Calif. Governor Signs Bill Mandating Data Collection on Parenting Foster Youth - California

"Yesterday, California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed Senate Bill 528, a bill that mandates the collection of data about pregnant and parenting foster youths in state.

"The bill will lead to the first true accounting of how many pregnant and parenting youth are in the foster care system in California, according to the John Burton Foundation.

“SB 528 will help end the intergenerational cycle of child abuse that is currently in place,” said John Burton, Chair of the John Burton Foundation, which was a co-sponsor of the measure. “It will give young parents in foster care, and their children, the opportunity to live with safety and economic security. We thank the Governor for his support of this important legislation.”

"The bill has two key parts:

• The California Department of Social Services would be required to collect data on the number of parenting youth in foster care, their ethnicity, placement type, county of origin and length of stay in the foster care system
• Information would be collected about whether or not the child of the dependent parent has been placed in foster care.

https://chronicleofsocialchange.org/news/ca-governor-signs-legislation-approving-data-collection-on-parenting-youth-in-foster-care/4024

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