| Bill/Budget Position (Click for background info) | Brief Synopsis |
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| Childcare & Early Childhood Development ⬇ |
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| AB 753 (Robert Garcia) | Allow More People to Work in Supervised Childcare Roles While Completing their Licensing Requirements |
| AB 607 (Celeste Rodriguez) | Match Trained Professionals with New Parents through the Home Visiting Program’s Full Recommended Duration |
Federal Budget: Protect TANF & SSBG for Childcare | Reject Cuts to Social Services Grants which Fund Childcare Programs for Thousands of Low-Income Californians |
| Healthcare for Children and their Families ⬇ |
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| State Budget: Continuous Medi-Cal Age 0-5 | Stop Paperwork Issues from Causing Young Children to Miss Medical Treatment |
Federal Budget: Protect Medi-Cal for Children | Reject Cuts to Medicaid which Provides Medical Care and Mental Health Services for Millions of California Children |
| Family Financial Stability ⬇ |
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| AB 397 (Mark González) | Reduce Child Poverty by Expanding the Age Bracket for California’s Young Child Tax Credit |
| AB 1402 (Tina McKinnor) | Reduce Child Poverty by Converting Young Child and Foster Youth Tax Credits into Streamlined Financial Assistance Grant |
| AB 680 (Patrick Ahrens) | Support Resource Parents by Evaluating for All Available Foster Care Benefits and Explaining Any Ineligibility |
| Strong Communities Where Children Thrive ⬇ |
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| SB 452 (Dr. Akilah Weber Pierson) | Prevent Entering System by Connecting At-Risk Families with Legal Professionals to Provide a Wide Range of Supports |
| AB 898 (Isaac Bryan) | Keep Families Together by Expanding Utilization of Successful FURS Crisis Mobile Teams |
State Budget: Family Resource Centers | Invest in Prevention Efforts Offered at Family-Friendly Drop-in Support Hubs Trusted by the Community |
| A Robust Foster Care System ⬇ |
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| AB 779 (Tom Lackey) | Reduce the Fear of Asking for Help by Consulting with Content Experts when Handling Child Abuse Cases involving Domestic Violence |
| AB 970 (Tina McKinnor) | Streamline Family Support Referrals by Providing Mandated Reporters with Resources to Make Better-Informed Decisions |
| AB 601 (Corey Jackson) | Reduce Unnecessary Family Destabilization by Enhancing Mandated Reporter Training and Continually Monitoring System Outcomes |
| State Budget: Foster Family Agencies | Continue Recruiting and Supporting Loving Foster Homes by Providing a Cost-of-Living Adjustment and Support through the Insurance Crisis |
For the most updated information on all pending California legislation, visit https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov.
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All For Kids typically serves as a strategic connector, providing communities with resources to inspire local engagement. But with medical care and mental health services for millions of California children at risk, we are taking advocacy a step further. Our agency is joining with a statewide coalition urging Congress to reject any major cuts to Medicaid, which is known in California as Medi-Cal.
Expert analysis on how up to $880 billion in cuts would impact our most vulnerable children can be found here and here.
For more information about the All For Kids Advocacy Program, visit allforkids.org/advocacy.
