SB 557: Child abuse: family resource centers.

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law establishes the Office of Child Abuse Prevention in the State Department of Social Services and requires the office to apply for federal funding for the administration of its functions. Existing law requires the office to use those funds to undertake specified activities, including, among other things, supporting coordination and sharing of best practices implemented by family resource centers with other agencies, when the best practices reflect strategies and outcomes that were achieved and supported by evidence-informed programs and data.

Existing law authorizes a county to establish a child abuse multidisciplinary personnel team within that county to allow provider agencies to share confidential information in order for provider agencies to investigate reports of suspected child abuse or neglect, as specified, or for the purpose of child welfare agencies making a detention determination. Existing law specifies that the multidisciplinary personnel team may include a representative of a local child abuse prevention council or family-strengthening organization, including, but not limited to, a family resource center.

Existing law defines “family resource center,” for purposes of these provisions, to mean an entity providing family-centered and family-strengthening services that are embedded in communities, culturally sensitive, and include cross-system collaboration to assist in transforming families and communities through reciprocity and asset development based on impact-driven and evidence-informed approaches with the goal of preventing child abuse and neglect and strengthening children and families.

This bill would instead define “family resource center” to mean a family-friendly entity serving as a hub for multigenerational, family-centered, and family-strengthening support services that are provided at no cost or low cost to participants, embedded in communities, culturally sensitive, reflective of, and responsive to, community needs and interests, build communities of peer support for families, and include cross-system collaboration to assist in transforming families and communities through reciprocity, development of social connections that reduce isolation and stress, and asset development based on impact-driven and evidence-informed approaches with the goal of preventing child abuse and neglect and strengthening children and families.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

1. August 24, 2026Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 125, Statutes of 2026.
2. August 24, 2026Approved by the Governor.
3. August 11, 2026Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
4. August 6, 2026In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
5. August 6, 2026Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 6085.) Ordered to the Senate.
6. July 2, 2026Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
7. July 1, 2026From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 1).
8. June 17, 2026From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
9. May 4, 2026Referred to Com. on HUM. S.
10. January 29, 2026In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
11. January 29, 2026Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3323.) Ordered to the Assembly.
12. January 26, 2026Ordered to special consent calendar.