Emergency Temporary Care for Children Funding

Joint Budget Committee. Existing law repeals the following provisions on June 30, 2026; the bill changes the repeal date to June 30, 2025:

• The requirement that the general assembly annually appropriate money to the state department of human services sufficient to fund 5 nights of care for each juvenile placed in a licensed temporary shelter;
• The process for a judicial district to receive a share of the money appropriated for temporary shelter placements; and
• The requirement that the house of representatives public and behavioral health and human services committee and the senate health and human services committee annually hold a joint meeting about the recommendations from the working group for criteria for placement of juvenile offenders (working group) regarding the placement of juveniles.

The bill repeals the requirement for the working group to create a formula for the allocation of money to judicial districts for the provision of temporary shelter for juveniles.

The bill decreases the state fiscal year 2025-26 appropriation to the department of human services for purchase of contract placements by $175,008 and for program administration related to community programs by $7,560.

(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)