The Coalition takes positions on, mobilizes our membership and advocates for and against legislation when its implementation is likely to have a significant widespread effect on California’s youth.
The Coalition also educates youth and youth advocates on current policy issues and empowers them with strategies for effective advocacy.
Find out more about our current advocacy initiatives:
Reports & Publications:
2011-12 State Budget Trigger Cuts Update (December 13, 2011)
Today, the Department of Finance released their updated revenue projections for the 2011-2012 Budget. The Department’s new estimate is $86.2 billion, which is $2.2 billion lower than the final 2011-12 Budget Act signed into law back in June. The Department of Finance’s projections were healthier than the Legislative Analyst’s Office estimates that came out in mid-November. Since the revenue estimates were greater than $2 billion, both the Tier 1 and Tier 2 trigger cuts will go into effect on January 1, 2012. The biggest change to the trigger cuts is with Proposition 98 apportionments, originally to be cut by $1.54 billion or the equivalent of seven days of school; however, due to the final revised revenue estimates that cut only needs to be $79.6 million, or the equivalent of one half-day of school, and goes into effect on February 1, 2012. Read more here: Summary of 2011-12 BUDGET TRIGGER UPDATE-CCY
Shelter Regulations Policy Brief
In March 2011, the California Coalition for Youth released California Emergency Youth Shelters: Ensuring Services to Better Protect and Serve Homeless Youth, a policy brief that outlines the case for developing licensing regulations that specifically meet the needs of the state’s emergency youth shelters.
The brief, a publication of the Homeless Youth Capacity Building Project, explores the need for licensing regulations that take into account the functions of emergency youth shelters that differentiate them from children’s residential group homes. The analysis focuses on the needs of runaway/throwaway and street youth, and the role that emergency shelters play in meeting those needs.
At the crux of the brief is the assertion that a licensing category designed specifically for emergency youth shelters will ensure that services offered to runaway or homeless youth throughout California are accessible, consistent and safe, and will ultimately lead to the reduction of youth homelessness throughout the state.
CCY Recent Accomplishments: Highlights from the Past 3 Years
