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Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC

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• § 103 — (a) Persons acting as a CASA shall be individuals who have demonstrated an interest in children and their welfare.
• § 10300 — (a) The department may reimburse approvable startup costs of child development agencies or facilities in an amount not to exceed 15 percent of the expansion or increase of each agency’s total contract
• § 10300.5 — (a) The department and the State Department of Education shall promote full utilization of childcare and development and preschool funds and match available unused funds with identified service needs.
• § 10301 — (a) The department shall develop a plan and procedures for the allocation of expansion funding balances resulting from the pro rata allocation of expansion for the partial year operations of new agenc
• § 10301.5 — (a) The Legislature recognizes the shortage of child care and development and preschool facilities which meet state and local health and safety standards, and the lack of other sources of funding for
• § 10302 — Unless specifically exempted by the Legislature, the administrative cost for all state-funded child care and development and preschool programs and all federal programs administered by the state shall
• § 10302.5 — (a) The department shall establish regulations for the allocation of capital outlay funds provided pursuant to Section 10303 to Section 10304.
• § 10303 — The department shall establish a revolving loan fund to provide loans to child care and development or preschool contracting agencies for capital outlay not to exceed 2 percent or two thousand dollars
• § 10304 — (a) Repayments on loans made pursuant to Section 10303 shall commence within one year after allocation of the loan to the contracting agency.
• § 10304.5 — The state shall hold a security interest in all renovations and repairs funded pursuant to Section 10303.
• § 10305 — (a) For purposes of this section “department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development.
• § 10305.5 — (a) For purposes of this section “department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development.
• § 10306 — The Child Care and Development Facilities Loan Guaranty Fund, the Child Care and Development Facilities Direct Loan Fund, and the Child Care Loan Guaranty Fund Account in the Small Business Expansion
• § 10307 — (a) As used in this section: (1) “Board” means the State Allocation Board.
• § 10307.5 — (a) In the event that a school district elects to discontinue its contract for child development or preschool services, the facilities owned by the school district and constructed through the provisio
• § 10308 — (a) (1) The Child Care Facilities Revolving Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury to provide funding for loans for the renovation, repair, or improvement of an existing building to make the
• § 10308.5 — Each county shall, as a minimum, maintain the level of expenditure for child development services provided by the county during the 1970–71 fiscal year.
• § 10308.7 — (a) The Legislature recognizes that child care and preschool programs have made valuable contributions towards ensuring that public assistance recipients will be able to accept and maintain employment
• § 10309 — The department shall publish the methodology and data used, including county-specific data if such data is used, for the allocation of all child care funds.
• § 10309.1 — (a) The department shall disburse augmentations to the base allocation for the expansion of child care and development programs to promote equal access to child development services across the state.
• § 10309.3 — The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) There is a serious shortage of quality child day care and preschool facilities throughout the state.
• § 10309.5 — (a) The department shall contract with a nonprofit organization to serve as a financial intermediary.
• § 10309.7 — (a) The Legislature recognizes the importance of providing quality child care and preschool services.
• § 10310.1 — (a) The department shall administer the Child Care and Development Infrastructure Grant Program to expand access to child care and development and preschool opportunities for children up to five years
• § 10311 — (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall, subject to an appropriation for this purpose in the annual Budget Act, administer the Early Learning and Care Workforce Development Grants Program t
• § 10315 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the state makes a substantial, annual investment in preschool, infant and toddler, and schoolage child development programs for eligible families.
• § 10320 — (a) The Early Childhood Policy Council is hereby established to advise the Governor, the Legislature, and the department on statewide early learning and care policy, including the planning for, and th
• § 10330 — The governing board of any school district or a county superintendent of schools with the approval of the county board of education is authorized to establish and maintain child development programs u
• § 10331 — (a) The county superintendent of schools in each county, with the approval of the county board of education and the department, shall have the authority to establish and maintain child development pro
• § 10332 — The governing board of any school district or the county superintendent of schools may do the following: (a) Accommodate in a child development facility maintained by it children residing in another d
• § 10333 — The employees of school districts or community college districts, or county superintendents of schools in preschool and other types of child development services under this division shall have the sam
• § 10334 — Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a public or private agency, a school district, a community college district or a county superintendent of schools operating child development faci
• § 10335 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the governing board of a school district or community college district, county superintendent of schools, or other unit of local general purpose go
• § 10336 — (a) The governing board of any school district or the county superintendent of schools shall establish in the county treasury a fund to be known as the “child development fund” into which shall be pai
• § 10337 — The governing board of any school district maintaining a child development program may include in its budget the amount necessary to initiate, operate, and maintain a child development program pursuan
• § 10350 — The City and County of San Francisco may develop and implement an individualized county child care subsidy plan.
• § 10351 — Before implementing the local subsidy plan, the City and County of San Francisco, in consultation with the department, shall develop an individualized county child care subsidy plan for the city and c
• § 10352 — (a) The plan shall be submitted to the local planning council, as defined in subdivision (g) of Section 10480, for approval.
• § 10353 — (a) The City and County of San Francisco shall, at least once every three years, using the template developed by the department, prepare and submit to the Legislature and the department a report that
• § 10354 — Any modifications to the plan shall be submitted in conformance with the procedures established in Chapter 18 (commencing with Section 10340).
• § 10355 — A participating contractor shall receive any increase or decrease in funding that the contractor would have received if the contractor had not participated in the local subsidy plan established by thi
• § 10356 — Commencing on the effective date of the act that added this section, the components of the plan relating to preschool shall be overseen by the State Department of Education and the components of the p
• § 10360 — On and after July 1, 2014, the individualized county child care subsidy plan for the County of San Mateo that was developed as a pilot project pursuant to Article 15.
• § 10361 — For purposes of this chapter, “county” means the County of San Mateo.
• § 10362 — For purposes of this chapter, “plan” means an individualized county child care subsidy plan developed and approved as described in Section 10360, which includes all of the following: (a) An assessment
• § 10363 — (a) Except as provided in this section, any modifications to the plan shall be submitted in accordance with the modification procedures described in Chapter 18 (commencing with Section 10340).
• § 10364 — (a) The county shall at least once every three years, using the template developed by the department, prepare and submit to the Legislature and the department a report that summarizes the success of t
• § 10365 — A participating contractor shall receive any increase or decrease in funding that the contractor would have received if the contractor had not participated in the plan.
• § 10366 — Commencing on the effective date of the act that added this section, the components of the plan relating to preschool shall be overseen by the State Department of Education and the components of the p
• § 10370 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to ensure that recipients of aid under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3, or any successor program, and former recipi
• § 10370.5 — Current CalWORKs recipients are eligible for all child care services under this chapter as long as they continue to receive aid under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3, or any succes
• § 10371 — (a) The county welfare department shall manage the first stage during which a family shall receive a child care subsidy for any legal care chosen by the parent.
• § 10371.5 — (a) As soon as appropriate, a county welfare department shall refer families needing child care services to the local child care resource and referral program funded pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing
• § 10372 — (a) The second stage of child care begins when the county determines that the recipient’s work or approved work activity is stable or when a recipient is transitioning off of aid and child care is ava
• § 10372.3 — Nothing shall prohibit an administrator of an alternative payment program or agency administering CalWORKs Stage One or Stage Two programs, serving children 0 to 12 years of age, inclusive, from utili
• § 10372.5 — (a) The third stage of childcare begins when a funded space is available.
• § 10373 — Child care during the third stage may be funded with moneys dedicated to current and former recipients of aid under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3, or any successor program, inclu
• § 10373.5 — It is the intent of the Legislature that the department work with Head Start and state preschool programs to generate extended-day and evening care for recipients of aid under Chapter 2 (commencing wi
• § 10374 — It is the intent of the Legislature that each county receive funding for child care services provided in stage two that is at least equivalent to the amount of funding received in the 1996–97 fiscal y
• § 10374.5 — (a) Recipients of childcare services provided pursuant to this chapter shall be allowed to choose the childcare services of licensed childcare providers or childcare providers who, by law, are not req
• § 10375 — (a) By January 31, 1998, the State Department of Education and the State Department of Social Services shall design a form for license-exempt child care providers to use for certifying health and safe
• § 10375.5 — Notwithstanding any other confidentiality requirement, the government or private agency administering subsidized child care services shall share information necessary for the administration of the chi
• § 10376 — (a) County welfare departments and alternative payment programs shall provide to the department and the local planning council, on a monthly basis, data about child care usage and demand in each of th
• § 10376.5 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to provide sufficient funding through an appropriation in the annual Budget Act to fund the estimated cost of providing child care for
• § 10380 — (a) (1) Child development programs shall include a career ladder program for classroom staff.
• § 10380.5 — Except as waived under Section 10242 and except as stated in Section 18203 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations regarding program directors in schoolage community child care services progr
• § 10381 — Not later than 95 days after the governing board of a public agency sets the date a person employed by that board shall begin service in a position requiring a children’s center instructional permit o
• § 10381.5 — Notwithstanding Sections 10380 and 10380.
• § 10382 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a high school student or any other adult shall be selected by the governing board of a public or private agency as defined in Section 10221 to serve as nont
• § 10382.5 — The same fee as that prescribed for a credential provided in Section 44235 of the Education Code shall be charged for either the issuance or renewal of each child development permit authorizing servic
• § 10383 — The Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall by rule or regulation establish the requirements for the following: (a) The issuance and the renewal of permits authorizing service in the care, developme
• § 10383.1 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 10380 and 10383, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing may issue an assistant teacher permit that authorizes the permitholder to assist in the care, development, and ins
• § 10383.5 — Notwithstanding Section 10383 of this code or Section 80111 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations, on or before April 30, 2025, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall, by rule or reg
• § 10384.5 — Each county board of education, city and county board of education, or community college governing board may issue temporary certificates for the purpose of authorizing salary payments to child develo
• § 10385 — (a) A person employed by a public or private agency in a position requiring a child development permit for the supervision and instruction of children, or for service as a physician, dentist, or nurse
• § 10387 — Every employee of a child development program who before their employment in the program was employed by the agency maintaining such program in a position entitling the employee to membership in, and
• § 10387.5 — The Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall establish standards for the issuance of the permits herein provided for.
• § 10388 — (a) (1) The State Department of Education, in consultation with the State Department of Social Services, county fraud investigators, and other fraud investigation experts, shall perform an error rate
• § 10390 — It is the intent of the Legislature to authorize an appeal process for the resolution of disputes between the department and local agencies which contract with the department to provide child care and
• § 10391 — (a) The department shall provide an internal appeal procedure to resolve a dispute between the department and a contracting agency providing child care and development services pursuant to Section 102
• § 10392 — (a) The department shall provide an independent appeal procedure to each contracting agency providing child care and development services pursuant to Section 10268.
• § 10393 — All hearings required by Section 10392 shall be conducted according to the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2
• § 10394 — The Office of Administrative Hearings shall, by June 30, 1982, adopt regulations governing the hearings, which shall include all of the following: (a) Deadlines for filing petitions, commencing hearin
• § 10395 — The determination of the hearing examiner shall be the final administrative determination to be afforded the local contracting agency.
• § 10396 — All actions by the department, as defined in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 10392 shall be preceded by a written notice of action to the local contracting agency which shall include the following
• § 10397 — (a) The department shall establish a contract classification system for purposes of identifying, monitoring, and providing technical assistance to contractors as follows: (1) Clear contract.
• § 10398 — (a) A contracting agency that evidences any of the following acts or omissions may have its contract or contracts immediately terminated if there is documented evidence of the acts or omissions, and u
• § 10399 — (a) An agency that has in place or places a person in a position of fiscal responsibility or control who has been convicted of a crime involving misuse or misappropriation of state or federal funds, o
• § 104 — (a) The court shall determine the extent of the CASA’s duties in each case.
• § 10400 — Except for causes listed in Sections 10398 and 10399, termination of a child care and development contract shall not occur without good cause and without notice as described in Section 10396 at least
• § 10401 — Actions as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 10392 shall remain in effect during the appeal process.
• § 10402 — All contracts entered into by the department pursuant to Section 10268.
• § 10420 — This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Building a Better Early Care and Education System Act.
• § 10420.5 — (a) The purpose of this chapter is to promote quality, access, and stability in the early care and education system by authorizing an appropriate unit of family child care providers to choose a provid
• § 10421 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Certified provider organization” means a provider organization that is certified by the Public Employment Relations Board as the representative of family child care provi
• § 10421.5 — The state action antitrust exemption to the application of federal and state antitrust laws shall apply to the activities of family child care providers and their representatives authorized under this
• § 10422 — (a) For purposes of this section, the Public Employment Relations Board, as established pursuant to Section 3541 of the Government Code, shall determine if an entity seeking information is a provider
• § 10422.5 — Family child care providers have the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of provider organizations of their own choosing.
• § 10423 — Family child care providers are not public employees, and this chapter does not create an employer-employee relationship between family child care providers and the state, any agency or department of
• § 10423.5 — This chapter does not alter the rights of families to select, direct, and terminate the services of family child care providers.
• § 10424 — (a) An appropriate unit of family child care providers, as described in subdivision (h), may designate, in accordance with this chapter, the provider organization, if any, that shall be its representa
• § 10424.5 — (a) The scope of representation shall not extend to the rights of families to select, direct, and terminate the services of family child care providers.
• § 10425 — (a) The department and any other state department or agency administering a state-funded early care and education program shall permit the certified provider organization to participate in a stakehold
• § 10425.5 — (a) The Governor, through the Department of Human Resources or the Governor’s designee, shall meet and confer in good faith regarding all matters within the scope of representation with representative
• § 10426 — (a) If an agreement is reached between the Governor, through the Department of Human Resources or the Governor’s designee, and the certified provider organization, they shall jointly prepare a written
• § 10426.5 — (a) Deductions may be requested by a certified provider organization from the subsidy payments of its provider members, and the Department of Human Resources or Governor’s designee shall ensure that t
• § 10427 — (a) If a memorandum of understanding has expired, and the Governor or the Governor’s representative and the certified provider organization have not agreed to a new memorandum of understanding and hav
• § 10427.5 — It is unlawful for the Department of Human Resources or the Governor’s designee, the department, or any state agency or department charged with the administration of any state-funded early care and ed
• § 10427.7 — It is unlawful for any political subdivision, contractor, or subcontractor, charged with the administration of a state-funded early care and education program, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section
• § 10428 — It shall be unlawful for a provider organization or a certified provider organization to: (a) Cause or attempt to cause the Department of Human Resources or the Governor’s designee, the department, or
• § 10428.3 — (a) An unfair practice charge alleging that a political subdivision, a contractor, or a subcontractor has committed a violation of Section 10427.
• § 10428.5 — (a) The powers and duties of the board described in Section 3541.
• § 10428.7 — (a) If online or group in-person preservice meetings or orientations are held for family child care providers by the state or a department, contractor, subcontractor, or political subdivision of the s
• § 10429 — (a) This section shall apply only if a provider organization has been certified pursuant to Section 10424.
• § 10429.5 — To effectuate the purposes of this chapter, any training partnership that is established as a joint labor-management committee pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 10424.
• § 10430 — The department shall develop an annual calendar identifying target dates for contract application deadlines, contract award announcements, contract approvals, and contract evaluations.
• § 10431 — The department shall develop and maintain a central distribution list for application announcements.
• § 10432 — Application announcements shall contain, but not be limited to, the following information: the goals and objectives of the program, identification of the specific minimum range of services to be purch
• § 10433 — (a) The department shall include all of the following in the application announcement: (1) The time estimated for each step.
• § 10434 — The department shall identify and transmit to all agencies awarded direct service contracts forms required for contract payments, management information or reports required pursuant to contract object
• § 10435 — The department shall develop a grievance procedure for resolving disputes arising from the awarding or administering of direct service contracts, in addition to the remedies provided under the Adminis
• § 10436 — (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that greater efficiencies may be achieved in the execution of state-subsidized childcare and development program contracts with public and private agencie
• § 10437 — The department may execute a multiyear application process.
• § 10440 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Financial and compliance audit” means a systematic review or appraisal to determine each of the following: (1) Whether the financial statements of an audited organization
• § 10441 — (a) Child development contractors are encouraged to develop and maintain a reserve within the child development fund, derived from earned but unexpended funds.
• § 10470 — It is the intent of the Legislature that funds be appropriated for capital outlay for purposes of providing facilities for child care and development services provided pursuant to this part, including
• § 10471 — (a) All of the following child care and development programs, other than those providing extended day care services, shall be eligible to receive a loan for the renovation and repair of facilities use
• § 10472 — (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the State Child Care Capital Outlay Fund.
• § 10473 — (a) The State Allocation Board shall establish regulations for the allocation of funds for capital outlay and for the reimbursement of initial utility installation costs for purposes of this chapter.
• § 10474 — The State Allocation Board may use an amount not to exceed four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000), or 4 percent of the total funds available for the purposes of this chapter, whichever is less, in a
• § 10475 — (a) The State Allocation Board may use up to 5 percent of any appropriation for the purposes of this chapter to provide loans to private nonsectarian child care and development programs not under cont
• § 10480 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Block grant” means the block grant contained in Title VI of the Child Care and Development Fund, as established by the federal
• § 10485 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that local child care and development planning councils shall provide a forum for the identification of local priorities for child care and the development of p
• § 10486 — (a) The department shall allocate child care funding pursuant to this part based on the amount of state and federal funding that is available.
• § 10487 — It is the intent of the Legislature that any additional conditions imposed upon local planning councils shall be funded from available federal funds to the greatest extent legally possible.
• § 1049 — Subject to the provisions of law relating to the State civil service, the Youth Authority may appoint, define the duties, and fix the salary of the superintendent or executive officer of each institut
• § 10490 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Congress has recognized the importance of the transfer from preschool to primary school.
• § 10491 — For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall apply: (a) “Expulsion” means the permanent dismissal of a child from a program in response to a child’s behavior.
• § 10491.1 — (a) (1) Except as authorized by paragraph (3), a program shall not do either of the following: (A) Expel or unenroll a child because of a child’s behavior.
• § 10492 — This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the End Racial and Economic Inequities in Childcare in California Initiative.
• § 10492.1 — (a) The State Department of Social Services, in consultation with the State Department of Education, and with input from early childhood stakeholders, shall develop the Whole Child Equity Framework (t
• § 10492.2 — (a) (1) The State Department of Social Services, in consultation with the State Department of Education, shall convene a public workgroup to provide recommendations to the State Department of Social S
• § 105 — All otherwise confidential records and information acquired or reviewed by a CASA during the course of his or her duties shall remain confidential and shall be disclosed only pursuant to a court order
• § 1050 — The superintendent of the institutions under this chapter shall be persons of high moral character, specially qualified for the position.
• § 10500 — Every person administering aid under any public assistance program shall conduct himself with courtesy, consideration, and respect toward applicants for and recipients of aid under that program, and s
• § 10501 — No person concerned with the administration of a public assistance program shall dictate how any recipient shall expend the aid granted to him.
• § 10503 — Any decisions governing eligibility for any of the following programs that, in California, are made by a county pursuant to this division shall be made exclusively by a merit or civil service employee
• § 10505 — Prior to granting any changes in benefits or levels of service for public social services programs, including the Medi-Cal program, funded by the federal government for benefits or services which are
• § 10506 — (a) Except as otherwise required by Sections 10614 and 14100.
• § 10530 — It is the intent of the Legislature that, in developing the plan required by this chapter, counties shall make an effort not to duplicate planning processes that have already occurred within the count
• § 10531 — Each county shall develop a plan consistent with state law that describes how the county intends to deliver the full range of activities and services necessary to move CalWORKs recipients from welfare
• § 10532 — The department and the counties shall implement the provisions of the CalWORKs program in the following manner: (a) The department shall issue a planning allocation letter and county plan instructions
• § 10533 — Commencing July 1, 2013, the department shall establish a CalWORKs county peer review process, which shall be implemented on a statewide basis no later than July 1, 2014.
• § 10534 — (a) Each county shall perform a comprehensive review of its existing CalWORKs plan developed pursuant to Section 10531, and shall prepare and submit to the department a plan addendum detailing how the
• § 10534.5 — (a) The department shall review the county plans developed pursuant to Section 10534 in order to identify promising practices in the areas of upfront engagement and reengagement of sanctioned families
• § 10535 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the amount appropriated in Item 5180-101-0890 in the Budget Act of 2006, ninety million dollars ($90,000,000) in federal Temporary Assistance for Needy F
• § 10540 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to implement Public Law 104-193 in such a manner as to do all of the following: (1) Reduce child poverty in the state.
• § 10540.5 — The department shall ensure that performance outcomes are monitored at the state and county levels in order to do all of the following: (a) Identify the extent to which the state and counties achieve
• § 10540.6 — Commencing no later than April 1, 2007, the department, on a periodic, but no less frequently than a quarterly basis, shall publish available data reported by counties regarding caseload characteristi
• § 10541 — The department shall consult with experts in monitoring and research, and representatives of counties, the Legislature, and appropriate state agencies in the development and implementation of the syst
• § 10541.5 — The department, in consultation with experts in research and program evaluation and representatives of counties, the Legislature, and appropriate state agencies, shall do both of the following, by Mar
• § 10541.7 — Each county shall participate in monitoring performance outcomes by collecting and reporting data in the manner established by Section 10541.
• § 10542 — (a) Each county shall, as part of its CalWORKs plan, identify outcomes to be tracked on the local level that are in addition to any required to be tracked statewide.
• § 10543 — (a) Within six months of CalWORKs implementation, each county, in conjunction with the department, shall determine a baseline for the data to be collected to meet both state and local need.
• § 10544 — (a) If the department finds that a county is experiencing significantly worsened outcomes, it shall report this finding to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, the Assembly
• § 10544.1 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide counties with grant savings as defined in subdivisions (d) and (e) subject to the amounts appropriated in the annual Budget Act.
• § 10544.2 — CalWORKs performance incentive funds allocated to counties under Items 5180-101-0001 and 5180-101-0890 of the Budget Act of 2002 shall be available for encumbrance and expenditure by the county until
• § 10544.317 — (a) There is hereby created a welfare reform steering committee comprised of a representative of the California Health and Human Services Agency, who shall chair the committee, the Department of Finan
• § 10545 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the direction outlined in the Pilot Projects for Promoting Accountability by Measuring Work Outcomes program pursuant to Section 302 of the federal Fiscal R
• § 10546 — It is the intent of the Legislature for clause (ii) of subparagraph (C) of paragraph (13) of subdivision (b) of Section 8257 to measure point-in-time data and trends of homelessness, housing instabili
• § 10550 — There is in the Health and Welfare Agency a State Department of Social Services.
• § 10551 — The department consists of the director, the State Social Services Advisory Board, and such divisions or other administrative units as the director may find necessary.
• § 10552 — With the consent of the Senate, the Governor shall appoint, to serve at his pleasure, an executive officer who shall be director of the department.
• § 10553 — The director shall: (a) Be responsible for the management of the department.
• § 10553.1 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department shall, upon an Indian tribe’s request, enter into an agreement, in accordance with Section 16000.
• § 10553.12 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a federally recognized tribe is authorized, but not required, to license or approve a home for the purpose of foster or adoptive placement of an Indian child.
• § 10553.13 — (a) (1) The Tribally Approved Homes Compensation Program is hereby established to provide funding, as described in this section, to eligible Indian tribes to assist in funding the costs associated wit
• § 10553.14 — (a) The Tribal Dependency Representation Program is hereby established to provide funding to assist any federally recognized Indian tribe located in California, or with lands that extend into Californ
• § 10553.15 — (a) The CalWORKs Indian Health Clinic Program is established to provide funding to Indian health clinics to provide substance abuse and mental health treatment services, and other related services aut
• § 10553.2 — Child welfare services allocation methodologies for agreements entered into pursuant to Section 10553.
• § 10553.25 — (a) The department shall make an annual allocation of funds appropriated for the purpose of this subdivision to all eligible federally recognized American Indian tribes with reservation lands or ranch
• § 10554 — The department shall adopt regulations, orders, or standards of general application to implement, interpret, or make specific the law enforced by the department, and those regulations, orders, and sta
• § 10555 — Subject to the State Civil Service Act, the director shall appoint such assistants and other employees as are necessary for the administration of the affairs of the department and shall prescribe thei
• § 10555.5 — (a) The criminal history check required by this section is limited to a State Department of Social Services employee, prospective employee, contractor, subcontractor, and volunteer whose duties includ
• § 10556 — The chief administrative law judge of the department shall be an attorney, and shall otherwise meet such qualifications as may be prescribed by the State Personnel Board.
• § 10557 — No person while holding the office of director shall be a trustee, manager, director, or other officer or employee of any agency performing any function supervised by the department or any institution
• § 10558 — Except as otherwise expressly provided, the provisions of Part 1 (commencing with Section 11000) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, as the same may be added to or amended from time to ti
• § 10559 — (a) There are in the department a division or office devoted to carrying out the provisions of this division pertaining to the services to the blind and another division or office devoted to carrying
• § 10560 — The department and each county department shall, to the extent feasible, train recipients of public assistance and potential recipients for private employment or for government service.
• § 106 — The CASA shall be notified of hearings and other proceedings concerning the case to which he or she has been appointed.
• § 10600 — It is hereby declared that provision for public social services in this code is a matter of statewide concern.
• § 10600.1 — (a) The State Department of Social Services succeeds to and is vested with the duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction exercised by the State Department of Health or the State Department
• § 10600.2 — The State Department of Social Services shall have possession and control of all records, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations, land, and other property real or personal
• § 10600.3 — All officers and employees of the Director of Health or the Director of Benefit Payments who, on the operative date of the statute amending this section at the 1977 portion of the 1977–78 Regular Sess
• § 10601 — The department may expend, in accordance with law, all moneys made available for its use or for the administration of any statute administered by it.
• § 10601.2 — (a) The State Department of Social Services shall establish, by April 1, 2003, the California Child and Family Service Review System, in order to review all county child welfare systems.
• § 10602 — The department shall investigate, examine and make reports upon: (a) The charitable institutions of the state and of the counties and cities of the state, other than county hospitals and institutions
• § 10602.1 — No later than May 14, 2025, and no later than May 14 every year thereafter, the State Department of Social Services shall provide the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the Senate and Assembly Bud
• § 10602.4 — The Employment Development Department shall investigate, examine, and make reports upon the public officers who are in any way responsible for the administration of public funds used for services whic
• § 10603 — The department shall advise public officers regarding the administration of public social services by public agencies throughout the state, and shall supervise the administration of state public socia