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Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC

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• § 1 — This act shall be known as the Welfare and Institutions Code.
• § 10 — “Section” means a section of this code unless some other statute is specifically mentioned, and “subdivision” means a subdivision of the section in which that term appears unless some other section is
• § 100 — (a) The Judicial Council shall establish a planning and advisory group consisting of appropriate professional and program specialists to recommend on the development of program guidelines and funding
• § 1000 — Commencing July 1, 2005, any reference to the Department of the Youth Authority refers to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities, which has jurisdiction over
• § 1000.1 — In order to provide counties with alternative placement options, the Department of the Youth Authority is authorized to establish, maintain, or facilitate the development of regional centers, which ma
• § 1000.5 — Where in any law of this State the name “Whittier State School” appears it shall hereafter be understood to mean and shall be construed to refer to Fred C.
• § 1000.7 — As used in this chapter, “Youth Authority,” “authority,” and “the authority” mean and refer to the Department of the Youth Authority, and “board” means and refers to the Youth Authority Board.
• § 10000 — The purpose of this division is to provide for protection, care, and assistance to the people of the state in need thereof, and to promote the welfare and happiness of all of the people of the state b
• § 10001 — The purposes of the public social services for which state grants-in-aid are made to counties are: (a) To provide on behalf of the general public, and within the limits of public resources, reasonable
• § 10002 — When an applicant for or recipient of public social services is incapable of managing his own resources and planning or carrying out arrangements for his own care and maintenance, and the applicant or
• § 10003 — (a) It shall be the responsibility of a recipient of aid pursuant to this division changing residence from one county to another to promptly notify either the county from which he or she moves or the
• § 10006 — (a) A county human services agency shall designate at least one employee as a staff liaison, as provided in this section.
• § 1001 — The general government and supervision of each such institution is vested in the Youth Authority.
• § 1001.5 — (a) Except when authorized by law, or when authorized by the person in charge of an institution or camp administered by the Youth Authority, or by an officer of the institution or camp empowered by th
• § 1001.7 — Every person who, having been previously convicted of a felony and confined in any state prison in this state, without the consent of the officer in charge of any California Youth Authority institutio
• § 10010 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law and to the extent permitted by federal law, a Chiquita Canyon elevated temperature landfill event payment received by a taxpayer shall not be considered income or res
• § 1002 — The Youth Authority may do all lawful acts which it deems necessary to effectuate the purposes for which such schools are established, and to promote the well-being, education and reformation of the i
• § 10020 — (a) No person having private health care coverage shall be entitled to receive the same health care items or services furnished or paid for by a publicly funded health care program.
• § 10022 — (a) Each publicly funded health care program, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 10020, that furnishes or pays for health care items or services under this division to a person
• § 10024 — Every contract or agreement for private health care coverage entered into or renewed after January 1, 1972, is deemed to provide for payment to a publicly funded health care program for the actual cos
• § 10025 — The state shall not reimburse any local government or any facility thereof, under Medi-Cal or under any other health program where the state pays part or all of the costs, for care provided to a perso
• § 1003 — The authority shall have charge of the land, buildings, apparatus, tools, stock, provisions and other property belonging to each such institution.
• § 1004 — The authority shall have charge of the persons committed to or confined in each such institution, and shall provide for their care, supervision, education, training, employment, discipline, and govern
• § 10050 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this chapter govern the construction of this division.
• § 10051 — “Public social services” means those activities and functions of state and local government administered or supervised by the department or the State Department of Health Services and involved in prov
• § 10052 — “Aid” means financial assistance provided to or in behalf of needy persons under the terms of this division, including direct money payments and vendor payments.
• § 10053 — (a) “Services” means those activities and functions performed by social work staff and related personnel of the department and county departments with or in behalf of individuals or families, which ar
• § 10053.25 — Funding of Sections 10053 and 14503 is subject to the provisions of Part 1.
• § 10054 — “Department” means the State Department of Social Services.
• § 10055 — “Director” means the Director of Social Services.
• § 10056 — “Board” means the State Social Services Advisory Board.
• § 10057 — “Board of supervisors” means the county board of supervisors.
• § 10058 — “County department” means the county agency designated by the board of supervisors, or by such other authority as may be provided in the county charter, as responsible for the administration of public
• § 10059 — “County director” means the director or other chief executive of the county department.
• § 1006 — The land purchased for the site of Preston School of Industry shall be used exclusively for the occupancy and purposes of the school.
• § 10060 — “Regulations” includes but is not limited to standards of eligibility for aid and services, procedures necessary for the proper and efficient administration of public social services, and standards as
• § 10061 — “Public assistance” and “public assistance programs” refer to those public social services programs provided for in Part 3 of this division.
• § 10062 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Department of Health Services and the Director of Health Services shall have those powers and duties conferred by state law upon the State Departm
• § 10063 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the name of the program provided for pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) is hereby changed to the California Work Opportunity and Resp
• § 10065 — The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (a) The development of incompatible systems for electronic benefits transfer will create significant hardships on recipients of public social
• § 10066 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Committee” means the committee created pursuant to this chapter.
• § 10067 — The Electronic Benefits Transfer Committee is hereby created.
• § 10068 — The committee shall consist of the Director of the Health and Welfare Agency Data Center, who shall be the chair of the committee, the Director of Social Services, the Director of Health Services, the
• § 10069 — The committee shall advise the department on the development and implementation of a statewide electronic benefits transfer system, and shall provide advice concerning the request for proposal.
• § 10069.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the project management for a statewide electronic benefits transfer system shall be transferred from the department to the Health and Welfare Agenc
• § 10071 — Any benefits provided to recipients under the department’s authority may be distributed through the electronic benefits transfer system as long as the recipient has reasonable access to his or her ben
• § 10072 — The electronic benefits transfer system required by this chapter shall be designed to do, but not be limited to, all of the following: (a) To the extent permitted by federal law and the rules of the p
• § 10072.1 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that flea markets, farmers’ markets, and certified farmers’ markets are important sources of low-cost produce for Californians in need of food assistance.
• § 10072.2 — (a) The electronic benefits transfer system required by this chapter shall be designed to include a flexible benefit issuance mechanism.
• § 10072.3 — (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Fruit and Vegetable EBT Pilot Project.
• § 10073 — Notwithstanding Section 15204.
• § 10075.5 — The state shall be responsible for procuring and contracting for a statewide electronic benefits transfer system.
• § 10075.6 — The Office of Technology and Solutions Integration shall be the project manager of the electronic benefits transfer system, and shall be responsible for system planning, procurement, development, impl
• § 10076 — The director shall promptly seek any federal approvals necessary for implementation of this chapter.
• § 10077 — The State Department of Social Services may adopt regulations to implement this act in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, Chapter 3.
• § 1009 — The Department of the Youth Authority may order the return of nonresident persons committed to the department or confined in institutions or facilities subject to the jurisdiction of the department to
• § 1009.1 — When, pursuant to Section 1009, money is received by the Department of the Youth Authority from private sources to defray the cost of transportation for the return of a nonresident committed to it and
• § 1009.2 — The fiscal officer of the Department of the Youth Authority shall make payment of any refund pursuant to Section 1009.
• § 1009.3 — If any money which is to be refunded has been deposited in the State Treasury, the State Controller, upon receipt of a claim which is filed by the Department of the Youth Authority, shall draw his war
• § 1009.4 — If the Director of the Youth Authority finds that the amount of any refund is less than three dollars ($3), he may retain such amount, unless demand for the payment of such refund is made within six m
• § 101 — As used in this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Adult” means a person 18 years of age or older.
• § 1010 — In determining residence for purposes of transportation, a person who has lived continuously in this State for a period of one year and who has not acquired a residence in another State by living cont
• § 10100 — It is the intent of the Legislature that counties shall continue to provide matching funds for county-administered social services programs as these programs are defined by Sections 12251 and 16501 an
• § 10101 — (a) For the 1991–92 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the state’s share of the costs of the child welfare program shall be 70 percent of the actual nonfederal expenditures for the program o
• § 10101.1 — (a) For the 1991–92 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the state’s share of the costs of the county services block grant and the in-home supportive services administration requirements shall
• § 10101.2 — (a) Prior to the 2011–12 fiscal year the state’s share of the costs for the support and care of former dependent children who have been made wards of related guardians under Article 4.
• § 10102 — The State Department of Social Services shall establish and maintain a plan whereby costs of county administered social services programs will be effectively controlled within the amount annually appr
• § 10103 — All federal funds under Title IV-B of the Social Security Act, which are appropriated to the state shall be passed on to the counties, except for those reasonable funds needed to finance a required st
• § 10103.5 — (a) Notwithstanding the age restrictions specified in Sections 388, 450, 11253, 11363, 11386, 11403, 11403.
• § 10104 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that the impacts of the 2011 realignment of child welfare services, foster care, adoptions, and adult protective services programs are identified and
• § 1011 — All expenses incurred in returning these persons to other states shall be paid by this state, but the expense of returning residents of this state shall be borne by the states making the returns.
• § 1015 — Whenever any person confined in any state institution subject to the jurisdiction of the Youth Authority dies, and any personal funds or property of such person remains in the hands of the Director of
• § 1016 — (a) Whenever a person confined in a state institution subject to the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities, escapes, or is discharged or par
• § 1017 — Before any money or other personal property or documents are delivered to the State Treasurer, State Controller, or public administrator, or sold at auction or upon a sealed-bid basis, or destroyed, u
• § 1018 — At the time of delivering any money or other personal property to the State Treasurer or State Controller under the provisions of Section 1015 or of Chapter 7 of Title 10 of Part 3 of the Code of Civi
• § 1019 — When any personal property has been destroyed as provided in Section 1015 or 1016, no suit shall thereafter be maintained by any person against the State or any officer thereof for or on account of su
• § 102 — (a) Each CASA program shall, if feasible, be staffed by a minimum of one paid administrator.
• § 1020 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of Sections 1015 and 1016 shall apply (1) to all money and other personal property delivered to the State Treasurer or State Controller prior
• § 10200 — This part shall be known, and may be cited, as the Early Childhood Development Act of 2020.
• § 10201 — This chapter shall become operative July 1, 2021.
• § 10202 — The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (a) The state’s system of early learning and care must become more integrated and coordinated to achieve its goals of promoting a high-quality
• § 10203 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to launch a phased approach to achieving the goals of the state’s Master Plan for Early Learning and Care, uniting child care programs where they can best be in
• § 10204 — (a) For purposes of this part, “department” means the State Department of Social Services.
• § 10205 — (a) Commencing July 1, 2021, the department succeeds to, and is vested with, all the powers, functions, duties, responsibilities, obligations, liabilities, and jurisdiction of the programs, responsibi
• § 10206 — (a) Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.
• § 10207 — The purpose of this part is as follows: (a) To provide a comprehensive, coordinated, and cost-effective system of child care and development services for children from infancy to 13 years of age and t
• § 10207.5 — It is the intent of the Legislature that: (a) All families have access to child care and development services, through resource and referral services, where appropriate, regardless of ethnic status, c
• § 10208 — The department shall develop standards for the implementation of quality programs.
• § 10209 — (a) On or before June 30, 1999, the State Department of Education, in consultation with the department, shall develop prekindergarten learning development guidelines.
• § 10209.5 — (a) The department shall ensure that each contract entered into under this part to provide child care and development services, or to facilitate the provision of those services, provides support to th
• § 10209.6 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature for general or migrant childcare and development contractors, teachers, and staff to better understand the language and developmental needs of dual language lea
• § 10210 — In recognition of the demonstrated relationship between food and good nutrition and the capacity of children to develop and learn, it is the policy of this state that no child shall be hungry while in
• § 10210.5 — It is the intent of the Legislature that in providing child development programs the department give priority to children of families that qualify under applicable federal statutes or regulations as r
• § 10211 — (a) The department is hereby designated as the single state agency responsible for the promotion, development, and provision of care of children in the absence of their parents during the workday or w
• § 10211.5 — (a) The department shall collaborate with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with the advice and assistance of the Child Development Programs Advisory Committee, in the development of the sta
• § 10212 — The department shall consult with the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, and the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges in development of the state plan, where appropriate.
• § 10212.5 — It is the intent of the Legislature that federal funds received pursuant to the federal Child Care and Development Fund be allocated according to federal regulations.
• § 10212.6 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to add approximately 206,800 new childcare slots above the slot levels funded during the 2020–21 fiscal year, distributed as follows: (1) Approximately 62,000 s
• § 10213 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Providing children in California with a healthy start is one of the best investments the state can make.
• § 10213.5 — As used in this part: (a) “Alternative payments” includes payments that are made by one childcare agency to another agency or childcare provider for the provision of childcare and development services
• § 10214 — Child care exempt from licensure is a valid parental choice of care for all programs provided for under this part, and no provision of this part shall be construed to exclude or discourage the exercis
• § 10214.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, child care and development programs, as defined in Section 10213.
• § 10215 — (a) If a state of emergency is declared by the Governor, the department may waive any requirements of this code or regulations adopted pursuant to this code relating to child care and development prog
• § 10216 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in adopting this chapter that every family in California have access to current and robust information regarding the state’s vast array of child care and develo
• § 10217 — Funds appropriated for the purpose of this chapter may be used for child care resource and referral programs which may be operated by public or private nonprofit entities.
• § 10218 — It is the intent of the Legislature that one hundred eighty thousand dollars ($180,000) be appropriated each fiscal year for allocation to child care and development resource and referral agencies ope
• § 10219 — (a) For purposes of this chapter, child care resource and referral programs, established to serve a defined geographic area, shall provide the following services: (1) (A) Identification of the full ra
• § 10220 — (a) In addition to the services described in Section 10219, a child care resource and referral program, established to serve a defined geographic area, may provide short-term respite child care.
• § 10221 — All child care resource and referral services shall be provided in a manner which is responsive to the diverse cultural, linguistic, and economic needs of a defined geographic area of service.
• § 10222 — Child care resources and referral shall be provided to all persons requesting services and to all types of child care providers, regardless of income level or other eligibility criteria.
• § 10223 — (a) There is hereby established a project known as the California Child Care Initiative Project.
• § 10224 — When making referrals, every agency operating both a direct service program and a resource and referral program shall provide at least four referrals, at least one of which shall be a provider over wh
• § 10224.5 — (a) Federal funds allocated to local child care resource and referral agencies to support their continued participation in COVID-19 relief and recovery shall include, but not be limited to, strengthen
• § 10225 — (a) Upon the approval of the department, funds appropriated for the purposes of this chapter may be used for alternative payment programs to allow for maximum parental choice.
• § 10225.5 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that: (1) Working families be supported with maximum access to child care and development programs that focus on stabilizing families and helping children reali
• § 10226 — (a) Alternative payment programs shall serve an identifiable geographic area approved by the department.
• § 10226.5 — To offer maximum support for parents and providers, alternative payment programs shall have access to resource and referral services.
• § 10227 — Alternative payments may be made for services provided in licensed centers and family child care homes, for care provided in the child’s home, and for other types of care which conform to applicable l
• § 10227.5 — (a) Childcare providers authorized to provide services pursuant to this chapter shall submit to the alternative payment program a monthly attendance record or invoice for each child who received servi
• § 10227.6 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to use an alternative methodology, as defined in subdivision (ak) of Section 10213.
• § 10228 — If the market rate survey is used to set reimbursement rates, the following shall apply: (a) Payments made by alternative payment programs shall not exceed the applicable market rate ceiling.
• § 10228.1 — Out of funds appropriated in accordance with paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 10214 for alternative payment programs, the department shall reallocate funds as necessary to reimburse alterna
• § 10229 — The reimbursement for alternative payment programs shall include the cost of child care paid to child care providers plus the administrative and support services costs of the alternative payment progr
• § 10229.4 — If the market rate survey is used to set reimbursement rates, the following shall apply: (a) Payments made by the Migrant Alternative Payment Program shall not exceed the applicable market rate ceilin
• § 10229.5 — The audits for such agencies shall include, but not be limited to, a sampling of the evidence of fees charged to, and paid by, families of nonsubsidized children, the daily enrollment of subsidized ch
• § 10230 — When making referrals, every agency operating both a direct service program and an alternative payment program shall provide at least four referrals, at least one of which shall be a provider over whi
• § 10230.5 — (a) When making referrals, every program operating pursuant to this chapter shall provide information to any person who requests a child care referral of their right to view the licensing information
• § 10231 — (a) To the extent that funding is made available for this purpose through the annual Budget Act, the alternative payment agency in each county shall design, maintain, and administer a system to consol
• § 10231.5 — (a) (1) On or before July 1, 2019, an alternative payment program shall establish a program of electronic banking for payments made to licensed or license-exempt child care providers that have a contr
• § 10232 — (a) Alternative payment programs and providers operating or providing services pursuant to this chapter may maintain records electronically, in compliance with state and federal standards, as determin
• § 10232.5 — Alternative payment programs and providers operating or providing services pursuant to this chapter may use a digital signature that complies with state and federal standards, as determined by the dep
• § 10233 — Alternative payment programs and providers operating or providing services pursuant to this chapter may use digital forms to allow families to apply for services, if those forms comply with state and
• § 10234 — An alternative payment agency, including, but not limited to, an alternative payment agency for migrant child care and development programs established pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1
• § 10235 — The department shall administer all migrant child care and development programs.
• § 10236 — (a) For the purpose of this chapter, a “migrant agricultural worker family” means a family with at least one individual who has earned at least 40 percent of their total gross income from employment i
• § 10236.5 — For the purpose of enrollment in migrant child care and development programs, the department shall ensure that the self certification of income shall be consistent with other child care and developmen
• § 10237 — The department shall develop appropriate migrant child care and development programs, quality indicators, including those prescribed in subdivisions (a) to (h), inclusive, and (k) to (m), inclusive, o
• § 10238 — (a) Cost for migrant programs may exceed the standard reimbursement rate established by the department.
• § 10240 — The department, with funds appropriated for this purpose, shall administer general child care and development programs.
• § 10241 — Programs operated pursuant to this part may be designed to meet child-related needs identified by parents or guardians which may include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) Care for schoolage
• § 10242 — (a) (1) Any entity operating child care and development programs funded pursuant to this chapter that provide direct services to children at two or more sites, including through more than one contract
• § 10243 — The department shall annually monitor funding used in general childcare and development programs for infants and toddlers and shall annually report to the Department of Finance and to the Legislature
• § 10244 — (a) The department shall develop and implement a streamlined request for application process for current childcare and development program contractors to award new childcare and development program co
• § 10250 — (a) The department, with funds appropriated for this purpose, shall contract with entities organized under law to operate family child care home education networks that support educational objectives
• § 10251 — Each family child care home education network contractor, in addition to the requirements set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 10250, shall do all of the following: (a) Recruit, enroll, and certify
• § 10252 — This chapter does not impose any new requirement on a family child care home education network, nor does this chapter require any increase in reimbursement rates.
• § 10260 — (a) The department shall ensure that eligible children with exceptional needs are given equal access to all child care and development programs.
• § 10261 — A contractor providing services pursuant to a general child care contract, a campus child care contract, a migrant child care contract, or an alternative payment child care contract is subject to the
• § 10262 — (a) All child care and development programs shall include plans or programs, or both, for the care of the children when they are sick.
• § 10263 — (a) The department and the local county welfare department shall enter into contracts which establish the procedures for serving and referring a child in need of care as part of the provision of prote
• § 10265 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the effectiveness of child care and development programs can be increased through improved state administration, technical assistance to provider agencies,
• § 10265.5 — The department shall do all of the following: (a) Establish a toll-free number for programs which receive funds from the state department pursuant to this chapter and which are in need of technical as
• § 10266 — The department shall do all of the following in administering the provisions of this chapter: (a) Apply sanctions against contracting agencies that have serious licensing violations, as defined and re
• § 10266.5 — (a) No person employed by the department in a policymaking position in the area of child care and development programs shall serve as a member of the board of directors, advisory council, or advisory
• § 10267 — The department shall develop and coordinate resources, provide technical assistance, monitor program implementation, generate maximum federal reimbursement wherever possible for the federally eligible
• § 10267.5 — (a) The department shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to this chapter.
• § 10267.6 — (a) The director may require a contracting agency that employs a person who holds an assistant teacher permit pursuant to Section 8301.
• § 10268 — For purposes of meeting state and federal reporting requirements and for the effective administration of child care and development programs, the department is authorized to require the collection and
• § 10268.5 — Notwithstanding Section 14616 of the Government Code, the department may enter into and execute local contractual agreements with any public or private entity or agency for the delivery of child care
• § 10269 — Contractors operating or providing services pursuant to this chapter may do both of the following: (a) (1) Maintain records electronically, in compliance with state and federal standards, as determine
• § 10269.5 — Contractors operating or providing services pursuant to this chapter may use digital forms to allow families to apply for services, if those forms comply with state and federal standards.
• § 10270 — On and after the date on which the department determines that the Financial Information System for California (Fi$Cal Project) has been implemented within the department, at the request of a contracto
• § 10270.5 — (a) In contract transfer situations in programs funded pursuant to this chapter, the department may grant a certificate of operation to child care and development facilities pursuant to this section.
• § 10271 — (a) (1) The department shall adopt rules and regulations on eligibility, enrollment, and priority of services needed to implement this part.
• § 10271.5 — (a) For purposes of establishing initial income eligibility for services under this chapter, “income eligible” means that a family’s adjusted monthly income is at or below 85 percent of the state medi
• § 10271.6 — (a) To calculate a family’s adjusted monthly income for purposes of determining income eligibility or calculating a family fee, the calculation shall be done by the use of an income calculation worksh
• § 10271.7 — (a) For purposes of establishing eligibility for services under this part, “a member of the household who is certified to receive benefits from Medi-Cal, CalFresh, the California Food Assistance Progr
• § 10272 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, effective July 1, 2011, the department shall reduce the maximum reimbursable amounts of the contracts for the Preschool Education Program, the General Child Care Pro
• § 10272.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, and in addition to any reductions applied pursuant to Section 10272, effective July 1, 2012, the department shall reduce the maximum reimbursable amounts of the cont
• § 10273 — (a) The preferred placement for children who are 11 or 12 years of age and who are otherwise eligible for subsidized child care and development services shall be in a before or after school program.
• § 10273.5 — By July 1, 1981, and annually thereafter, the State Department of Health Care Services shall provide a mechanism for the delivery of health screening and followup services for children enrolled in chi
• § 10274 — The department may waive or modify child development requirements in order to enable child development programs to serve combinations of eligible children in areas of low population.
• § 10274.5 — The department may provide outreach services and technical assistance to new child care contracting agencies and to those providing child care during nontraditional times, in underserved geographic ar
• § 10275 — (a) The department shall establish rules and regulations for the staffing of all center-based child care and development programs under contract with the department.
• § 10275.5 — Until the department promulgates regulations for center-based programs establishing staffing ratios, the following staffing ratios shall apply: (a) Infants, 0 to 2 years old—1:3 adult-child ratio, 1:1
• § 10276 — (a) A child care and development program funded pursuant to the federal Child Care and Development Fund, as defined in Section 98.
• § 10277 — (a) On or before March 1, 2024, each county and contractor that reimburses childcare providers for the provision of state-funded subsidized childcare and development services shall develop, implement,
• § 10277.1 — (a) Funding shall be allocated to the State Department of Social Services from funds in Schedule (3) of Item 5180-101-0001 of the Budget Act of 2023 and the Budget Act of 2025 and to the State Departm
• § 10277.2 — (a) Funding shall be allocated to the State Department of Social Services from funds in Schedule (3) of Item 5180-101-0001 of the Budget Act of 2023 and the Budget Act of 2025 and to the State Departm
• § 10277.3 — (a) (1) To support family childcare providers, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 10421, and encourage their participation in training, forty million dollars ($40,000,000) was previously appropr
• § 10277.4 — (a) (1) One hundred million one hundred thousand dollars ($100,100,000) was previously appropriated for the establishment and administration of the Child Care Providers United - California (CCPU) Work
• § 10277.5 — (a) One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) was previously appropriated from the General Fund to the State Department of Social Services in the 2023−24 fiscal year for a one-time contribution payable
• § 10280 — (a) The department, in collaboration with the State Department of Education, shall implement a reimbursement system plan that establishes reasonable standards and assigned reimbursement rates, which v
• § 10280.2 — (a) (1) Consistent with the agreement, dated June 25, 2021, entered into by the Governor and Child Care Providers United - California, the state and Child Care Providers United - California shall esta
• § 10281 — (a) (1) For purposes of this section, “early childhood mental health consultation service” means a service benefiting an infant or toddler who is 0 to 36 months of age, inclusive, and is served in a g
• § 10281.2 — Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 8243 of the Education Code or paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 10281 of this code, alternative payment programs and agencies admi
• § 10281.5 — (a) In order to reflect the additional expense of serving children who meet any of the criteria outlined in subdivision (c), the provider agency’s reported child days of enrollment for these children
• § 10282.5 — (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10280, the assigned reimbursement rate of a center-based child care agency (a) contracting with the department, (b) operating under licensing standards fo
• § 10283 — (a) Commencing with the 1995–96 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, for purposes of this part, reimbursement rates shall be adjusted by the following reimbursement factors for child care and
• § 10284 — (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10280, the payment made to a child care facility (a) with authorization for payments from an alternative payment program or a county welfare department, (
• § 10284.5 — The audits for those agencies licensed under the provisions of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 1500) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code shall include a sampling of the evidence of fees pai
• § 10284.6 — The department and the State Controller shall establish the necessary plans to advance child care funds to contracting agencies.
• § 10285 — The department shall adopt rules, regulations, and guidelines to facilitate the funding and reimbursement procedures required by this chapter.
• § 10286 — The department shall support the coordination of resources available to state and local agencies serving children, youth, and their families.
• § 10286.5 — In the event that operating agencies are unable to operate due to incomplete renovations authorized by administrating state agencies, or due to circumstances beyond the control of the operating agency
• § 10287 — (a) The rules, regulations, and guidelines adopted by the department pursuant to Sections 10267.
• § 10287.5 — A center-based child care agency contracting with the department to provide center-based child care services may schedule up to two days of staff training, per contract period, using state reimburseme
• § 10290 — (a) The department, in consultation with the State Department of Education, shall establish a fee schedule for families using preschool and childcare and development services pursuant to this part inc
• § 10291 — (a) A family that receives services pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 10271 may be exempt from family fees for up to 24 months.
• § 10292 — (a) The family fee schedule shall provide, among other things, that a contractor or provider may require parents to provide diapers.