Plain English Breakdown
The bill title includes 'It Takes a Village Act of 2026', which was omitted from the plain language title to keep it simple.
California Coordinated Neighborhood and Community Schools Incentive Grant Program
This law creates a new grant program to give money to neighborhood groups that help children learn, reduce child poverty, and improve economic mobility for families facing intergenerational poverty.
What This Bill Does
- Establishes the California Coordinated Neighborhood and Community Services Schools Incentive Grant Program.
- Assigns the State Department of Social Services or another agency in the Health and Human Services Agency to run the program.
- Provides grant awards for the 2026–27 and 2027–28 fiscal years to eligible neighborhood partnerships, Promise Neighborhoods, or regional partnerships.
- Requires agencies to create an application process with help from education leaders.
- Sets performance standards to measure how well the grants work toward their goals.
- Mandates that grant recipients submit annual reports showing who they served and data on program success.
Who It Names or Affects
- Neighborhood partnerships, Promise Neighborhoods, or regional partnerships applying for funds.
- Children and families disproportionately affected by intergenerational poverty.
- The State Department of Social Services or another agency within the California Health and Human Services Agency.
- The State Board of Education and the State Department of Education.
Terms To Know
- Promise Neighborhoods
- Groups defined by law that work to support children in specific communities.
- Intergenerational poverty
- A situation where families are disproportionately affected by long-term low income across generations, as referenced in the bill's goals.
Limits and Unknowns
- Money must be approved and set aside by lawmakers before any grants can be given.
- The law does not state how much total funding will be available for these grants.
- Specific details about the application process are not included in this text.