from Last Year’s Federal Budget HR 1 |
| AB 1626 (Gabriel) | Trains High School Sports Coaches to Better Identify Students in Need and Refer them to Appropriate Behavioral Health Resources |
| AB 1540 (Gonzalez) | Restores Access to Specialized LGBTQ+ Youth Crisis Experts by Reinstating the “Press 3” Option on the 988 Suicide & Crisis Hotline |
| Family Financial Stability ⬇ |
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| AB 1690 (Ahrens) | Reduces Child Poverty by Extending the Age Bracket for California’s Young Child Tax Credit |
| SB 18 (Rubio) | Creates the Food Desert Elimination Grant Program to Expand Access to Healthy Foods in Under-Resourced Areas |
| AB 1996 (Bonta) | Establishes the California Child Poverty Reduction Advisory Council to Develop a Plan to Reduce Child Poverty by 50% in 10 Years |
| Strong Communities Where Children Thrive ⬇ |
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| Federal: Family Prosperity Act | Advances Family-Friendly Drop-in Support Hubs Trusted by the Community by Investing in Family Resource Centers |
| SB 557 (Hurtado) | Matches the State and Federal Definitions of Family Resource Centers to Streamline Future Potential Funding |
| State Budget: Community Schools | Secures $1 Billion per Year to Sustain Commitment to the Community Schools Model Now That the One-Time Investment has Expired |
| A Robust Foster Care System ⬇ |
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| State Budget: Foster Family Agencies | Helps FFAs Continue Recruiting Loving Foster Homes by Providing $30 Million Bridge Funding through the Insurance Crisis |
| AB 2333 (Pellerin) | Further Helps FFAs Avoid Impending Fiscal Cliff by Extending Short-Term Liability Solutions |
| AB 2441 (Rodriguez) | Pilots Family Resource Center Referrals as Alternatives to Child Welfare System Involvement for Situations Where There is No Significant Risk to the Child |
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