CA AB2663

Establishes a 5-year pilot program called the Youth Acceptance Project (YAP) to be implemented by July 1, 2023, in up to 5 counties selected on a voluntary basis, including at least one county each in southern California, northern California, and a rural area.

Provides advocacy, therapeutic support, and intervention services to LGBTQ+ and gender-expansive youth and their families who struggle with accepting the youth's sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression, targeting youth receiving child welfare services, at risk of foster care, homeless, or at risk of homelessness.

Requires participating counties to provide trauma-informed, culturally responsive services delivered by clinicians or social workers that address family acceptance, provide housing and homelessness services, and emphasize that caregivers can change with proper support.

Mandates the State Department of Social Services to work with Family Builders by Adoption, tribal organizations, homeless continuums of care, and community-based LGBTQ+ organizations to implement and support the program.

Requires the department to submit a legislative report evaluating the pilot program; provisions become inoperative July 1, 2029, and are repealed January 1, 2030.