Bill Text: CA ACR123 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Assembly Concurrent Resolution 123 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Kinship Care Month.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 49-18)

Status: (Passed) 2017-09-25 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 192, Statutes of 2017. [ACR123 Detail]

Download: California-2017-ACR123-Chaptered.html

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 123

CHAPTER 192

Relative to Kinship Care Month.

[ Filed with Secretary of State September 25, 2017. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

ACR 123, Cooley. Kinship Care Month.

This measure would declare the month of September 2017 as Kinship Care Month.

Fiscal Committee: NO

WHEREAS, California is proud to recognize the children in kinship care and their grandparents and other relatives who raise them and who ensure their safety, promote their well-being, and establish stable households for these young people to thrive; and

WHEREAS, Kinship care can be an informal or formal arrangement in which a grandparent or other relative cares for a child for either a short-term or a long-term period of time when a parent is unable to care for the child; and

WHEREAS, Nationally, 2.7 million children are living with grandparents and other relatives in kinship care, including more than 506,000 in California alone; and

WHEREAS, The number of grandparent-headed households has doubled since 1970; and

WHEREAS, One in 10 children will live with a grandparent or other relative caregiver during his or her childhood; and

WHEREAS, The public is increasingly aware of the challenges faced by children in kinship care and the grandparents and other relatives who provide that care to work in partnership with comprehensive social services to ensure that kinship youth flourish in all facets of their life; and

WHEREAS, Kinship care provides the best opportunity to retain a child’s cultural heritage and community ties; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature declares the month of September 2017 as Kinship Care Month.