CaliforniaFoster care: childcare.
What it does
Existing law establishes the Emergency Child Care Bridge Program for Foster Children, to be implemented at the discretion of each county, for the purpose of stabilizing foster children with families at the time of placement by providing a time-limited payment or voucher for childcare following the child's placement, or for a child whose parent is in foster care, and by providing the family with a childcare navigator to assist the family in accessing long-term subsidized childcare.
More detail
Existing law, the Child Care and Development Services Act, administered by the State Department of Social Services, establishes a system of childcare and development services for children up to 13 years of age. Existing law establishes childcare resource and referral programs to serve a defined geographic area and provide prescribed services, including, making referrals to licensed child daycare facilities and the provision of childcare navigators to support children in foster care, children previously in foster care upon return to their home of origin, and children of parents involved in the child welfare system, including any child who meets the eligibility criteria for the Emergency Child Care Bridge Program for Foster Children.
This bill would authorize childcare navigators to refer foster children to the county welfare department for eligibility and approval under the Emergency Child Care Bridge Program for Foster Children, and would require participating county welfare departments to determine eligibility of that referred child for the program.
This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 11461.6 of the Welfare and Institutions Code proposed by Assembly Bill 2478 to be operative only if this bill and AB 2478 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Sep 30Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1002, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Sep 30Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 2Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 27Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5954.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Major
- Vote recorded Unfinished Business SB1051 Menjivar et al. Concurrence. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 25In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- Vote recorded SB 1051 Menjivar Senate Third Reading By Schiavo. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 25Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6513.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Aug 21Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 21Read third time and amended.Major
- Aug 21Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 17. Page 6296.)
- Jul 2Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Jul 2From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Garcia.
- Jun 25Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.Minor
- Jun 24From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 24).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 17From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Jun 16
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- May 11Referred to Com. on HUM. S.Minor
- Apr 23In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- Vote recorded Consent Calendar 2nd. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 23Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4034.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- Apr 21Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.Minor
- Apr 20From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.Minor
- Apr 10Set for hearing April 20.
- Apr 7From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3740.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Apr 6
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 17Set for hearing April 6.
- Feb 26Referred to Com. on HUMAN S.Minor
- Feb 13From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 15.
- Feb 12(Corrected April 23).
- Feb 12Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced