CA SB426

Establishes a Community-Based Home Visitation Program as a pilot program in no more than 3 counties to provide child abuse and neglect prevention and intervention services through family resource centers, effective only until January 1, 2025.

Requires the Office of Child Abuse Prevention to administer the program and select family resource centers based on criteria including evidence-based home visitation models, community connections, wrap-around services, and location in counties with high rates of child abuse and neglect.

Mandates family resource centers utilize community members as home visitors (potentially including AmeriCorps members) and provide intensive training covering mandated reporting, child development, domestic violence, trauma-informed care, and evidence-based parenting curriculum.

Requires participating centers to provide quarterly data collection on number of families served, services provided, child welfare agency contact history, and health outcomes, with results reported to the Legislature by December 31, 2021 (interim) and December 31, 2024 (final).

Specifies that pilot program funds must supplement rather than replace existing funding for at-risk children and families, and implementation is contingent on legislative appropriation.