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Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC

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• § 17609.01 — Except as provided in Section 17600.
• § 17609.02 — Except as provided in Section 17600.
• § 17609.05 — (a) Each county, city, or city and county shall file with the Controller annual reports of trust fund deposits and disbursements within 60 days after the end of the year.
• § 17609.09 — Whenever a distribution is made to counties, cities, and cities and counties, the Controller shall provide a remittance advice, identifying the amounts that are provided from each account or subaccoun
• § 17609.10 — The Controller shall charge actual administration costs for the implementation and maintenance of this part and subsequent related legislation to the Local Revenue Fund prior to all allocations.
• § 1761 — The Youth Authority shall establish policies for a background assessment of all persons committed to the Youth Authority in order to supplement the case history provided by the county which committed
• § 17610 — (a) In June 2016 and for every fiscal year thereafter, for every county or city and county that selected the option pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) or paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of
• § 17611 — (a) On or before January 10 following the end of each fiscal year, for every county subject to subdivision (a) or (d) or that selected the option pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), or parag
• § 17612.1 — (a) For the 2013–14 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, for each public hospital health system county that selected the option in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 17600.
• § 17612.2 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Adjusted patient day” means a county public hospital health system’s total number of patient census days, as defined by the Of
• § 17612.3 — (a) For each fiscal year, commencing with the 2013–14 fiscal year, the amount to be redirected in accordance with Section 17612.
• § 17612.4 — (a) Beginning with the 2013–14 state fiscal year, each county that has elected to participate in the County Savings Determination Process shall, within five months after the end of each fiscal year, s
• § 17612.5 — (a) For the 2013–14 fiscal year and each year thereafter, the amount to be redirected in accordance with Section 17612.
• § 17612.6 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Type A payers” means the following sources of revenue for amounts paid to the County of Los Angeles, Department of Health
• § 17612.65 — Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (d) of Section 17612.
• § 17612.7 — Notwithstanding Chapter 3.
• § 17612.8 — The department shall submit an application to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a subsequent demonstration project, as defined in subdivision (x) of Section 17612.
• § 17613.1 — (a) For the 2013–14 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, for each county, the total amount that would be payable for the fiscal year from 1991 health realignment funds under Section 17603, as
• § 17613.2 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Base year” means the fiscal year ending three years prior to the fiscal year for which the redirected amount is calculated.
• § 17613.3 — (a) For each fiscal year commencing with the 2013–14 fiscal year, the amount to be redirected in accordance with Section 17613.
• § 17613.4 — (a) Beginning with the 2013–14 fiscal year, each county that has elected to participate in the County Savings Determination Process shall, within five months after the end of each fiscal year, be requ
• § 1762 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that youth with a high school diploma or California high school equivalency certificate who are detained in, or committed to, a Division of Juvenile Justice fac
• § 1763 — The authority shall keep written records of all examinations and of the conclusions predicated thereon and of all orders concerning the disposition or treatment of every person subject to its control.
• § 1764 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any of the following information in the possession of the Youth Authority regarding persons 16 years of age or older who were committed to the Youth Aut
• § 1764.1 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director or his or her designee may release the information described in Section 1764 regarding a person committed to the Youth Authority by a juvenile
• § 1764.2 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of the Division of Juvenile Justice or the director’s designee shall release the information described in Section 1764 regarding a person c
• § 1764.3 — (a) Whenever a person is committed to the Youth Authority by a court of criminal jurisdiction, or is committed to the Department of Corrections and subsequently transferred to the Youth Authority, for
• § 1764.5 — Whenever a minor is incarcerated in a Youth Authority facility for a period of at least 30 consecutive days, the Youth Authority shall inform the State Department of Social Services of the name, date
• § 1765 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the Department of the Youth Authority and the Youth Authority Board shall keep under continued study a person in their control and shall retain him or
• § 1766 — (a) Subject to Sections 733 and 1767.
• § 1766.1 — When permitting an adult or minor committed to the Department of the Youth Authority his or her liberty pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1766, the Youth Authority Board shall impose as a conditi
• § 1766.2 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), all applicable wards shall be placed on supervised parole within the period of 120 to 90 days prior to the date of release from custody from a Division of Ju
• § 1766.5 — The director shall establish and maintain a fair, simple, and expeditious system for resolution of grievances of all persons committed to the Youth Authority regarding the substance or application of
• § 1767 — (a) Upon request, written notice of any hearing to consider the release on parole of any person under the control of the Youth Authority for the commission of a crime or committed to the authority as
• § 1767.1 — At least 30 days before the Youth Authority Board meets to review or consider the parole of any person who has been committed to the control of the Department of the Youth Authority for the commission
• § 1767.2 — Every order granting probation or parole to any person under the control of the authority who has been convicted of any of the offenses enumerated in Section 290 of the Penal Code shall require as a c
• § 1767.3 — (a) The written order of the Director of the Division of Juvenile Justice is a sufficient warrant for any peace officer to return to custody any person who has escaped from the custody of the Division
• § 1767.35 — (a) For a ward discharged from the Division of Juvenile Justice to the jurisdiction of the committing court, that person may be detained by probation, for the purpose of initiating proceedings to modi
• § 1767.4 — Whenever any person paroled by the Youth Authority Board is returned to the department upon the order of the director by a peace officer or probation officer, the officer shall be paid the same fees a
• § 1767.5 — The authority may pay any private home for the care of any person committed to the authority and paroled by the Youth Authority Board to the custody of the private home (including both persons committ
• § 1767.6 — In parole revocation proceedings, a parolee or his attorney shall receive a copy of any police, arrest, and crime reports pertaining to such proceedings.
• § 1767.7 — A sum may be withdrawn by the authority from the funds available for the support of the authority without at the time furnishing vouchers and itemized statements.
• § 1767.9 — Any person authorized to appear at a parole hearing pursuant to Section 1767 shall have the right to speak last before the board in regard to those persons appearing and speaking before the board at a
• § 1768 — As a means of correcting the socially harmful tendencies of a person committed to the authority, the director may (a) Require participation by him in vocational, physical, educational and corrective t
• § 1768.1 — No contract shall be executed with an employer that will initiate employment by persons committed to the authority in the same job classification as other employees of the same employer who, at the ti
• § 1768.10 — Notwithstanding any other law, the Youth Authority Board may require a person under its jurisdiction or control to submit to an examination or test for tuberculosis when the board reasonably suspects
• § 1768.7 — (a) Any person committed to the authority who escapes or attempts to escape from the institution or facility in which he or she is confined, who escapes or attempts to escape while being conveyed to o
• § 1768.8 — (a) An assault or battery by any person confined in an institution under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Youth Authority upon the person of any individual who is not confined therein shall b
• § 1768.85 — (a) Every person confined under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Youth Authority who commits a battery by gassing upon the person of any peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.
• § 1768.9 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person under the jurisdiction or control of the Department of the Youth Authority is obligated to submit to a test for the probable causative agent of
• § 1769 — (a) A person who is committed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities, by a juvenile court shall, except as provided in subdivision (b), be discharged upon
• § 1770 — Every person convicted of a misdemeanor and committed to the authority shall be discharged upon the expiration of a two-year period of control or when the person reaches his 23d birthday, whichever oc
• § 17700 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Many children adjudicated dependents of the juvenile court pursuant to Section 300 and following are, because of abuse, neglect, or exploit
• § 1771 — (a) A person who is convicted of a felony and committed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities, shall be discharged when he or she attains 25 years of age
• § 17710 — Unless otherwise specified in this part: (a) “Child with special health care needs” means a child, or a person who is 22 years of age or younger who is completing a publicly funded education program,
• § 1772 — (a) Subject to subdivision (b), every person discharged by the Board of Juvenile Hearings may petition the court that committed him or her, and the court may upon that petition set aside the verdict o
• § 17720 — The California Health and Human Services Agency shall designate a department to coordinate sources of funding and services not under the jurisdiction of the department which are available to children
• § 1773 — (a) A condition or restriction shall not be imposed upon the obtaining of an abortion by an individual committed to the Division of Juvenile Facilities, pursuant to Sections 1 and 1.
• § 17730 — (a) The department shall develop a program to establish specialized foster care homes for children with special health care needs to receive specialized in-home health care administered by the persons
• § 17731 — (a) The county shall develop a plan to place children with special health care needs in foster care.
• § 17732 — (a) No more than two children with or without special health care needs shall reside in a specialized foster care home with the following exceptions: (1) A specialized foster care home may have a thir
• § 17732.1 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that minor children who are residing in specialized foster care home placements on or after January 1, 1997, be allowed to remain in those homes upon reaching m
• § 17732.2 — (a) In determining the capacity of a specialized foster care home pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 1500) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code or Article 2 (commencing with Section
• § 17733 — All documentation prepared by the county concerning the identification of a dependent child as a child with special health care needs, the placement of such a child in a specialized foster care home,
• § 17734 — Each county shall report to the department on a regular basis on the conduct and effectiveness of the program provided for in this chapter.
• § 17735 — Commencing in 1991, a progress report on the program provided for in this chapter shall be included in the child welfare services report to the Legislature required by Section 16512.
• § 17736 — Notwithstanding any other law, including Sections 1250, 1251, 1254, 1270, 1501, 1502, 1505, 1507, 1521, 1530.
• § 17737 — Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent children with special health care needs who have adoption as a case plan goal from receiving services under this program.
• § 17738 — Notwithstanding Chapter 3.
• § 17739 — (a) When determining the placement of a foster child who is medically fragile, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1760.
• § 1774 — (a) A female who has been committed to the Division of Juvenile Facilities shall have the right to summon and receive the services of a physician and surgeon of her choice in order to determine whethe
• § 1776 — Whenever an alleged parole violator is detained in a county detention facility pursuant to a valid exercise of the powers of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation as specified in Sections 1
• § 1777 — Any moneys received pursuant to the Federal Social Security Act by a ward who is incarcerated by the Youth Authority are liable for the reasonable costs of the ward’s support and maintenance.
• § 1778 — Notwithstanding Section 11425.
• § 1780 — If the date of discharge occurs before the expiration of a period of control equal to the maximum term prescribed by law for the offense of which he or she was convicted, and if the Department of the
• § 17800 — A not-for-profit hospital that elects to participate in the drug discount program established under Section 340B of the federal Public Health Service Act (42 U.
• § 17801 — The State Department of Health Services shall develop a standard contract for use in an agreement entered into pursuant to Section 17800, which shall include, but not be limited to, the following term
• § 1781 — Upon the filing of a petition under this article, the court shall notify the person whose liberty is involved, and if he or she is a minor, his or her parent or guardian if practicable, of the applica
• § 1782 — Such committing court may thereupon discharge the person, admit him or her to probation or may commit him or her to the state prison.
• § 1783 — An appeal may be taken from the order of the court committing a person to the State prison under this chapter in the same manner as appeals are taken from convictions in the criminal cases under the P
• § 1784 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) That the mobilization of community resources to assist in providing youthful offenders with necessary educational, psychological, medical,
• § 1784.1 — (a) The Director of the Youth Authority shall, upon request, provide technical assistance to judges, probation officers, law enforcement officials, school administrators, welfare administrators, and o
• § 1784.2 — (a) The Director of the Youth Authority shall provide grants from funds made available for this purpose, for the development, implementation, and support of juvenile justice community resource program
• § 1784.3 — The Director of the Youth Authority shall appoint an eight-member advisory committee on community resource referral programs to advise him or her on matters relating to this article.
• § 1784.4 — The director may accept funds and grants from any source, public or private, to assist in accomplishing the purposes of this article.
• § 17850 — It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this part to affirm the ability of counties, cities, and hospital districts to provide health care and other services to all residents, if any of these
• § 17851 — A city, county, city and county, or hospital district may, at its discretion, provide aid, including health care, to persons who, but for Section 411 of the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Op
• § 17852 — (a) The state, a city, county, city and county, or hospital district may collect information for the purposes of this part only as required to assess eligibility for, or to administer, public services
• § 1787 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) A tremendous percentage of juveniles who commit status offenses including, but not limited to, running away, school truancy and incorrigibi
• § 1788 — Each Runaway Youth and Families in Crisis Project established under this article shall provide services which shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (a) Temporary shelter and rela
• § 1789 — (a) A Runaway Youth and Families in Crisis Project shall be established in one or more counties in the San Joaquin Central Valley, in one or more counties in the northern region of California, and in
• § 1790 — The purpose of this article is to reduce crime and delinquency by assisting the development, establishment and operation of comprehensive public and private community based programs for crime and deli
• § 1791 — The Department of the Youth Authority shall exercise leadership on behalf of the state in order to accomplish the purpose of this article.
• § 1792 — The Director of the Youth Authority may provide funds for financial support, in amounts determined by him, from funds available for such purposes, to public or private agencies engaging in crime and d
• § 1792.1 — The director shall make annual allocations from funds made available to him for such purposes for administrative expenses to county delinquency prevention commissions established pursuant to Sections
• § 1792.2 — The director may make additional matching allocations from funds available to him for such purposes, in amounts determined by him, to county delinquency prevention commissions for the development and
• § 1793 — The Director of the Youth Authority shall develop standards for the operation of programs funded under Sections 1792, 1792.
• § 1794 — Application for funds under Sections 1792, 1792.
• § 1795 — To help communities develop effective local programs, the Director of the Youth Authority may, upon request, provide technical assistance to judges, probation officers, law enforcement officials, scho
• § 1796 — The Director of the Youth Authority may from funds available to him for such purposes provide funds for demonstration or experimental projects designed to test the validity of new methods or strategie
• § 1797 — The director may assist in the establishment of public committees having as their object the prevention or decrease of crime and delinquency among youth, and the director may participate in the work o
• § 1798 — As of July 1, 2005, the State Commission on Juvenile Justice, Crime and Delinquency Prevention is abolished.
• § 1799 — The director may, with the approval of the Director of General Services, enter into contracts with the federal government, other state governments, counties, cities, private foundations, private organ
• § 18 — If any provision of this code, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the code, or the application of such provision to other persons or circumstan
• § 1800 — (a) Whenever the Division of Juvenile Facilities determines that the discharge of a person from the control of the division at the time required by Section 1766, 1769, 1770, or 1771, as applicable, wo
• § 1800.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board of Parole Hearings may request the Director of the Division of Juvenile Justice to review any case in which the Division of Juvenile Facilities ha
• § 18000 — The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the continued operation of the state plans for aid to the aged, the blind, aid to the disabled, and families with dependent children in the event that fed
• § 18001 — As used in this chapter “joint public assistance” means aid to families with dependent children, aid to the aged, aid to the blind, and aid to the disabled, and “eligible recipient” means any person e
• § 18002 — The Governor may, within 15 days prior to the commencement of any fiscal quarter or during any fiscal quarter, proclaim the existence of a period of welfare emergency, whenever he finds as facts all o
• § 18003 — Out of any money in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is hereby appropriated each month to every county within this state for joint public assistance to eligible recipients, an amou
• § 18004 — The sums appropriated by Section 18003 shall be considered for all purposes to be “federal assistance” and “grants-in-aid” from the United States government for aid to families with dependent children
• § 18005 — Whenever federal assistance to this state for joint public assistance for any period of welfare emergency during which sums appropriated by Section 18002 have been expended is received by this state,
• § 1801 — (a) If a petition is filed with the court for an order as provided in Section 1800 and, upon review, the court determines that the petition, on its face, supports a finding of probable cause, the cour
• § 1801.5 — If a trial is ordered pursuant to Section 1801, the trial shall be by jury unless the right to a jury trial is personally waived by the person, after he or she has been fully advised of the constituti
• § 1801.6 — When the venue of a proceeding under this chapter is changed, costs of the proceeding are chargeable as provided in Section 1037 of the Penal Code.
• § 1802 — When an order for continued detention is made as provided in Section 1801, the control of the authority over the person shall continue, subject to the provisions of this chapter, but, unless the perso
• § 1803 — An order of the committing court made pursuant to this article is appealable by the person whose liberty is involved in the same manner as a judgment in a criminal case.
• § 1805 — It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to protect society from crime and delinquency by helping counties maintain and improve local correctional systems and crime and delinquency
• § 1806 — (a) From any state moneys made available to it for the program, commencing with fiscal year 1983–84, the Department of the Youth Authority shall provide funds to counties for the following purposes: (
• § 18100 — In each county, except where county boards of public welfare or boards or officials with like powers are otherwise provided under a charter, the board of supervisors may constitute a county board of p
• § 18101 — The board of supervisors making the appointments shall designate one member to serve for one year, two for two years, two for three years, and two for four years, and upon the resignation or expiratio
• § 18102 — The members of the county board of public welfare shall serve without compensation, and no person shall be appointed or shall serve on such board who is in any manner officially connected with any cha
• § 18103 — The clerk of the board of supervisors shall notify each person appointed to the county board of public welfare of his appointment.
• § 18104 — The board of supervisors shall appropriate and allow a sum, not exceeding fifty dollars ($50) each year, for the actual expenses of the county board of public welfare for stationery, blanks, postage s
• § 18105 — The county board of public welfare shall meet quarterly and as much oftener as it deems necessary.
• § 18106 — Whenever the annual report of the board of public welfare to the board of supervisors shows that any member has been absent from two consecutive quarterly meetings, such member shall be deemed to have
• § 18107 — At least once each quarter and as much oftener as it deems necessary, the board of public welfare, as a body or by committee, shall visit and inspect the county hospital, the county infirmary or relie
• § 18108 — The board of public welfare may make suggestions for improving the administration to the persons in charge of such county institutions, and may report to the board of supervisors, or to any other offi
• § 18109 — On or before the first Monday in March, June, September, and December of each year, the county board of public welfare shall make a report in writing to the grand jury of the county, if there is any,
• § 18110 — Whenever the county board of public welfare presents any report to the board of supervisors concerning an institution or function under the jurisdiction of any state department, it shall at the same t
• § 1820 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the Juvenile Offender Local Prevention and Corrections Act.
• § 1820.05 — For purposes of this article, “partnership funds” means the state’s share of funding for county juvenile ranches, camps, and forestry camps.
• § 1820.1 — Partnership funds shall be used only for the purpose of confinement, discipline, and treatment of juvenile offenders in county juvenile ranches, camps, or forestry camps.
• § 1820.15 — (a) The Department of the Youth Authority shall establish and implement the Juvenile Offender Local Prevention and Corrections Program.
• § 1820.2 — The Department of the Youth Authority shall, in the implementation of this article, do all of the following: (a) Determine county eligibility for partnership funding.
• § 1820.25 — A county may apply to receive partnership funds under this article by submitting an application to the department in a manner and at a time determined by the department.
• § 1820.3 — A county shall be eligible for the receipt of partnership funds under this article only if the county meets all of the following conditions: (a) The county administers one or more juvenile ranches, ca
• § 1820.4 — It is the intent of the Legislature that counties that do not operate juvenile camps or ranches, but instead contract for beds with counties that do, shall benefit from partnership funding via reduced
• § 1820.45 — (a) (1) The Department of the Youth Authority shall work with counties to develop boot camp programs, either separately or as part of existing ranches, camps, and forestry camps.
• § 1820.47 — In order to develop, establish, and operate residential and nonresidential boot camp and similar programs for young, first-time offenders and nonserious and nonviolent offenders, a county may contract
• § 1820.5 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that, commencing with the 1994–95 fiscal year, this article shall be funded by the federal government, the state, and eligible counties.
• § 1820.55 — The Department of the Youth Authority shall adopt emergency regulations for implementation of this article.
• § 18200 — The Legislature recognizes the necessity to improve the administration of public assistance so as to minimize dependency and reduce the total costs of public welfare services by restorative and preven
• § 18201 — The department may authorize the payment of state funds to defray in whole or in part the cost of a project undertaken by the county department of any county or by the county departments of a group of
• § 18202 — The department shall develop and publish criteria for the submission and approval of county plans for projects proposed to be undertaken pursuant to this chapter.
• § 18203 — Among the county projects approved by the department, priority shall be given to those which involve: (a) Efforts to minimize as much as possible, within the limits of state and federal laws, the admi
• § 18204 — To enable it to conduct and administer experimental projects to test methods and procedures of administering assistance and services to recipients of public social services, the department may waive t
• § 18205 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, at the request of a county, after public hearing by the county, the department may extend an experimental project for in-home supportive services establ
• § 18205.5 — The Director of Child Support Services may, pursuant to this article, approve county demonstration projects to provide employment and training services to nonsupporting, noncustodial parents of childr
• § 18206 — (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 p
• § 18207 — 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.
• § 18220 — (a) For the 2011–12 fiscal year, the Controller shall allocate 33.
• § 18220.1 — (a) For the 2011–12 fiscal year, the Controller shall, on a quarterly basis beginning October 1, allocate 6.
• § 18221 — (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
• § 18230 — 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.
• § 18231 — (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
• § 18232 — (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.
• § 18233 — Before authorizing a demonstration project, the director shall ensure that it is consistent with the intent of state CalWORKs law.
• § 18234 — (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
• § 18235 — 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
• § 18236 — (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 graduatio
• § 18237 — (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
• § 18238 — For the purposes of this article: (a) “Microenterprise” means a small business in which a participant works as his or her own employer.
• § 18239 — (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
• § 18241 — 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 Oppo
• § 18242 — (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.
• § 18243 — 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
• § 18244 — (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 h
• § 18245 — (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 c
• § 18247 — (a) The state share of child support assurance payments under this article shall be paid in accordance with Section 15200.
• § 18250 — (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 prog
• § 18251 — As used in this chapter: (a) “County” means each county participating in an individualized or wraparound services program.
• § 18252 — 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.
• § 18253 — 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 performa
• § 18253.5 — 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.
• § 18254 — (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
• § 18256 — 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 servic
• § 18256.5 — 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 need
• § 18257 — 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 an
• § 18257.5 — 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 implemen
• § 18258 — (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 f
• § 18259 — (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
• § 18259.3 — (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 descr
• § 18260 — (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-yea
• § 18275 — 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 se
• § 18275.5 — Unless the context requires otherwise, for purposes of this chapter: (a) “Director” means the Director of Emergency Services.
• § 18276 — 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 chil
• § 18276.5 — (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.
• § 18277 — 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.
• § 18278 — (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.
• § 18278.5 — 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.
• § 18279.5 — 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 p
• § 18285 — (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Child Health and Safety Fund for the purposes specified in this section.
• § 18285.5 — (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 pr
• § 18290 — 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.
• § 18291 — 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 h
• § 18293 — (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 government
• § 18294 — 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.
• § 18295 — 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
• § 18296 — 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 violenc