DOCUMENT RESUME ED 094 294

DOCUMENT RESUME

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Baker, Wanda K.; And Others

Who Cares? A Progress Report on the California

Assembly Symposium on Services to Children and

Youth.

INSTITUTION

California State Legislature, Sacramento. Assembly

Office of Research.

PUB DATE

NOTE

Mar 74

424p.

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*Child Advocacy; *Child Labor Laws; *Children; Family

(Sociological Unit); Research Projects; *Symposia;

Youth Programs

ABSTRACT

This document discusses priority problems and

identifies possible solutions with regard to the existing system for

delivery of services to children and youth. The study involved 250

individuals representing child and youth services throughout the

state of California. Each task force study focuses on one major

subject area relating to young people: (1) coordination of public and

private service for children and youth; (2) education; (3) public

attitudes; (4) child advocacy; (5) juvenile Justice; (6) financilg of

services; (7) problems of training young people for employment; (8)

changing family structures; (9) health services; (10) child

protection; and (11) child care. Recommendations presented for

improving child services include: (1) a review of priorities by the

federal government in conjunction with complete renovation of their

budget systen; (2) uniform standard programs at the state and county

level; and (3) more emphasis on treatment as opposed to prevention.

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WHO CARES ?

A PROGRESS REPORT ON THE CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY

SYMPOSIUM ON SERVICES TO CHILDREN AND YOUTH

MARCH 1974

ASSEMBLY OFFICE OF RESEARCH

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE

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A Progress Report Containing Reports from the Task Force

Studies, California Assembly Symposium on Services to

Child-roil-and Youth

Prepared by

Dr. Wanda K. Baker

Principal Consultant

Assembly Office of Research

Robert R. Rosenberg

Principal Consultant

Assembly Office of Research

James C. Hurst

Assistant Director

Assembly Office of Research

Becky Palmer

Secretary

Assembly Office of Research

Task Force Coordinators

H. E. "Gene" Adkins

Bonnie M. Long

Willie O. Cunningham

Scott C. McClure

Carla J. Escobedo

James E. Phipps

Wanda L. Graves

Mark E. Ryavec

Yoshinori "Toso" Himel

Christine A. Verbeck

Arnold G. York, Chairman

Assembly Symposium on Services to Children and Youth

Assembly Office of Research

R. William Hauck, Director

March 1974

CONTENTS

Page

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

ii

SYMPOSIUM STEERING COMMITTEE

iii

INTRODUCTION

1

SEVEN PROPOSITIONS REGARDING THE

RIGHTS OF YOUNG PEOPLE

6

SUMMARY OF TASK FORCE FINDINGS

AND RECOMMENDATIONS

7

TASK FORCE REPORTS

SERVICES COORDINATION

I-1

EDUCATION

II-1

PUBLIC ATTITUDES

III-1

CHILD ADVOCACY

IV-1

JUVENILE JUSTICE

V-1

FUNDING

VI-1

EMPLOYMENT

VII-1

FAMILY STABILITY

VIII-1

HEALTH

IX-1

DEPENDENCY AND NEGLECT

(Health Subcommittee)

X-1

CHILD CARE

XI-1

APPENDIX

'RULES COMMITTEE

John L. Burton

Chairman

Robert H. Burke

John F. Dunlap

Ray E. Johnson

Walter Kerablan

Ernest N. Mobley

John P. Quimby

March 18, 1974

Honorable Bob Moretti

Speaker of the Assembly

Room 3164, State Capitol

Dear Mr. Speaker:

In June 1973, you charged the California

Assembly Symposium on Services to Children and

Youth with obtaining a comprehensive picture

of how the system for services to children and

youth is viewed by the public and resource

people in the field.

In addition, the Symposium

was to identify priority problems in these

services for further study.

OFFICE

OF

RESEARCH

R. William Hauck

Director

After several months of intensive study

with 250 involved individuals representing

children and youth services throughout the

state, we have determined that the basic problems

are only partially within the structure of the

system. From the task forces organized around

the problems identified at the June 230 workshop

in Sacramento, however, there emerged a degree of

consensus regarding the need for structural

reorganization of certain aspects of the existing

system to facilitate delivery of services to

children and youth.

The enclosed Task Force reports identify

priority problems and suggest recommendations

for solutions.

During the latter part of our

study the Symposium has also been concentrating

on developing the recommendations from the Task

Forces into legislation. These proposals will

appear in a forthcoming report.

445.1638

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Jim Hurst

Assistant Director

445-0834

We hope this report will be of value to you

in your efforts to improve services to California

children and youth.

Joan Gibson Reid

Assistant Dfrector

Respectfully yours,

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Arnold Yoi1

Chairman

Steering Committee

Assembly Symposium on

Services to Children

and Youth

Room 111

1116 Ninth Street

Sacramento 95814

(9167 445-9098

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