2006 Legislation

AB 861 – Board of Barbering & Cosmetology state licenses for parolees

Requires a study of the Board's application process and authorizes it to issue probationary licenses to parolees who have completed the necessary cosmetology training

AB 86 1 Fact Sheet (PDF)

AB 1532 – Cal Grant Entitlement

Increases the opportunity for foster youth to attend California colleges by removing barriers to participate in the Cal Entitlement Programs

AB 1532 Fact Sheet (PDF)

AB 1979 – Background check fee waiver for Foster Youth mentors
Helps recruit volunteer mentors for foster youth by waiving the fees for background checks

AB 1979 Fact Sheet (PDF)

AB 1980 – Powers of arrest

Extends limited arrest authority to security officers employed by the City of Los Angeles

AB 1980 Fact Sheet (PDF)

AB 1981 - Anti-Recidivism Grants to community-based organizations

Establishes the Collaborative Opportunities for Rehabilitation Act of 2006, which the Department of Justice could award assistance to community-based programs that can successfully collaborate with law enforcement to provide education, rehabilitation, employment, and mental health services to probationers

AB 1981 Fact Sheet (PDF)

AB 1982 – KIN-GAP Services for Probationary Youth
Extends services provided by KIN-GAP to youth in the delinquency system

AB 1982 Fact Sheet (PDF)

AB 1983 – Foster Care Emancipation Services
Improve problems that foster care youth face by developing and convening a work group made up of foster youth and stakeholders to make recommendations related to foster youth services

AB 1983 Fact Sheet (PDF)

AB 2192 – Extends CalWORKs eligibility to felonies with drug convictions

Restores CalWORKs eligibility to people who have a prior felony conviction of drug possession and are participating in or have successfully completed a government recognized treatment program

AB2192 Fact Sheet (PDF)

AB 2193 – Social Work Caseload
Establishes a five year strategy to implement the optimum caseload standards for social workers, which was recommended in the 2000 Child Welfare Services Workload Study

AB 2193 Fact Sheet (PDF)

AB 2194 – Independent Living Placement Services
Ensure that foster youth will receive independent living services as they transition into adulthood including former foster care youth who have aged out the system and those who have been adopted

AB 2194 Fact Sheet (PDF)

AB 2195 – Emergency Placement Options
Help keep foster youth with relatives or extended family members during emergency circumstances and require health and safety checks for placement as well as develops informational brochure and Web site to inform relatives caregivers about services and programs

AB 2195 Fact Sheet (PDF)

AB 2216 – Child Welfare Leadership & Performance Accountability Act of 2006
Helps ensure effective management and accountability for foster care agencies by building a new leadership structure

AB 2216 Fact Sheet (PDF)

AB 2495 – Notification of Independent Living Placement Services
Eliminate barriers faced by foster youth in the delinquency system by extending KIN-GAP services

AB 2495 Fact Sheet (PDF)

AB 2649 – KIN-GAP Support Services
Expands the number of counties to provide KSSP services for relative caregivers

AB 2649 Fact Sheet (PDF)

AB 2857 – Part Time Peace Officer Status for Firefighters

Restores the part-time peace officer status to firefighting personnel who are not members of an arson-investigating unit in order to enforce fire prevention or fire suppression laws in order to protect the public’s safety, as well as themselves, in the course of performing their job-related duties

AB 2857 Fact Sheet (PDF)