text:
(a) The director shall specify performance and quality assurance standards to be included in any experimental project for in-home supportive services undertaken pursuant to Section 18204 or extended pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 18205.

(b) In the case of a project subject to subdivision (a) of Section 18205 that is conducted pursuant to a contract between a private provider and a county, the standards shall assure delivery of all required services at the time the services are needed, including weekends and nights; establish proper screening, training, and supervision of persons providing direct services; and institute frequent periodic quality control audits and utilization review of all services. These standards shall not be subject to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(c) Quality control audits and utilization review shall be performed by entities that are independent of the county and the private contractor. The reports of the quality control audits and utilization review, excluding client confidential information, shall be made available to the public. The cost of those quality control audits and utilization review shall be considered as part of the county administrative costs for the managed contract.

(d) (1) One year after the effective date of any project for in-home supportive services established pursuant to Section 18204 or after the date of extension pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 18205, the Auditor General shall commission a study to review the performance of that project. Any independent reviewer designated in an existing contract may be commissioned to perform the study.

(2) The study shall give special attention to both of the following:

(A) The health and welfare of the recipients under the project, including the degree to which all required services have been delivered, out-of-home placement rates, prompt response to recipient complaints, and any other issue the director deems relevant.

(B) The cost implications of the project, estimating the potential for ongoing savings, if any.

(3) The study may include a fiscal audit of the contract.

(e) Projects subject to Section 18204 relating to in-home supportive services and subject to this section shall, to the greatest extent possible, permit recipients to select their own qualified provider of care and set their own service schedule.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 745, Sec. 263. Effective October 12, 2001.)

article: 1. General Provisions


kind: section

code: WIC

text: Sections 18205 and 18206 shall apply only to experimental projects for in-home supportive services established pursuant to Section 18204 that were in existence on July 1, 1994.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1124, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1995.)

division: 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES

article: 1. General Provisions

path: 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES > 3. Demonstration Projects in Public Assistance > 1. General Provisions


text:
(a) For the 2011–12 fiscal year, the Controller shall allocate 33.38 percent of the funds deposited in the Local Law Enforcement Services Account in the Local Revenue Fund 2011 for purposes of Section 18221.

(b) (1) Commencing with the 2012–13 fiscal year, subsequent to the allocation described in subdivision (c) of Section 29552 of the Government Code, the Controller shall allocate 33.37876457 percent of the remaining funds deposited in the Enhancing Law Enforcement Activities Subaccount in the Local Revenue Fund 2011 according to the schedule in subdivision (c), for purposes of Section 18221.

(2) Commencing with the 2013–14 fiscal year, subsequent to the allocation described in subdivision (d) of Section 29552 of the Government Code the Controller shall allocate 33.37876457 percent of the remaining funds deposited in the Enhancing Law Enforcement Activities Subaccount in the Local Revenue Fund 2011, in monthly installments, according to the schedule in subdivision (c), for purposes of Section 18221.

(c) The Controller shall allocate funds to local jurisdictions to support juvenile probation activities according to the following schedule: Alameda County3.9522%Alpine County0.0004%Amador County0.0597%Butte County0.3193%Calaveras County0.0611%Colusa County0.0341%Contra Costa County2.6634%Del Norte County0.1170%El Dorado County0.3016%Fresno County2.1547%Glenn County0.0536%Humboldt County0.1696%Imperial County0.3393%Inyo County0.1432%Kern County2.5687%Kings County0.3839%Lake County0.1866%Lassen County0.0543%Los Angeles County40.1353%Madera County0.2399%Marin County0.3742%Mariposa County0.0133%Mendocino County0.1975%Merced County0.3464%Modoc County0.0213%Mono County0.0071%Monterey County0.6039%Napa County0.3520%Nevada County0.1244%Orange County8.4582%Placer County0.2667%Plumas County0.0273%Riverside County3.2234%Sacramento County2.1350%San Benito County0.2136%San Bernardino County3.4715%San Diego County5.6095%San Francisco County1.9161%San Joaquin County0.8854%San Luis Obispo County0.6007%San Mateo County1.8974%Santa Barbara County1.6561%Santa Clara County5.8082%Santa Cruz County0.6128%Shasta County0.4116%Sierra County0.0037%Siskiyou County0.0750%Solano County1.0363%Sonoma County1.3043%Stanislaus County0.5275%Sutter County0.1344%Tehama County0.1444%Trinity County0.0346%Tulare County1.4116%Tuolumne County0.0706%Ventura County1.7193%Yolo County0.2543%Yuba County0.1125%

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 360, Sec. 13. (SB 100) Effective September 26, 2013.)

chapter: 3.2. Juvenile Probation Funding

path: 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES > 3.2. Juvenile Probation Funding


text:
(a) For the 2011–12 fiscal year, the Controller shall, on a quarterly basis beginning October 1, allocate 6.47 percent of the funds deposited in the Local Law Enforcement Services Account in the Local Revenue Fund 2011 pursuant to a schedule provided by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The department’s schedule shall provide for the allocation of funds appropriated in the annual Budget Act, and included in the Local Law Enforcement Services Account, among counties that operate juvenile camps and ranches based on the number of occupied beds in each camp as of 12:01 a.m. each day, up to the Corrections Standards Authority rated maximum capacity, as determined by the Corrections Standards Authority.

(b) Commencing with the 2012–13 fiscal year, subsequent to the allocation described in subdivision (c) of Section 29552 of the Government Code, the Controller shall allocate 6.46955375 percent of the remaining funds deposited in the Enhancing Law Enforcement Activities Subaccount in the Local Revenue Fund 2011 pursuant to the schedule provided by the Department of Finance based on data reported to the Board of State and Community Corrections. The schedule shall provide for the allocation of funds appropriated in the annual Budget Act, and included in the Enhancing Law Enforcement Activities Subaccount, among counties that operate juvenile camps and ranches based on the number of occupied beds in each camp as of 12:01 a.m. each day, up to the rated maximum capacity, as determined by the board. Allocations shall be made following the end of each fiscal quarter, beginning July 1, 2012, to account for beds occupied in that quarter.

(c) Commencing with the 2013–14 fiscal year, subsequent to the allocation described in subdivision (d) of Section 29552 of the Government Code, the Controller shall allocate 6.46955375 percent of the remaining funds deposited in the Enhancing Law Enforcement Activities Subaccount in the Local Revenue Fund 2011 pursuant to the schedule provided by the Department of Finance based on data reported to the Board of State and Community Corrections. The schedule shall provide for the allocation of funds appropriated in the annual Budget Act, and included in the Enhancing Law Enforcement Activities Subaccount, among counties that operate juvenile camps and ranches based on the number of occupied beds in each camp as of 12:01 a.m. each day, up to the rated maximum capacity, as determined by the board. Allocations shall be made in monthly installments.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 360, Sec. 14. (SB 100) Effective September 26, 2013.)


text:
(a) Subject to the availability of funds for the purposes described in this section, funds provided pursuant to Section 18220 may be used to serve children who are habitual truants, runaways, at risk of being wards of the court under Section 601 or 602, or under juvenile court supervision or supervision of the probation department. Funds may be used to serve parents or other family members of these children if serving them will promote increased self-sufficiency, personal responsibility, and family stability for the child. Services shall be provided pursuant to a family service plan. When a family is served by multiple public agencies or in need of services from multiple public agencies, the family service plan shall be developed through an interdisciplinary approach that shall include representatives from agencies that provide services to the family or that may be required to implement the service plan.

(b) Services authorized under this section include all of the following:

(1) Educational advocacy and attendance monitoring.

(2) Mental health assessment and counseling.

(3) Home detention.

(4) Social responsibility training.

(5) Family mentoring.

(6) Parent peer support.

(7) Life skills counseling.

(8) Direct provision of, and referral to, prevocational and vocational training.

(9) Family crisis intervention.

(10) Individual, family, and group counseling.

(11) Parenting skills development.

(12) Drug and alcohol education.

(13) Respite care.

(14) Counseling, monitoring, and treatment.

(15) Gang intervention.

(16) Sex and health education.

(17) Anger management, violence prevention, and conflict resolution.

(18) Aftercare services as juveniles transition back into the community and reintegrate into their families.

(19) Information and referral regarding the availability of community services.

(20) Case management.

(21) Therapeutic day treatment.

(22) Transportation related to any of the services described in this subdivision.

(23) Emergency and temporary shelter.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2009, 3rd Ex. Sess., Ch. 4, Sec. 29. Effective February 20, 2009.)


text: Pursuant to this chapter and Article 1 (commencing with Section 18200) of Chapter 3, the director may approve county demonstration projects for the CalWORKs program. Any project approved by the director that requires the expenditure of state or federal funds shall be subject to appropriation in the annual Budget Act.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 270, Sec. 181. Effective August 11, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998, by Sec. 183 of Ch. 270.)

chapter: 3.3. CalWORKs Demonstration Projects

path: 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES > 3.3. CalWORKs Demonstration Projects > 1. County Welfare-to-Work Demonstration Projects


text:
(a) A county, or two or more counties, may implement three-year performance-based CalWORKs demonstration projects under this chapter to test alternative methods of service delivery designed to do any of, but not limited to, the following:

(1) More effectively serve highly distressed geographic areas.

(2) More effectively serve hard-to-employ target populations.

(3) Better meet local labor force demands.

(4) Address the needs of the CalWORKs population in areas of chronic high unemployment.

(5) Improve administration of program services to clients.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that CalWORKs demonstration projects promote cross-agency collaboration within the county or counties in order to reduce duplication and fragmentation of services, serve CalWORKs families in a comprehensive fashion, and increase the self-sufficiency and well-being of CalWORKs families.

(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that each demonstration project test different types of alternative service delivery or serve different types of populations.

article: 1. County Welfare-to-Work Demonstration Projects


text:
(a) A county board of supervisors that wishes to demonstrate an alternative method of CalWORKs service delivery shall apply to the director for approval of its demonstration project. The county application shall identify the specific goals of the project, how it plans to attain those goals, and the evaluation methodology and funding source that will be used to evaluate the extent to which the goals are attained. The application shall also include a description of the process through which the proposal was developed, which shall include participation by representatives of all the stakeholders who will potentially be affected by the project, including representatives of CalWORKs recipients, service providers, and all relevant local government agencies. Prior to receiving approval for a demonstration project, the applicant county shall demonstrate to the director agreement from all parties described in the application who will be involved in implementing the project.

(b) A participating county shall abide by all audit requirements necessary to ensure compliance with federal law.


text: Before authorizing a demonstration project, the director shall ensure that it is consistent with the intent of state CalWORKs law. At least 30 days prior to approving a demonstration project, the director shall provide written notice to the chairperson of the relevant policy committees of each house of the Legislature and the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. The notice shall identify any increased state costs that will result from the project.


text:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a county’s CalWORKs demonstration project shall not be exempt from state law that governs eligibility, unless a county wishes to extend eligibility to families not otherwise covered, in a manner that is consistent with applicable federal laws and regulations.

(b) A county may not reduce grant levels below the level established pursuant to Section 11450, but may supplement grant levels established in state law, and may extend time limits, using county only funds.

(c) A county’s CalWORKs demonstration project may not be exempt from state law that governs any of the following:

(1) Dispute resolution procedures and penalties, including fair hearings.

(2) Recipient confidentiality.

(3) Child support collection.

(4) County contracting.

(5) Collective bargaining law and agreements.

(6) Civil service procedures.

(7) Fair labor standards.

(8) Displacement of current workers.


text: A demonstration project under this article shall include a range of services designed to assist recipients to achieve employment, which may not include job search and work experience to the exclusion of other activities that may be required by the population in the project, and the supportive services necessary for clients to achieve self-sufficiency, which at a minimum shall include child care, transportation, mental health treatment, and substance abuse treatment. A demonstration project shall not result in a diminution in the level of funding for services that would be available if the project were not implemented.


text:
(a) The director may approve school attendance demonstration projects in San Diego and Merced Counties, at the option of each county, to demonstrate means of increasing school attendance and graduation rates of children or teens who receive benefits under the CalWORKs program. The project shall emphasize a social service approach to children and families who are experiencing truancy problems, and shall include collaboration with the academic community to support a successful school experience. Families shall be provided a range of services, resources, and tools to assist them in coping with issues related to their children’s school problems. These shall include integrated services involving the county and the appropriate school districts. After all other avenues to encourage a student to attend school have been exhausted and a family has failed to correct the truancy of a child in the family unit, a participating county may reduce a family grant by the amount of the truant child’s portion grant. The full grant shall be replaced upon a showing that the student has attended school full-time for one month or has otherwise cooperated with an education or training plan developed with the county and the school district.

(b) Participating counties shall measure their success in achieving the following outcomes:

(1) Increased attendance and graduation.

(2) Decreased truancy.

(3) Higher grade point averages.

(4) Increased ADA.

(5) Decreased dropout rates.

(6) Increased collaboration among agencies providing services for children.

(7) Reinforcement of parental responsibility.

(c) Prior to being selected as a demonstration project site, the governing board of each school district shall approve the project and a clear delineation of the county’s and the school or school district’s responsibilities shall be established in a memorandum of understanding.

(d) Each county shall identify how it plans to attain the goals of the demonstration project and the evaluation methodology and funding source that will be used to evaluate the extent to which the goals are attained.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 27, Sec. 116. (SB 80) Effective June 27, 2019.)

path: 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES > 3.3. CalWORKs Demonstration Projects > 2. School Attendance Demonstration Projects


text:
(a) The department, in conjunction with the State Department of Education and the Attorney General, may evaluate the effectiveness of one program, as described in this section in a county that chooses to operate such a program.

(b) The truancy coordinator in the district attorney’s office shall provide assistance to school districts to address cases of habitual truancy as defined in Section 48262 of the Education Code.

(c) The county truancy coordinator shall perform, at a minimum, all of the following duties:

(1) Represent the district attorney on the county school attendance review board pursuant to Section 48321 of the Education Code.

(2) Prepare letters as requested by local school districts that provide a warning notice to parents of truant pupils subject to criminal prosecution and penalties pursuant to Section 48293 of the Education Code.

(3) Develop a district truancy mediation program, as defined in Section 48263.5 of the Education Code, unless the county probation department has elected to provide the program.

(d) The school attendance review board shall assist the district attorney and the court in ensuring that every parent or guardian and truant pupil prosecuted and convicted under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 48200) of Part 2 of the Education Code, complies with the sentence of the court, including, but not limited to, collection of fines, ensuring the performance of community service and providing certification of school attendance.

article: 2. School Attendance Demonstration Projects


text:
For the purposes of this article:

(a) “Microenterprise” means a small business in which a participant works as his or her own employer.

(b) “Microenterprise assistance provider” means a public agency or a nonprofit agency meeting the requirements of Section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code, that is exempt from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, and that provides self-employment training, technical assistance, and access to microloans to individuals seeking to become self-employed.

path: 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES > 3.3. CalWORKs Demonstration Projects > 3. Microenterprise Demonstration Projects


text:
(a) With the consent of participating counties, the department may implement demonstration projects to provide self-employment training and technical assistance to recipients of CalWORKs benefits and persons who are at risk of receiving CalWORKs benefits. Each demonstration project shall operate for three years. At least one demonstration project shall operate in Los Angeles County and at least one in a northern California county. The number of demonstration projects shall be limited to no more than six. However, if nonstate matching funds become available, the number shall be limited to no more than 12.

(b) The self-employment training shall include development of a viable business plan, assisting the recipient to determine if self-employment is suitable to the recipient’s aptitudes and family dependent care obligations, marketing strategies, business location analysis, direct technical assistance in the development of a microenterprise, and other subjects as necessary to achieve proficiency in basic business skills. The training shall include periodic assistance or case management, as needed, for up to one year after the recipient’s self-employment has commenced.

(c) To ensure communication and collaboration between county welfare departments, including CalWORKs programs, and microenterprise assistance providers, proposals to operate demonstration projects under this article shall be jointly submitted by local microenterprise service providers and the county welfare department. No county matching funds shall be required for the implementation and evaluation of the demonstration project. Local microenterprise assistance providers participating in the pilot project shall have at least two years’ experience and demonstrated success in providing assistance to recipients of CalWORKs benefits and other low-income individuals to create their own jobs through self-employment.

(d) If pursuant to subdivision (a), the department, with the consent of participating counties, chooses to implement a microenterprise demonstration project, the department shall solicit proposals from microenterprise assistance providers seeking to administer a demonstration project under this article on a not-for-profit basis. The department shall seek to encourage financial participation of private entities for purposes of including more individuals in these demonstration projects.

article: 3. Microenterprise Demonstration Projects


text: It is the intent of the Legislature, in implementing federal welfare reform, to create a Child Support Assurance Demonstration Project that is consistent with the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193) and that maximizes cost effectiveness while lifting children out of poverty. It is the intent of the Legislature that the program will secure financial stability for California’s children through a guaranteed minimum level of financial support for the children of participating families, while at the same time encouraging custodial parents to be employed and noncustodial parents to financially support their children.

path: 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES > 3.3. CalWORKs Demonstration Projects > 5. Child Support Assurance Demonstration Project


text:
(a) Upon application by a county board of supervisors, the department may approve up to three demonstration projects to test models of child support assurance. The projects shall either test different models of child support assurance or may test the same model if counties in which the same model is tested involve counties with different demographics.

(b) The department may approve joint projects by two or more counties if both of the following apply:

(1) The equity of access to the project and its related services is ensured to all participants.

(2) The project includes appropriate operational and fiscal arrangements between the counties submitting the joint project.

(c) If the department approves a joint project by two or more counties, that joint project shall constitute one of the projects authorized by subdivision (a).

(d) It is the intent of the Legislature that the purpose of the demonstration projects authorized by this article is to test child support assurance models as alternatives to welfare under which families with earnings and a child support order receive a guaranteed child support payment, in lieu of a grant under the CalWORKs program, from funds continuously appropriated for the CalWORKs program.

(e) A county may limit the number of families that will be permitted to enroll in its child support assurance demonstration program.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 803, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2000.)

article: 5. Child Support Assurance Demonstration Project


text: The department shall develop research designs to ensure thorough evaluations of the child support assurance demonstration projects that shall include, but not be limited to, the impact of the project on work participation rates of custodial parents, household incomes and family well-being, CalWORKs participation rates and costs, rates of paternity and child support order establishment, and any other relevant information the director may require.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 803, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2000.)


text:
(a) A family shall be eligible to participate in the project described in Section 18246 only if, at the time of application to participate in the child assurance program, the family is receiving, or has been determined to be eligible to receive, an aid grant under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3.

(b) A family’s participation under this article shall not affect its eligibility to receive Medi-Cal and child care benefits under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3, if otherwise eligible.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 902, Sec. 58. Effective January 1, 1999.)


text:
(a) A family shall be eligible to receive a child support assurance payment on behalf of a child only if the child’s custodial parent has done all of the following:

(1) Assigned the child’s right to collect child support to the state.

(2) Established paternity, obtained a child support order, and is using the services available under the state plan approved under Part D (commencing with Section 651) of Chapter 7 of Title 42 of the United States Code.

(3) Opted to participate in the child assurance program in lieu of cash assistance under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) or its successor program.

(b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), as a condition of receiving a child support assurance payment under this article, a custodial parent shall also be required to do both of the following:

(A) Continue to provide all other relevant information that the applicant has that may be requested by the county.

(B) Appear at required interviews, conference hearings, or legal proceedings, if notified in advance and an illness or emergency does not prevent attendance.

(2) A custodial parent shall not be required to comply with paragraph (1) when compliance would make it more difficult for a domestic violence victim to escape physical abuse or when cooperation would increase the risk of further violence or unfairly penalize the victim.

(c) In order to be eligible under this article, a child shall meet all of the following conditions:

(1) The child resides in the county.

(2) The child has a noncustodial parent living in the United States, or if not living in the United States, is subject to service of process by a state or territory of the United States.

(3) The child is under 18 years of age or, if enrolled in high school, under 19 years of age.

(4) The custodial parent is employed.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 902, Sec. 59. Effective January 1, 1999.)


text:
(a) The state share of child support assurance payments under this article shall be paid in accordance with Section 15200.

(b) The department shall, to the extent possible, ensure that no funding streams will be utilized to pay for child support assurance payments if the use of the funding streams would cause participants to be subject to the limitations of Section 11454 or any similar limitation.

(c) The county administrative cost for the operation of a child support assurance program shall be paid from the county’s allocation provided under Sections 15204.2 and 15204.3.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 803, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2000.)


text:
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that all counties be authorized to provide children with service alternatives to out-of-home care through the development of expanded family-based services programs. These programs shall include individualized or “wraparound” services, where services are wrapped around a child living with his or her birth parent, relative, nonrelative extended family member as defined in Section 362.7, adoptive parent, licensed or certified foster parent, resource family, or guardian. The wraparound services developed under this section shall build on the strengths of each eligible child and family and be tailored to address their unique and changing needs.

(b) It is further the intent of the Legislature that the county wraparound services program include the following elements:

(1) Enabling the county to access all possible sources of federal funds for the purpose of developing family-based service alternatives.

(2) Encouraging collaboration among persons and entities including, but not limited to, parents, county welfare departments, county mental health departments, county probation departments, county health departments, special education local planning agencies, school districts, and private service providers for the purpose of planning and providing individualized services for children and their birth or substitute families.

(3) Ensuring local community participation in the development and implementation of wraparound services by county placing or referring agencies and service providers.

(4) Preserving and using the service resources and expertise of nonprofit providers to develop family-based and community-based service alternatives.

(c) Beginning in the 2011–12 fiscal year, and for each fiscal year thereafter, funding and expenditures for programs and activities under this section shall be in accordance with the requirements provided in Sections 30025 and 30026.5 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 732, Sec. 122. (AB 404) Effective January 1, 2018.)

chapter: 4. County Wraparound Services Program

path: 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES > 4. County Wraparound Services Program


text:
As used in this chapter:

(a) “County” means each county participating in an individualized or wraparound services program.

(b) “County placing or referring agency” means a county welfare or probation department, or a county mental health department.

(c) “Eligible child” means a child or nonminor dependent, as described in subdivision (v) of Section 11400, who is any of the following:

(1) A child or nonminor dependent who has been adjudicated as either a dependent, transition dependent, or ward of the juvenile court pursuant to Section 300, 450, 601, or 602.

(2) A child who is the subject of a petition filed pursuant to Section 602 and who is participating in a program described in Section 654.2, 725, or 790, and is at risk of placement in out-of-home care.

(3) A child or nonminor dependent who is currently, or who would be, placed in out-of-home care.

(4) A child who is eligible for adoption assistance program benefits when the responsible public agency has approved the provision of wraparound services in lieu of out-of-home care.

(d) “Wraparound services” means community-based intervention services that emphasize the strengths of the child and family and includes the delivery of coordinated, highly individualized unconditional services to address needs and achieve positive outcomes in their lives.

(e) “Service allocation slot” means a specified amount of funds available to the county to pay for an individualized intensive wraparound services package for an eligible child. A service allocation slot may be used for more than one child on a successive basis.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 732, Sec. 123. (AB 404) Effective January 1, 2018.)


text:
Each county shall, at the county’s option, develop a county plan for intensive wrap-around services and monitor the provision of those services in accordance with the plan. This plan shall be submitted to the department for informational purposes. Where a county operates both systems of care under the Children’s Mental Health Services Act, Part 4 (commencing with Section 5850) of Division 5, and wrap-around services, these plans shall be coordinated. Each county’s plan shall include all the following elements:

(a) A process and protocol for reviewing the eligibility of children and families for service and for monitoring accessibility and availability of service to the targeted population. Children shall be determined as eligible for wrap-around services pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 18251, except that:

(1) Once a child is determined to be eligible for wrap-around services under this chapter, he or she shall remain eligible for the time period specified in his or her individualized services plan.

(2) A child and family participating in a family maintenance services program as described in Section 16506 and the wrap-around services program, shall not be subject to the time limitations specified in Section 16506.

(b) A process to accept, modify, or deny proposed individualized service plans for eligible children and families.

(c) A process for parent support, mentoring, and advocacy that ensures parent understanding of, and participation in, wrap-around services programs.

(d) A planning and review process to support and facilitate the following principles in delivering intensive wrap-around services to eligible children and families:

(1) Focusing on an individual child and family through the creation of service plans designed specifically to address the unique needs and strengths of each child and his or her family.

(2) Providing services geared toward enabling children to remain in the least restrictive, most family-like setting possible.

(3) Developing a close collaborative relationship with each child’s family in the planning and provision of wrap-around services.

(4) Conducting a thorough, strengths-based assessment of each child and family that will form the basis for the development of the individualized intervention plan.

(5) Designing and delivering services that incorporate the religious customs, and regional, racial, and ethnic values and beliefs of the children and families served.

(6) Measuring consumer satisfaction to assess outcomes.

(e) Written interagency agreements or memorandums of understanding between the county departments of mental health, social services, and probation that specify jointly provided or integrated services, staff tasks and responsibilities, facility and supply commitments, budget considerations, and linkage and referral services.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 795, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1998.)


text: Each county shall ensure that an evaluation of the wraparound services program is conducted to determine the cost and treatment effectiveness of outcomes such as family functioning and social performance, preventing placement in more restrictive environments, improving emotional and behavioral adjustments, school attendance, and stability in the least restrictive school placement for eligible children. Systems of care outcomes shall be included to the extent they are applicable to the target population.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 561, Sec. 4. (AB 1758) Effective January 1, 2011.)


text: Each county shall ensure that staff participating in the wraparound services program have completed training provided or approved by the department, on providing individualized wraparound services.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 561, Sec. 5. (AB 1758) Effective January 1, 2011.)


text:
(a) Retroactive to January 1, 2017, the rate for wraparound services, under the county optional wraparound services program, shall be equal to the rate for short-term residential therapeutic programs established pursuant to Section 11462, less the cost of any concurrent out-of-home placement.

(b) For each fiscal year, funding and expenditures for programs and activities under this section shall be in accordance with the requirements provided in Sections 30025 and 30026.5 of the Government Code.

(c) County and federal foster care funds, to the extent permitted by federal law, shall remain with the administrative authority of the county, which may enter into an interagency agreement to transfer those funds, and shall be used to provide intensive wraparound services.

(d) Costs for the provision of benefits to eligible children, at rates authorized by subdivision (a), through the wraparound services program authorized by this chapter, shall not exceed the costs that otherwise would have been incurred had the eligible children been placed in a short-term residential therapeutic program.

(e) Commencing July 1, 2017, and each July 1 thereafter, an annual cost-of-living increase shall be applied to the wraparound rate, subject to the availability of county funds, equal to the California Necessities Index used in the preparation of the May Revision for the current fiscal year.

(f) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2017.

(g) Effective on July 1, 2027, or the date required by paragraph (9) of subdivision (h) of Section 11461, whichever is later, the rate for wraparound services, under the county optional wraparound services program, shall be equal to the sum of the Tier 3+ Care and Supervision rate established under paragraph (3) of subdivision (h) of Section 11461 and the Tier 3+ administrative rate established under paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Section 11462. All other provisions of this section shall continue to apply.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 46, Sec. 54. (AB 161) Effective July 2, 2024.)


text: The department shall work with the County Welfare Directors Association of California to identify periodic data elements to be collected in order to track the impact of the counties’ wraparound services programs on applicable California Child and Family Services Review System outcome indicators, such as safety, permanency, and the well-being of the child.

history: (History: Repealed and added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 561, Sec. 9. (AB 1758) Effective January 1, 2011.)


text: In order to prevent disruption to a child participating in a wraparound services program, any county that terminates its wraparound services program shall ensure the participating child’s service needs are met without disruption until his or her case is closed.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 561, Sec. 10. (AB 1758) Effective January 1, 2011.)


text: The State Department of Social Services shall seek applicable federal approval to make the maximum number of children being served through such programs eligible for federal financial participation and amend any applicable state regulations to the extent necessary to eliminate any limitations on the numbers of children who can participate in these programs.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 35, Sec. 147. (SB 1013) Effective June 27, 2012. Note: This section was added on Nov. 2, 2004, by initiative Prop. 63.)


text: The State Department of Social Services and the State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with county representatives and other stakeholders, shall develop recommendations for implementing and expanding high-fidelity wraparound services statewide. The departments shall complete these activities no later than one year from the enactment of this section.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 86, Sec. 55. (AB 153) Effective July 16, 2021.)


text:
(a) A child who is categorically eligible for Medi-Cal benefits pursuant to Section 1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)(I) of Title 42 of the United States Code shall remain eligible for Medi-Cal benefits so long as foster care maintenance payments under Title IV-E of the federal Social Security Act are made on the child’s behalf. Placement at home without a change in the child’s status as an adjudicated dependent or ward of the juvenile court shall not be cause for a redetermination unless necessary to obtain federal financial participation for Medi-Cal.

(b) A child who is eligible for Medi-Cal benefits, but is not described in subdivision (a), shall remain eligible for benefits subject to annual Medi-Cal redetermination pursuant to Section 14012. Placement at home without a change in the child’s status as an adjudicated dependent or ward of the juvenile court shall not be cause for a redetermination unless necessary to obtain federal financial participation for Medi-Cal.

(c) Medi-Cal eligibility for a child receiving wraparound services pursuant to this chapter shall be determined in accordance with the standards, methodologies, and procedures outlined in Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) of Part 3 of Division 9.

(d) This section is declaratory of existing law.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 561, Sec. 11. (AB 1758) Effective January 1, 2011.)


text:
(a) The County of Alameda, contingent upon local funding, may establish a project consistent with this chapter to develop a comprehensive, replicative, multidisciplinary model to address the needs and effective treatment of commercially sexually exploited minors who have been arrested or detained by local law enforcement for a violation of subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 647 or subdivision (a) of former Section 653.22 of the Penal Code, or who have been adjudged a dependent of the juvenile court pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 300.

(b) The District Attorney of the County of Alameda, in collaboration with the county child welfare agency, county probation, sheriff, and community-based agencies, may develop, as a component of the program described in this chapter, protocols for identifying and assessing minors, upon arrest or detention by law enforcement, who may be victims of commercial sexual exploitation. The protocol shall include the process for how to make a report to the county child welfare agency if there is reason to believe the minor is a person described in Section 300. The protocol shall also include the process for the child welfare agency to investigate the report pursuant to Section 328.

(c) The District Attorney of the County of Alameda, in collaboration with the county child welfare agency, county probation, sheriff, and community-based agencies that serve commercially sexually exploited minors, may develop, as a component of the program described in this chapter, a diversion program reflecting the best practices to address the needs and requirements of minors who have been determined to be victims of commercial sexual exploitation.

(d) The District Attorney of the County of Alameda, in collaboration with the county and community-based agencies, may form, as a component of the program described in this chapter, a multidisciplinary team including, but not limited to, city police departments, the county sheriff’s department, the public defender’s office, the probation department, child protection services, and community-based organizations that work with or advocate for commercially sexually exploited minors, to do both of the following:

(1) Develop a training curriculum reflecting the best practices for identifying and assessing minors who may be victims of commercial sexual exploitation.

(2) Offer and provide this training curriculum through multidisciplinary teams to law enforcement, child protective services, and others who are required to respond to arrested or detained minors who may be victims of commercial sexual exploitation.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 86, Sec. 9. (SB 357) Effective January 1, 2023.)

chapter: 4.3. Sexually Exploited Minors Program

path: 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES > 4.3. Sexually Exploited Minors Program


text:
(a) For purposes of this chapter, “commercially sexually exploited minor” means a person under 18 years of age who is described by one or more of the following:

(1) Has been abused in the manner described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 11165.1 of the Penal Code, and who has been detained for a violation of the law or placed in civil protective custody on a safety hold based only on a violation of subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 647 of the Penal Code or subdivision (a) of former Section 653.22 of the Penal Code.

(2) Has been adjudged a dependent of the juvenile court pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 300.

(3) Has been the victim of abduction, as described in Section 267 of the Penal Code.

(4) Meets the definition of a victim of a severe form of trafficking, as defined in Section 7105 of Title 22 of the United States Code.

(b) If a minor is arrested or detained for an alleged violation of subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 647 of the Penal Code or of subdivision (a) of former Section 653.22 of the Penal Code, or if a minor is the subject of a petition to be adjudged a dependent of the juvenile court pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 300, they shall be presumed to be a commercially sexually exploited minor, as defined in subdivision (a).

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 86, Sec. 10. (SB 357) Effective January 1, 2023.)


text:
(a) The department may conduct a demonstration project in up to 20 counties, to allow flexible use of federal and state foster care funds by utilizing a federal capped allocation model over a five-year period, based on the terms and conditions of the federal Title IV-E waiver. Participation shall be at the option of each county, subject to state approval, provided that each county has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the department, as described in subdivision (c). The department shall not be required to conduct any demonstration projects under this section if no county elects to participate. It is the intent of the Legislature that this project will improve outcomes or safety for children, and that the state shall provide immediate assistance, as needed, if the department finds that children’s health, safety, or well-being has declined, or is at risk of declining, as a result of a county’s participation in the project.

(b) The department is authorized to conduct the demonstration project in order to provide participating counties with flexibility in their use of state and federal foster care maintenance and administrative funds that were previously restricted to payment for the care and supervision of children in out-of-home placements and administrative expenditures. Any county, state, or federal savings in the foster care program that occur as a result of the demonstration project shall be reinvested by the counties in child welfare services program improvements. These foster care savings will support the counties in developing a broader and more responsive array of services that will contribute to improved outcomes for children and families. Any unexpended state and federal funds may be retained by each county for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years for purposes consistent with this section.

(c) The department shall work with county welfare directors and other stakeholders to develop the terms and conditions of the MOU. The MOU shall incorporate the terms and conditions of the federal approval of the use of federal funds for the demonstration project, additional conditions as described in this section, and provisions deemed by the department and counties as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purpose of the demonstration project and to ensure compliance with its conditions and with this section. Provisions of the MOU shall include, but shall not be limited to, all of the following:

(1) The MOU shall specify the time periods for the county’s participation in the demonstration project, and shall set forth procedures for the county to opt out of participation in the demonstration project. A county electing to opt out of the demonstration project shall provide written notice to the department of its intent to do so in accordance with the MOU.

(2) The county is responsible for ensuring that adequate funds are available to protect children at risk of abuse and neglect, by out-of-home placement or otherwise, until funds are appropriated to the county through the Budget Act, including provisional language in the Budget Act that authorizes midyear funding adjustments, for this purpose.

(3) The MOU shall specify the allocation methodology for the capped amount of federal funds that will be allocated to the county for the demonstration project, as well as the county’s share of cost.

(4) The MOU shall specify the methodology for the provision of state General Fund resources that a county shall receive under the waiver and the liability for the county and the state for costs in excess of the capped federal amount.

(d) The county and state share of costs for the demonstration project shall be determined notwithstanding Sections 15200 and 10100.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 464, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2008.)

path: 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES > 4.45. Child Welfare Waiver Demonstration Project


text:
The Legislature finds that there is a need to develop programs to provide the kinds of innovative strategies and services which will ameliorate, reduce, and ultimately eliminate the trauma of child sexual abuse.

The Legislature also finds that for the purposes of developing and providing these programs and services, and for the training of, and providing information to, city and county personnel throughout the state, it is necessary to expand the services provided by the child sexual abuse prevention demonstration center established pursuant to the former provisions of this chapter.

history: (History: Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1664, Sec. 3. Effective September 30, 1984.)

path: 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES > 4.5. Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Training Centers


text:
Unless the context requires otherwise, for purposes of this chapter:

(a) “Director” means the Director of Emergency Services.

(b) “Office” means the Office of Emergency Services.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 539. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)

chapter: 4.5. Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Training Centers


text:
The functions and goals of the program developed by the centers shall include all of the following:

(a) Provision of counseling and practical assistance by onsite professionals to sexually abused children and their families, particularly to victims of incest.

(b) Hastening, where in the interests of the child, the process of reconstitution of the family and the marriage.

(c) Marshaling and coordinating the services of all agencies responsible for the sexually abused child and his or her family, as well as other resources to ensure comprehensive, supportive case management.

(d) Employment of a model that fosters self-managed growth, rather than a medical model based on curing disease, and that avoids static theory and methods.

(e) Responding to individual physical, emotional, and social needs of clients so that supportive services are individually tailored and applied as long as necessary.

(f) Facilitation of the expansion and autonomy of self-help groups and provision of guidance to the membership, such as (1) training in cocounseling, self-management, and intrafamily communication techniques, and (2) training in locating community resources.

(g) Informing the public at large and professional agencies about the existence and supportive approach of the program with the aim of encouraging victims and offenders to seek the services of the program voluntarily.

(h) Development of informational and training materials and seminars to enable emulation or adaptation of the program by other communities, emphasizing the program’s stress on cooperation and coordination with all appropriate elements of the criminal justice system and law enforcement system.


text:
(a) The two centers selected pursuant to Section 18277 shall develop training programs pertaining to the prevention of and assistance to victims of child sexual abuse and their families. These programs shall be designed for the training of interagency teams of service providers and individual service providers throughout the state, including public and private personnel, who shall in turn offer that training in their communities.

(b) The department shall enter into contracts with each center providing for training and allocating training positions to each center as funds are available to pay for the tuition of individuals who attend the training programs. The contracts shall provide the same amount of funding for each center.

(c) Subject to the review of the department, the centers shall select trainees based upon the following criteria:

(1) In the first year, a minimum of ten individuals from each county shall be chosen.

(2) In subsequent years, a minimum of one-fourth of all positions shall be allocated to rural counties.

(3) When possible, distribution shall be based on the relative population of the counties in which the participants provide services.

(4) The rate of demand for services by child sexual abuse victims and their families in the county.

(5) An emphasis shall be placed on the training of teams of service providers from a geographic area, rather than on training individual service providers.

(6) The ability of the individuals chosen to duplicate the training in his or her geographic area.

(7) The ability of the individuals to apply the training as a direct service provider.

(8) A geographic dispersion of trainees throughout a county is preferred, where feasible.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1664, Sec. 3. Effective September 30, 1984.)


text: The director shall select two child sexual abuse prevention training centers, one in northern California and the other in southern California, which shall receive state funds pursuant to this chapter. The director shall give consideration to existing demonstration programs relating to the prevention of sexual abuse of children and may award grant awards on a sole source basis to the two training centers which he or she selects for funding. The office shall appraise the performance of the training centers on an annual basis and determine whether they shall receive continuation grants.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 540. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)


text:
(a) The office shall make grants to community nonprofit child sexual abuse treatment programs that are unable to meet the current demand for their services, pursuant to this section.

(b) Programs seeking these grants shall apply to the Office of Criminal Justice Planning in the manner prescribed by the Office of Criminal Justice. Each award shall be limited to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000). Programs shall be selected based, at a minimum, on the following criteria:

(1) The program’s inability to meet the public demand for its services.

(2) The program’s use of the award to maximize the services provided to clients who would not otherwise be served.

(3) The likelihood that the program will be able to maintain the new level of service after the funds granted are depleted.

The awards shall be equitably distributed to programs in northern and southern California. At least one-fourth of the funds shall be distributed to rural programs.

(c) The office shall fund programs as expeditiously as possible; program funding shall commence within 90 days after the effective date of this chapter.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 541. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)


text: The office shall enter into contracts with the centers for the provision of services required by this chapter within four months of the effective date of this chapter.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 542. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)


text: The centers may seek, receive, and make use of any funds which may be made available from federal, voluntary, philanthropic, or other sources in order to augment any state funds appropriated for the purposes of this chapter.


text:
(a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Child Health and Safety Fund for the purposes specified in this section.

(b) Moneys for this fund shall be derived from the license plate program provided for pursuant to Section 5072 of the Vehicle Code and from civil penalties on child daycare facility providers.

(c) Moneys in the fund shall be expended, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the purposes specified in subdivisions (d), (e), and (f).

(d) Fifty percent of moneys derived from the license plate program pursuant to Section 5072 of the Vehicle Code shall be available, upon appropriation, to the State Department of Social Services for the purpose of administering provisions of Sections 1596.816, 1596.87, 1596.872b, 1596.893b 1596.895, 1596.95, 1597.091, 1597.54, 1597.541, 1597.542, 1597.55b and 1597.62 of the Health and Safety Code. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, an additional five hundred one thousand dollars ($501,000), in excess of the 50 percent derived from the license plate program, also shall be made available for these purposes. The State Department of Social Services shall allocate these special funds according to the following priorities:

(1) Site visits performed pursuant to Sections 1597.091 and 1597.55b of the Health and Safety Code.

(2) The monitoring responsibility of the childcare advocate program.

(3) Training for investigative and licensing field staff.

(4) Other aspects of the childcare advocate program performed pursuant to Section 1596.872b of the Health and Safety Code.

(5) The salary of the chief of the childcare licensing branch.

In order to implement the list of priorities set forth in this subdivision, and to complete implementation of subdivision (a) of Section 1596.816 of the Health and Safety Code, the State Department of Social Services may, as necessary, fund appropriate administrative support costs.

(e) The balance of funds remaining after the appropriations specified in subdivision (d) derived from the license plate program pursuant to Section 5072 of the Vehicle Code shall be available, upon appropriation, for programs that address any of the following child health and safety concerns and that are either to be carried out within a two-year period or whose implementation is dependent upon one-time initial funding:

(1) Child abuse prevention, except that not more than 25 percent of the moneys in this fund shall be used for this purpose. Ninety percent of the 25 percent shall be deposited in the county children’s trust fund, established pursuant to Section 18966 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, for the support of child abuse prevention services in the community, and 10 percent of the 25 percent shall be deposited in the State Children’s Trust Fund, established pursuant to Section 18969, for public education, training, and technical assistance.

(2) Vehicular safety, including restraint, warnings, and education programs.

(3) Drowning prevention.

(4) Playground safety standards.

(5) Pedestrian Safety.

(6) Bicycle safety.

(7) Gun safety.

(8) Fire safety.

(9) Poison control and safety.

(10) In-home safety.

(11) Childhood poisoning, including from prescription medications, lead, and other toxic substances.

(12) Sleep suffocation and sudden infant death syndrome.

(13) Children left in parked cars and children run over by cars moving forward or backward.

(14) Sports-related concussions, heat stroke, and spinal injury safety.

(f) Moneys derived from civil penalties imposed on daycare facility providers shall be made available, upon appropriation, to the State Department of Social Services exclusively for the technical assistance, orientation, training, and education of child daycare facility providers.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 370, Sec. 291. (SB 1371) Effective January 1, 2021.)

chapter: 4.6. Child Health and Safety Fund

path: 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES > 4.6. Child Health and Safety Fund


text:
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the priorities and programs set forth in subdivisions (d) and (e) of Section 18285 be funded and implemented in the order they are listed, and that each priority and program may be funded and implemented independently of the other priorities and programs.

(b) The Director of Motor Vehicles and the Director of Social Services shall annually make a determination whether the total annual receipts for the “Have a Heart, Be a Star, Help Our Kids” license plate program established pursuant to Article 8.4 (commencing with Section 5072) of Chapter 1 of Division 3 of the Vehicle Code is sufficient to cover the priorities and programs described in subdivisions (d) and (e) of Section 18285. If sufficient funds are available to cover any of the priorities or programs described in subdivisions (d) and (e) of Section 18285, the department shall implement that priority or program.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 726, Sec. 16. Effective October 4, 1993.)


text:
The Legislature hereby finds and declares that there is a present and growing need to develop innovative strategies and services to ameliorate and reduce the trauma of domestic violence. There are hundreds of thousands of persons in California who are regularly abused. In many cases, the acts of domestic violence lead to the death of one of the involved parties. Victims of domestic violence come from all socioeconomic classes and ethnic groups, though it is the poor who suffer most from domestic violence, since they have no immediate access to private counseling and shelter for themselves and their children. Children, even when they are not physically assaulted, very often suffer deep and lasting emotional effects.

The Legislature further finds and declares that there is a high incidence of death and injury sustained by law enforcement officers in the handling of domestic disturbances. Police arrests for domestic violence are low, and victims are reluctant to press charges or make citizen’s arrests. Furthermore, instances of domestic violence are considered to be the single most unreported crime in the state.

It is the intent of the Legislature to begin to explore and determine ways of achieving reductions in serious and fatal injuries to the victims of domestic violence and begin to clarify the problems, causes, and cures of domestic violence. In order to achieve these results, it is the intent of the Legislature that the state shall support projects in several areas throughout the state for the purpose of aiding victims of domestic violence by providing them a place to escape the destructive environment in an undisclosed and secured location, on a 24-hour basis, where staff meet the requirements set forth in Section 1037.1 of the Evidence Code.

It is further the intent of the Legislature to resolve conflicting interpretations as to whether county boards of supervisors have discretionary authority to fund nonshelter-based county domestic violence programs that lack any emergency or transitional shelter component, by restricting funding under this chapter to shelter-based domestic violence programs, as described in Sections 18294 and 18295. These clarifying and conforming changes are intended to be declaratory of existing law.

history: (History: Repealed and added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 857, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2007.)

path: 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES > 5. The Domestic Violence Shelter-Based Programs Act


text:
For purposes of this chapter:

(a) “Domestic violence” means abuse committed against an adult or a minor who is a spouse, former spouse, cohabitant, former cohabitant, or person with whom the suspect has had a child or is having or has had a dating or engagement relationship.

(b) “Cohabitant” means two unrelated adult persons living together for a substantial period of time, resulting in some permanency of relationship. Factors that may determine whether persons are cohabiting include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

(1) Sexual relations between the parties while sharing the same living quarters.

(2) Sharing of income or expenses.

(3) Joint use or ownership of property.

(4) Whether the parties hold themselves out as spouses.

(5) The continuity of the relationship.

(6) The length of the relationship.

(c) “Domestic violence shelter” means a shelter for domestic violence victims that meets all of the following requirements:

(1) Provides shelter in an undisclosed and secured location.

(2) Provides staff that meet the requirements set forth in Section 1037.1 of the Evidence Code.

(3) Meets the requirements set forth in Section 18294.

(d) “Undisclosed” means a location that is not advertised or publicized.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 50, Sec. 124. (SB 1005) Effective January 1, 2017.)

chapter: 5. The Domestic Violence Shelter-Based Programs Act


text:
(a) In order to be eligible for funding pursuant to this chapter, a domestic violence shelter-based program shall demonstrate its ability to receive and make use of any funds available from governmental, voluntary, philanthropic, or other sources that may be used to augment any state or county funds appropriated for the purposes of this chapter. Each domestic violence shelter-based program shall make every attempt to qualify the domestic violence shelter-based program for any available federal funding.

(b) No provision of this section is intended to prohibit domestic violence shelter-based programs receiving funds pursuant to this chapter from receiving additional funds from any other public or private source. Funds provided pursuant to this chapter shall not be used to reduce the financial support from other public or private sources.

(c) Proposed or existing domestic violence shelter-based programs that meet the requirements set forth in Section 18294, shall receive funding pursuant to this chapter upon the approval of the local board of supervisors.

(d) Funding shall be given to agencies and organizations whose primary function is to administer domestic violence shelter-based programs. Any additional fees received by Alameda County, Contra Costa County, Solano County, and the City of Berkeley at the time of issuance of a marriage license pursuant to Sections 18308, 18309, 18309.5, and 18309.6 that are in excess of the twenty-three dollar ($23) fee collected pursuant to this act, shall be available to that city or county for funding domestic violence programs other than domestic violence shelter-based programs.

(e) Prior to approving a domestic violence shelter-based program or programs for this funding, the board shall consult with individuals and groups that have expertise in the problems of domestic violence and in the operation of domestic violence shelter-based programs including operations of existing domestic violence shelter-based programs.

(f) Upon approving one or more domestic violence shelter-based programs for funding, the board shall direct the county treasurer to disburse moneys from the county’s domestic violence shelter-based program special fund and for funding, the board shall designate a local agency to monitor the domestic violence shelter-based program or programs. This monitoring shall include information regarding the number of persons requesting services, the number of persons receiving services according to the type of services provided, and the need, if any, for additional services or staffing.

(g) Programs that receive funding through this chapter shall, to the extent feasible, provide services to persons with a physical disability who are victims of domestic violence. If the program cannot provide the services, then the program’s staff, to the extent feasible, shall assist in referring the person with a physical disability to other programs and services in the community where assistance may be obtained.

(h) The process to determine eligibility of a domestic violence shelter-based program to receive funding pursuant to this chapter shall have as its primary purpose to ascertain that the program meets the service requirements of Section 18294. The process shall be expedient and shall include a mechanism for annual recertification.

(i) Funding obtained pursuant to this chapter is for the unrestricted use of a recipient domestic violence shelter-based program, and may be used for direct and indirect costs.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 296, Sec. 340. (AB 1023) Effective January 1, 2012.)


text:
Domestic violence shelter-based programs shall provide all of the following basic services to victims of domestic violence and their children:

(a) Shelter on a 24 hours a day, seven days a week basis.

(b) A 24 hours a day, seven days a week telephone hotline for crisis calls.

(c) Temporary housing and food facilities.

(d) Psychological support and peer counseling provided in accordance with Section 1037.1 of the Evidence Code.

(e) Referrals to existing services in the community.

(f) A drop-in center that operates during normal business hours to assist victims of domestic violence who have a need for support services.

(g) Arrangements for schoolage children to continue their education during their stay at the domestic violence shelter-based program.

(h) Emergency transportation as feasible.


text:
In addition to the services required in Section 18294, to the extent possible, and in conjunction with already existing community services, the domestic violence shelter-based programs shall provide a method of obtaining the following services for the victims of domestic violence:

(a) Medical care.

(b) Legal assistance.

(c) Psychological support and counseling.

(d) Information regarding other available social services.


text: The staff of the domestic violence shelter-based program shall work with social service agencies, schools, and law enforcement agencies in an advocacy capacity for those served by the domestic violence shelter-based programs.


text:
The staff of each domestic violence shelter-based program shall attempt to achieve community support and acceptance of the program by advocating the program to community representatives and groups within the community.

Volunteers shall be trained and used to maximum capacity in the delivery of services. Staff and volunteers shall meet the training requirements set forth in Section 1037.1 of the Evidence Code.


text: Inasmuch as domestic violence shelter-based programs are to serve a variety of cultural backgrounds, to the extent feasible, a portion of the domestic violence shelter-based program’s personnel shall be bilingual. An effort shall be made to recruit formerly battered persons as staff members.


text: A domestic violence shelter-based program shall maintain annual fiscal reports in a form to be prescribed by the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).


text:
An annual report shall be prepared by each domestic violence shelter-based program for submission to the county board of supervisors. The report shall be made available to the public upon request, and shall include all of the following elements:

(a) The total number of persons requesting services of the domestic violence shelter-based programs.

(b) The number of persons served in the domestic violence shelter-based program, by each type of service provided.

(c) A description of the social and economic characteristics of persons receiving services, by type of service provided.


text: In addition to any other provisions of law concerning the confidentiality of personal information collected by domestic violence shelters, a county shall not require a domestic violence shelter-based program to provide any information not enumerated in Section 18300, or require the disclosure of any information pertaining to the confidential location of a domestic violence shelter-based program or the location or identity of any shelter resident, employee, or volunteer. A county shall not require a method of data collection or recording, or impose any other requirement, that is inconsistent with the federal Violence Against Women Act (18 U.S.C. Sec. 2261 et seq.).

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 857, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2007.)


text: A county may establish a program for reducing the incidence of domestic violence in the county by establishing or funding domestic violence shelter-based programs that meet the requirements of this chapter. Geographically adjacent counties may combine their respective domestic violence shelter-based programs special funds in order to establish one or more domestic violence shelter-based programs meeting the requirements of this chapter, in order to provide services to the clients of each county that combines its funds with another county.


text:
(a) At the time of issuance of a marriage license pursuant to Section 26840 of the Government Code, twenty-three dollars ($23) of each fee paid shall be collected by the county clerk for deposit into the county domestic violence shelter-based programs special fund. The fees collected in this special fund shall be disbursed to approved domestic violence shelter-based programs on a yearly or more frequent basis commencing July 1, 1980. The funds shall be disbursed using a request for qualification (RFQ) process.

(b) The board of supervisors shall direct the county clerk to deposit twenty-three dollars ($23) of each fee into the county domestic violence shelter-based programs special fund. The county domestic violence shelter-based programs special fund shall fund domestic violence shelter-based programs established pursuant to Section 18304. Four dollars ($4) of each twenty-three dollars ($23) deposited into the county domestic violence shelter-based programs special fund shall be used, to the extent feasible, to support or expand domestic violence shelter-based programs to target underserved areas and populations. No more than 8 percent of the funds shall be expended for the administrative costs associated with the collection and segregation of the additional marriage license fees, administration of the county domestic violence shelter-based programs special fund, monitoring of the domestic violence shelter-based programs, and meeting the other administrative requirements imposed by this chapter. Counties that do not participate in the establishing or funding of domestic violence shelter-based programs pursuant to this chapter shall be entitled to retain up to 4 percent of the funds for the administrative costs associated with the collection and segregation of the additional marriage license fees and the deposit of these fees in the county domestic violence shelter-based programs special fund.

(c) The board of supervisors of a county may request, on not more than a quarterly basis, an accounting of the special fund, which shall include all of the following:

(1) The balance of the special fund at the beginning of the request period.

(2) Deposits into the special fund in the request period, including a clear breakdown of funds deposited as a result of marriage license fees, funds deposited as a result of the collection of domestic violence probation fees, and funds deposited from other sources.

(3) Disbursements from the fund during the request period.

(4) The fund balance at the end of the request period.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 144, Sec. 3. (AB 139) Effective January 1, 2014.)


text: Notwithstanding the availability of funds in either the county domestic violence programs special fund, or the availability of community resources, the county may finance domestic violence shelter-based programs as described in Sections 18294 and 18295.


text: The county board of supervisors shall consult with the local regional domestic violence coalition, consisting of representatives from existing domestic violence shelter-based programs, in planning for the establishment of a new domestic violence shelter-based program or for ongoing technical assistance for domestic violence shelter-based programs already in the county.


text:
(a) Notwithstanding Section 18305, a county may carry over funds deposited in a county domestic violence shelter-based programs special fund until the time that a domestic violence shelter-based program is established to serve the needs of domestic violence victims of the county. Records of these funds shall be available for public review upon request.

(b) Funds deposited in a county domestic violence shelter-based programs special fund may be used only to finance all, or one or more, basic services specified in Section 18294. This subdivision is declaratory of existing law. These funds shall be used for shelter services, and may be used for direct or indirect costs.


text: The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors shall direct the local registrar, county recorder, and county clerk to deposit fees collected pursuant to Section 103626 of the Health and Safety Code into a special fund. The county may retain up to 4 percent of the fund for administrative costs associated with the collection and segregation of the additional fees and the deposit of these fees into the special fund. Proceeds from the fund shall be used for governmental oversight and coordination of domestic violence and family violence prevention, intervention, and prosecution efforts among the court system, the district attorney’s office, the public defender’s office, law enforcement, the probation department, mental health, substance abuse, child welfare services, adult protective services, and community-based organizations and other agencies working in Contra Costa County in order to increase the effectiveness of prevention, early intervention, and prosecution of domestic and family violence.


text:
(a) The Alameda County Board of Supervisors shall direct the local registrar, county recorder, and county clerk to deposit fees collected pursuant to Section 26840.10 of the Government Code and Section 103627 of the Health and Safety Code into a special fund. The county may retain up to 4 percent of the fund for administrative costs associated with the collection and segregation of the additional fees and the deposit of these fees into the special fund. Proceeds from the fund shall be used for governmental oversight and coordination of domestic violence and family violence prevention, intervention, and prosecution efforts among the court system, the district attorney’s office, the public defender’s office, law enforcement, the probation department, mental health, substance abuse, child welfare services, adult protective services, and community-based organizations and other agencies working in Alameda County in order to increase the effectiveness of prevention, early intervention, and prosecution of domestic and family violence.

(b) The City Council of the City of Berkeley shall direct the local registrar to deposit fees collected pursuant to Section 103627 of the Health and Safety Code into a special fund. The city may retain up to 4 percent of the fund for administrative costs associated with the collection and segregation of the additional fees and the deposit of these fees into the special fund. Proceeds from the fund shall be used for governmental oversight and coordination of domestic violence and family violence prevention and intervention efforts, including law enforcement, mental health, public health, substance abuse, victim advocacy, community education, and housing, in order to increase the effectiveness of prevention, early intervention, and prosecution of domestic and family violence.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 215, Sec. 6. (AB 73) Effective January 1, 2010.)


text:
The Solano County Board of Supervisors shall direct the local registrar, county recorder, and county clerk to deposit fees collected pursuant to Section 26840.11 of the Government Code and Section 103628 of the Health and Safety Code into a special fund.

The county may retain up to 4 percent of the fund for administrative costs associated with the collection and segregation of the additional fees and the deposit of these fees into the special fund. Proceeds from the fund shall be used for governmental oversight and coordination of domestic violence and family violence prevention, intervention, and prosecution efforts among the court system, the district attorney’s office, the public defender’s office, law enforcement, the probation department, mental health, substance abuse, child welfare services, adult protective services, and community-based organizations and other agencies working in Solano County in order to increase the effectiveness of prevention, early intervention, and prosecution of domestic and family violence.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 120, Sec. 3. (SB 154) Effective January 1, 2012.)


text: The purpose of this chapter is to establish the Green Light-Green Thumb programs for the benefit of senior citizens in California, as funded under the mainstream program of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1965, as amended, and as administered by the United States Department of Labor.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1074.)

chapter: 5.5. Green Light-Green Thumb Programs

path: 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES > 5.5. Green Light-Green Thumb Programs


text: Funds received pursuant to this chapter shall be administered by the California Commission on Aging, and such commission shall provide any planning necessary to implement the programs established under this chapter.


text: The state shall supply the necessary in-kind equipment and materials for projects under which the Green Light-Green Thumb programs contract with a department or agency of the state. In projects under which the Green Light-Green Thumb programs contract directly with local government entities, such local governmental entities shall supply the necessary in-kind equipment and materials.


text: This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the McCarthy-Kennick Nutrition Program for the Elderly Act of 1972.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 918.)

chapter: 5.7. Nutrition Program for the Elderly

path: 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES > 5.7. Nutrition Program for the Elderly


text: It is the intention of the Legislature that the State of California through state, local governmental, and private agencies shall make a maximum contribution of their in-kind resources and in-kind facilities in order to implement this chapter under Title III of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, provided however that should federal funds become available under Title VII of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 3021 et seq.), as amended, the Legislature intends that programs provided pursuant to this chapter be implemented to the maximum extent feasible under Title VII (former 42 U.S.C. Sec. 3045 et seq.) in order to secure the maximum federal financial participation. The Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 3001 et seq.), as amended, states that the federal government will share in the cost of approved programs and that the local or state share may be “in-kind” contributions.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 717. Effective January 1, 2007.)


text: The California Commission on Aging, with the approval of the Secretary of California Health and Human Services, shall develop and submit to the federal government the state plan for implementation of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, pursuant to this chapter. Such plan shall be submitted by February 1, 1973, and by May 1st of each succeeding year. While such state plan is in preparation, any private agency or public agency, with the consent of the jurisdiction involved, may submit to the California Commission on Aging for review and consideration its proposal for funding and assistance pursuant to the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended. The commission shall do everything feasible to assist such private and state or local agencies in the preparation of their proposals.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 227, Sec. 67. (AB 1400) Effective January 1, 2012.)


text:
The state plan referred to in Section 18326 shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(a) Establishment of projects that, five or more days per week, provide at least one meal per day, either served in an in-person setting, or provided for to-go pickup to be consumed in a virtual congregate setting by eligible individuals, and any additional meals the contracting agency or organization may elect to provide.

(b) Provision of nutrition projects for individuals 60 years of age or older who are eligible.

(c) Furnishing of sites for nutrition projects in close proximity to concentrations of eligible individuals’ residences, such as schools, churches, senior centers, and facilities serving older adults.

(d) Utilization of administrative methods to ensure maximum participation of eligible individuals.

(e) Provision of special menus, when feasible, to meet particular dietary needs arising from health or religious requirements or ethnic backgrounds.

(f) Provision of settings conducive to including, as a part of these projects, recreational activities, information, health and wellness counseling, and referral services.

(g) Provision of appropriate modes of transportation, when feasible, essential to maximum participation of eligible individuals confined to their homes.

(h) Establishment and administration of projects with the advice of persons competent in the field and of older Californians who will themselves participate in the program.

(i) Nutrition education.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 302, Sec. 1. (AB 1476) Effective January 1, 2026.)


text: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state plan referred to in Section 18326 and Section 18327 shall provide that not less than 10 percent nor more than 20 percent of all funds expended for nutrition services shall be available for meals to individuals in their residences, except as otherwise required by federal law.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1025.)


text: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not more than 20 percent of the funds administered by the state for nutrition services for the elderly pursuant to this chapter shall be expended for meals delivered to individuals in their residences. Such individuals receiving meals served in their residences shall not be required to participate in congregate feeding programs, except as otherwise required by federal law.


text: Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no agency providing food services, pursuant to this chapter shall be prohibited from serving meals consistent with terms and conditions in its contract, to individuals as long as the total number of meals served by all agencies within the region, as established by the State Department of Aging, does not exceed the number of meals authorized by the State Department of Aging to be served for such region.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 373.)


text: Notwithstanding any other law, meals served or provided to be consumed outside of an in-person setting or a virtual congregate setting may be provided under the Home Delivered Nutrition Services program established pursuant to Subpart II (commencing with Section 3030f) of Part C of Subchapter III of Chapter 35 of Title 42 of the United States Code. Meals that are served or provided as described in this section shall comply with the federal requirements governing that program.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 302, Sec. 2. (AB 1476) Effective January 1, 2026.)


text: To the extent permitted by federal law, benefits received under this chapter shall not be treated as income or resources for the purpose of any program or provision of Division 9 (commencing with Section 10000).

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1181.)


text: In each case where the Director of the State Department of Aging determines that the failure or inability of any contractor adequately to perform the terms of a contract for a nutrition project established pursuant to this chapter requires the suspension, termination or withholding of funding for that project in accordance with applicable law, the State Department of Aging may provide on a purchase-of-service basis the services which otherwise would have been provided by that project for a period not to exceed 60 consecutive days where necessary to avoid interruption of provision of nutrition services to eligible individuals.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 380.)


text:
There is hereby established a Nutrition Reserve Fund under the control of the Director of the Department of Aging. From the fund the director may allocate to any individual nutrition project for any fiscal year no more than three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) in order to maintain necessary services which lack sufficient federal funding.

A nutrition project shall not receive more than one appropriation from the Nutrition Reserve Fund during the duration of the contract period of the project.

Requests for allocations from the Nutrition Reserve Fund shall be reviewed by the applicable local area agency on aging. The local area agency on aging shall submit recommendations to the California Department of Aging.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 713, Sec. 59. Effective September 15, 1992.)


text: Notwithstanding the limitations of Section 18331 of this code, the director is empowered to allocate money from the Nutrition Reserve Fund in order to implement the Nutrition and Volunteer Services Program for Senior Citizens for the calendar year commencing January 1, 1981.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1292, Sec. 3.)


text:
(a) All allocations from the Nutrition Reserve Fund shall be approved by the Director of Finance prior to issuance.

(b) The funds shall be used to maintain existing nutrition services when it is determined that no federal funds are available for this purpose. To the extent funds are available in the initial appropriation under Chapter 1189 of the Statutes of 1979, Nutrition Reserve Fund moneys may be used for increased cost per meal resulting from inflation and increased number of participants in existing projects resulting from the fact that inflation is causing more seniors on fixed incomes to fall below the poverty level.

(c) When appropriated by the Legislature, the Nutrition Reserve Fund, not to exceed an aggregate total of one million dollars ($1,000,000), may be used to extend or implement innovative nutrition demonstration projects.

(d) In addition, one million dollars ($1,000,000) of the fund shall constitute a revolving loan account from which the Department of Aging may extend loans, without interest, not to exceed three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) per loan to be repaid from yearend balances in any senior nutrition project.

(e) In order to qualify for funds from the Nutrition Reserve Fund a nutrition project shall be required to seek from the community in which it is located, a matching grant in the amount equal to 5 percent of the requested allocation. The matching grant may be in the form of in-kind services, unless these services are presently being used as the basis for a matching grant for the project. In addition, if all other alternatives are exhausted to meet the 5-percent federal matching requirement required in PL 95-478, the Department of Aging may allocate funds from the Nutrition Reserve Fund as are necessary to meet this 5-percent match requirement. These funds may be used to maintain existing services, one-time major expenditures or to expand services to fulfill unmet needs. Thirty days prior to allocating funds from the Nutrition Reserve Fund for the purpose of meeting the 5-percent federal matching requirement, the Department of Aging shall advise the Assembly Committee on Aging, the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, and the fiscal committees in both houses of its plan for these allocations.

(f) When a nutrition project receives an allocation of funds from the Nutrition Reserve Fund due to the presence of fiscal difficulties, the Department of Aging shall, in conjunction with the applicable local area agency on aging and the nutrition project receiving these funds, take immediate action to determine the reason for the project’s fiscal difficulties.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 713, Sec. 60. Effective September 15, 1992.)


text:
(a) The Nutrition Reserve Fund shall also be used for the purpose of making loans to maintain existing levels of supportive services provided pursuant to Section 3030d of Title 42 of the United States Code, in order to compensate for cuts in federal funds for those services for the 1989–90 state fiscal year.

(b) The loans shall be repaid with one-time-only funds as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 9315, or with federal funds received in the fourth quarter of the 1989–90 federal fiscal year.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 105, Sec. 1. Effective May 23, 1990.)


text:
Notwithstanding any other provision of law:

(a) Retired firemen may be utilized to conduct fire inspections of the sites of nutrition projects for senior citizens in order to determine whether such sites are in compliance with state and local fire safety standards.

(b) Retired licensed sanitarians may be utilized to conduct sanitation inspections of sites of nutrition projects for senior citizens in order to determine whether such sites are in compliance with applicable state and local sanitation standards.

Such retirees may contract with local area agencies on aging or nutrition projects to perform the required inspections as independent contractors. Fees for the undertaking of such inspections shall be paid out of federal funds allocated to local area agencies on aging which are provided by Title III of the Older Americans Act.

A written report of the findings of such fire safety and sanitation inspections shall be furnished to the appropriate area agency on aging or the director of the nutrition project in which sites inspected are located.

A report of uncorrected fire safety deficiencies, after a followup inspection, shall be supplied or mailed to the local fire protection agency.

A report of uncorrected sanitation deficiencies, after a followup inspection, shall be supplied or mailed to the local health agency.

It is the intent of this section that inspections carried out pursuant hereto shall satisfy federal regulations which provide that sites for nutrition projects for senior citizens must meet applicable state and local fire sanitation standards.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 355, Sec. 1.)


text:
The definitions contained in this section shall govern the construction of this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:

(a) “Department” means the State Department of Social Services.

(b) “Eligible children” means children who meet both of the following conditions:

(1) Children who are emotionally disturbed, or who have a serious behavioral problem, as evidenced by a history that may include, but is not limited to, the following:

(A) Lying.

(B) Stealing.

(C) Verbal or physical aggression.

(D) Unacceptable sexual behavior.

(E) Attempts at self-harmful behaviors.

(F) Defiant and oppositional behavior.

(2) Children who, as a result of their emotional disturbance or serious behavioral problem, satisfy one or more of the following criteria:

(A) Are placed in a group home with a rate classification level of nine or higher pursuant to Section 11462.

(B) Have been assessed by the child’s county interagency review team or county placing agency as at imminent risk of psychiatric hospitalization or placement in a group home with a rate classification level of nine or higher pursuant to Section 11462.

(C) Were previously in a group home program, except children on probation or otherwise in the custody of the juvenile court for any violent felony, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 667.5 of the Penal Code.

(D) Are voluntarily placed in a group home with a rate classification level of 9 or higher pursuant to Section 7572.5 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 486, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2009. Conditionally inoperative on or after July 1, 2028, pursuant to Section 18358.38. Repealed as of January 1 following the inoperative date.)

chapter: 6.2. Intensive Foster Care Programs

path: 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES > 6.2. Intensive Foster Care Programs


text:
(a) The department shall implement intensive treatment foster care programs for eligible children.

(b) (1) The department shall implement the program in any participating county that applies for and receives the department’s approval for an intensive treatment foster care program rate.

(2) Upon application to the department, the county shall do all of the following:

(A) Identify the population of children to be served, including, but not limited to, the rate classification levels from 9 to 14, inclusive, pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 18358, that the county has chosen to include.

(B) Certify that participating foster family agencies have the required personnel, administrative support, financial services, and resources to successfully participate in the program.

(C) Project savings or cost neutrality to the state General Fund.

(D) Provide a plan for monitoring the participating foster family agencies for compliance with this chapter.

(3) Each participating foster family agency may, with the approval of the host county, accept placements from counties other than the host county.

(c) No more than a total of 1,000 children who were in, or at imminent risk of being placed in, group homes with rate classification levels of 9 to 11, inclusive, pursuant to Section 11462, may be placed in intensive treatment foster care programs at the same time, from January 1, 2009, to December 31, 2011, inclusive. This limitation does not include children in the Title IV-E waiver demonstration project Counties of Alameda and Los Angeles.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 486, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2009. Conditionally inoperative on or after July 1, 2028, pursuant to Section 18358.38. Repealed as of January 1 following the inoperative date.)