Phil Ting
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 19
Author
Existing law, subject to an annual appropriation in the annual Budget Act, requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide, under the Transitional Housing Program, funding to counties for allocation to child welfare services agencies to help young adults who are 18 to 24 years of age, inclusive, secure and maintain housing, with priority given to young adults formerly in the state's foster care or probation systems. Existing law, subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act, also requires the department to allocate funding to counties to provide housing navigators to help young adults who are 18 to 21 years of age, inclusive, secure and maintain housing, with priority given to young adults in the foster care system. Existing law requires a child welfare agency that accepts any distribution of money pursuant to either program to report specified information to the department on an annual basis. This bill would rename to housing navigator program as the Housing Navigation and Maintenance Program, and would extend eligibility and priority for the program to help young adults who are 18 to 24 years of age, inclusive, with priority given to young adults formerly or currently in the foster care system. The bill would, for a child welfare agency that accepts any distribution of money for both the Transitional Housing Program and the Housing Navigation and Maintenance Program, require the department shall accept one county board resolution and one allocation acceptance form, and execute one standard agreement, for both programs. Existing law makes transitional housing available to any former foster youth who is at least 18 years of age and not more than 24 years of age who has exited from the foster care system on or after their 18th birthday and has elected to participate in the Transitional Housing Program-Plus, as defined, if they have not received services pursuant to these provisions for more than a total of 24 months. Existing law authorizes a county to extend those services to former foster youth who are not more than 25 years of age and for a total of 36 months if the former foster youth meets specified criteria. This bill would extend the age of eligibility for transitional housing in all counties to any former foster youth who is 18 to 24 years of age, inclusive, and would extend the maximum time they may receive services pursuant to these provisions to 36 months. To the extent that this bill would expand county duties with regard to the administration of the Transitional Housing Program-Plus program, it would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4956.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended.
Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and HUM. S.
From printer. May be heard in committee February 5.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB1615 | HTML |
| 01/05/22 - Introduced | |
| 02/10/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/19/22 - Amended Assembly |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/21/22- Assembly Housing and Community Development | |
| 04/23/22- Assembly Human Services | |
| 05/09/22- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/20/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/09/22- Senate Human Services | |
| 06/17/22- Senate Housing |
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