Kinship family approval.
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
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Overview
This bill establishes a kinship family approval process in California, aiming to increase the number of relatives and extended family members who can care for foster youth. It requires counties to create a streamlined approval process for kinship families, including those who are nonrelative extended family members or extended family members of an Indian child. The bill also makes changes to existing laws related to pupil records, access to educational information, and foster care licensing to align with the new kinship family approval process, and includes provisions to protect the confidentiality of kinship family records.
Key provisions
- Requires counties to adopt a kinship family approval process.
- Defines ‘kinship family’ as an individual or family meeting specific home environment and engagement standards.
- Mandates counties to ensure relatives, nonrelative extended family members, and extended family members of an Indian child are informed about and have the option to pursue kinship family approval.
- Modifies existing laws regarding pupil record access to include kinship families.
- Adds a kinship family to the list of persons and entities with access to pupil records.
- Authorizes courts to place children in the homes of nonrelative extended family members or extended family members in certain emergency situations.
- Includes provisions for confidentiality of kinship family records, similar to those for resource families.
- Makes technical changes to existing laws to align with the new kinship family approval process.
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