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ACR 14

Relative to Positive Parenting Awareness Month.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Dawn Addis and 70 co-sponsors

Designates January 2025 as Positive Parenting Awareness Month to raise awareness of caregiver stress and child development and signal policymakers to prioritize family supports.

Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 14, Statutes of 2025.
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Bill Summary · ACR 14

ACR 14 — Positive Parenting Awareness Month (2025) — Summary

Author: Assemblymember Michelle Rodriguez
Type: Concurrent resolution (non‑binding)
Status: Chaptered by Secretary of State — Res. Chapter 14, Statutes of 2025
Introduced: January 14, 2025
Enrolled/Filed & Chaptered: February 24, 2025
Assembly vote: Adopted (Ayes 34, Noes 0)

Purpose / Intent

ACR 14 designates January 2025 as "Positive Parenting Awareness Month" in California. The resolution aims to raise public awareness of the importance of parenting and caregiving, highlight stressors families face, and encourage support for programs and policies that strengthen parental well‑being and child development.

Key provisions

  • Declares the month of January 2025 as Positive Parenting Awareness Month in California.
  • Recites findings and concerns, including:
    • Caregiving quality (beginning prenatally) is a major predictor of children’s social, emotional, physical, and behavioral health.
    • High caregiver stress: cites the U.S. Surgeon General advisory reporting 41% of parents/caregivers say they are so stressed they cannot function most days.
    • Links between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and long‑term health problems; notes preventing ACEs could reduce adult depression by as much as 44% (per cited research).
    • Societal stressors: rising childcare costs, long work hours, youth mental health crisis, school safety threats, social media harms, climate crises, COVID‑19 impacts, and racial inequities.
    • The role of positive parenting as a protective factor and the opportunity to scale existing parenting programs across counties and tribes.
  • Encourages state and local actors (Governor, Legislature, counties) to prioritize family support networks and consider them in budget decisions.
  • Directs the Chief Clerk of the Assembly to transmit copies of the resolution to the author for distribution.

Who is affected

  • Primarily symbolic; intended audience includes parents, caregivers (parents, grandparents, foster parents, kin), community service providers, counties, tribes, schools, health and social service systems, faith organizations, employers, and policymakers.
  • No regulatory or funding mandates are created; it signals policy priorities that may influence future program development or budget decisions.

Fiscal and procedural notes

  • Fiscal committee: No (no fiscal effect identified).
  • As a concurrent resolution, ACR 14 is non‑binding and ceremonial; it does not create enforceable law or appropriate funds.
  • Legislative actions: introduced 1/14/2025; adopted and returned between houses in January–February 2025; enrolled and filed with Secretary of State and chaptered 2/24/2025.

Likely impact

  • Raises public and policymaker attention to caregiver stress, child development, and preventive supports.
  • May encourage expansion or prioritization of parenting supports and early‑intervention programs, but does not itself allocate resources or change statutory requirements.

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

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