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ACR 171

Relative to California Home Visiting Week.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Dawn Addis and 74 co-sponsors

Designates April 20–24, 2026 as California Home Visiting Week to recognize and celebrate home visiting programs, professionals, and families served.

From committee: Ordered to third reading.
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Bill Summary · ACR 171

Summary of ACR 171 (2025-2026, California) — California Home Visiting Week

1) Purpose and Intent

  • ACR 171 is an Assembly Concurrent Resolution that proclaims a designated week as “California Home Visiting Week.”
  • Specifically, it designates the week of April 20, 2026, through April 24, 2026, as California Home Visiting Week.
  • The resolution invites all Californians to recognize and celebrate the contributions of home visiting programs, the professionals who provide them, and the families they serve.

2) Key Provisions and Changes

  • Proclamation: Officially declares April 20–24, 2026 as California Home Visiting Week.
  • Recognition and Celebration: Encourages recognition and celebration of the roles of home visiting programs and professionals, and the families who participate in or benefit from them.
  • Legislative Intent and Rationale (foundational statements within the bill text):
    • Highlights home visiting as a voluntary, evidence-based, family-centered strategy that connects pregnant people and families with infants and young children to health care, child development resources, and community supports.
    • References evidence-based models identified by the federal Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness (HomVEE) project, noting outcomes such as improved maternal and child health, child development, school readiness, parenting practices, and reductions in child maltreatment.
    • Describes California programs (e.g., CalWORKs Home Visiting Program and the California Home Visiting Program) as serving diverse communities and prioritizing families facing economic hardship and inequities.
    • Emphasizes the importance of early childhood development, the buffering effects of protective caregiver–child relationships against toxic stress, and the long-term societal and economic benefits of early investments (including references to Harvard’s Center on the Developing Child and Heckman’s work).
    • Acknowledges statewide and local progress in building home visiting infrastructure and the need for continued coordination, investment, and system-building to expand access.
  • Direction to State Actors: While the measure is primarily ceremonial, it commends leadership and collaboration among state agencies, local governments, community-based organizations, and home visiting professionals and encourages continued alignment across systems to expand access to evidence-based services.

3) Who or What Would Be Affected

  • General Public: Californians are encouraged to recognize and celebrate the work of home visiting programs and those served.
  • Home Visiting Stakeholders: State agencies, local governments, public health departments, human services departments, First 5 entities, community-based organizations, health care providers, and the families participating in home visiting programs would receive formal acknowledgment.
  • No new funding or regulatory mandates are specified in the text of the measure; the impact is largely ceremonial and awareness-raising.

4) Procedural and Timeline Aspects

  • Introduction and Status:
    • Introduced in April 2026 by Assembly Member Celeste Rodriguez.
    • Referred to the Rules or Legislative, Rules, and Schedules committee (RLS) and subsequently placed on the consent/appropriate calendar per the action history.
    • Passed out of committee with unanimous support (Ayes 10, Noes 0) and moved to the Consent Calendar as of April 13, 2026.
  • Effective Date: The proclamation applies to the specified week in April 2026; no immediate effect beyond recognition and exhortation for that period.
  • Legislative Nature: Non-binding, ceremonial resolution intended to symbolize statewide acknowledgment rather than create new mandates or funding.

Notes

  • The bill text emphasizes substantial research and policy rationale behind early childhood investments and home visiting programs, framing the week as an opportunity to highlight ongoing work, collaboration, and the goal of expanding access to services for families with young children.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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