CaliforniaCalifornia defines family resource centers by their support for families
Family resource centers must provide free or low-cost support that responds to local needs and helps families build peer connections.
What it does
Family resource centers must offer free or low-cost support that fits community needs, builds peer connections, and works across service systems to help strengthen families.
Argument forFamilies, including kinship families, could find support that reflects local needs and helps them connect with peers and other services.
Argument againstCenters that cannot offer free or low-cost support, build peer connections, and meet the other listed conditions might not fit the new definition.
More detail
The law defines a family resource center as a family-friendly hub for family support services. The definition applies to entities that provide family-centered and family-strengthening support services. A center may be located in or run by different organizations, including schools and community or neighborhood centers. The services must be free or low-cost, community-based, and culturally sensitive, and must reflect and respond to community needs. The center must build peer support, including for kinship families, and collaborate across systems to reduce isolation and stress and strengthen families.
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- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
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- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Aug 24Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 125, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Aug 24Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Aug 11Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 6In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Minor
- Vote recorded SB 557 Hurtado Consent Calendar Second Day. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 6Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 6085.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Jul 2Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.Minor
- Jul 1From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 1).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 4Referred to Com. on HUM. S.Minor
- Jan 29In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- Vote recorded Special Consent. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 29Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3323.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- Jan 26Ordered to special consent calendar.
- Jan 22Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 22From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3269.) (January 22).Minor
- Jan 21Set for hearing January 22.
- Jan 20January 20 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 14Set for hearing January 20.
- Jan 13From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3204.) (January 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Jan 12
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 7Set for hearing January 12.
- Jan 5Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.Minor
- Jan 5From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.Major
- 2025
- Mar 5Referred to Com. on RLS.Minor
- Feb 21From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- Feb 20Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced
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