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Committee advances AB 119 to implement CalWORKs reforms and other human services changes
Summary
AB 119, a human‑services trailer bill that includes CalWORKs streamlining, foster care tiered-rate clarifications, mandated‑reporter training and the elimination of a county match for two homelessness‑prevention programs, passed the Senate budget committee 13–5.
The Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review voted to pass AB 119, a human‑services trailer bill that implements multiple program changes to CalWORKs, foster care payments and other safety‑net programs.
Rosanna Nguyen, program budget manager for the Department of Finance, summarized AB 119 as making “various changes to streamline the CalWORKs program,” clarifying the new foster‑care tiered‑rate structure and making implementation of the new rates subject to appropriation. She said the bill requires the Department of Social Services to develop a standardized curriculum for mandated reporters and asks…
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