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• § 18927.1 — (a) A county shall establish a claim to recover an overissuance of CalFresh benefits due to inadvertent household error, as defined by subdivision (b) of Section 273.
• § 18927.5 — (a) A county human services agency shall notify the department when a mass overissuance has been identified, and include information in the notification as to whether the mass overissuance is known to
• § 18928 — For the purpose of maximizing the anti-hunger impact of Section 66027.
• § 18928.5 — (a) No later than January 1, 2024, in order to assist in monitoring information about access to the CalFresh program by students enrolled in an institution of higher education, the department shall pu
• § 18929 — To the extent permitted by federal law, regulation, or a waiver of a federal law or regulation, a county shall determine that good cause exists for purposes of the work requirement specified in Sectio
• § 18930 — (a) There is hereby created the California Food Assistance Program (CFAP).
• § 18930.5 — (a) A recipient of benefits under this chapter shall not be required to meet the work requirement under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, as specified in Section 2015(o) of Title
• § 18931 — Any person who is eligible for federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, administered in California as CalFresh benefits, shall not be eligible for assistance under this cha
• § 18932 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the federal and state laws and regulations governing the federal Food Stamp Program shall also govern the program provided for under this chapter.
• § 18932.1 — (a) The state shall retain a portion of any collected overissuance claims on benefits issued under this chapter.
• § 18933 — Benefits provided under this chapter shall be equivalent to the benefits provided under the federal Food Stamp Program.
• § 18934 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to appropriate funds in the Budget Act for the purpose of providing services under this chapter.
• § 18935 — This chapter shall be implemented only during any period that federal benefits are provided under Section 1612(a) of Title 8 of the United States Code.
• § 18936 — (a) The Tribal Nutrition Assistance Program is hereby established, to be administered by the State Department of Social Services.
• § 18937 — The State Department of Social Services shall establish and supervise a county- or county consortia-administered program to provide cash assistance to aged, blind, and disabled legal immigrants who ar
• § 18938 — (a) (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), an individual, upon application, shall be eligible for the program established pursuant to Section 18937 if his or her immigration status meets the eligibili
• § 18939 — (a) Any person who is found to be eligible for federally funded SSI by the department shall be required to apply for SSI benefits.
• § 18939.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an individual who naturalizes while receiving benefits under this article, who remains otherwise eligible for benefits under this article, and who applies f
• § 18940 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the federal and state laws and regulations governing the SSI/SSP program shall also govern the program provided for under this chapter.
• § 18941 — Benefits provided under this chapter shall be equivalent to the benefits provided under the SSI/SSP program, Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12000) of Part 3.
• § 18942 — The department shall reimburse the counties for the cost of actual payments made pursuant to this chapter and for the administrative costs actually attributable to those payments.
• § 18943 — (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, Chapter 3.
• § 18944 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to appropriate funds in the Budget Act for the purpose of providing services under this chapter.
• § 18945 — (a) Noncitizen victims of trafficking, domestic violence, and other serious crimes, as defined in subdivision (b), shall be eligible for public social services under this division, and health care ser
• § 18950 — The Legislature finds and declares that child abuse is a growing concern in this state, and that current methods of coping with child abuse problems are resulting in family breakups that are both expe
• § 18950.1 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Current mandatory reporting laws have resulted in a significant increase in the number of reports made with no corresponding evidence t
• § 18950.5 — For the purposes of this chapter, a child receiving treatment by spiritual means as provided in Section 16508 of the Welfare and Institutions Code shall not for that reason alone be considered an abus
• § 18951 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Child” means an individual under 18 years of age.
• § 18952 — There is hereby established in the State Department of Social Services an Office of Child Abuse Prevention which shall be administered by a chief who is subject to civil service rules and regulations
• § 18953 — The office shall employ such personnel as is necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, subject to civil service rules and regulations.
• § 18953.5 — The Office of Child Abuse Prevention may fund the various programs established pursuant to this chapter, Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 18975), and Chapter 12.
• § 18953.7 — The Office of Child Abuse Prevention may renew grants not to exceed three years in duration on condition that the grant is reviewed annually and the grantee is found to be satisfactorily meeting the g
• § 18955 — In the exercise of its authority under Section 18954 the office shall develop plans to fulfill the requirements of any federal act providing for the establishment and maintenance of pilot projects for
• § 18955.1 — It is the intent of the Legislature that the Office of Child Abuse Prevention shall make every attempt to qualify projects implemented pursuant to this chapter for federal funding.
• § 18958 — The Office of Child Abuse Prevention shall apply for federal funding for the administration of its functions under this chapter.
• § 18960 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that child abuse and neglect prevention and intervention programs be encouraged by the funding of agencies addressing needs of children at high risk of abuse or
• § 18961 — (a) Projects and services funded pursuant to this article shall be selected using the following criteria: (1) Priority shall be given to private, nonprofit agencies with programs that serve the needs
• § 18961.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, any county may establish a computerized database system within that county to allow provider agencies, as defined in subdivision (h), to share identifying informatio
• § 18961.6 — (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 18961.
• § 18961.7 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a county may establish a child abuse multidisciplinary personnel team within that county to allow provider agencies to share confidential information in order for pr
• § 18962 — The county child welfare agency shall provide to the Office of Child Abuse Prevention, no later than October 1 of each year, an annual expenditure report to include funds expended, populations served,
• § 18963 — Unless otherwise specified in the annual Budget Act, the funds appropriated in the annual Budget Act to the State Department of Social Services for the purposes of this article shall be allocated as f
• § 18964 — (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law governing the disclosure of information and records, including, but not limited to, Section 5328 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, a person who is trained
• § 18965 — A county board of supervisors may designate an existing local voluntary commission, board or council in order to carry out the purposes of this article.
• § 18966 — (a) When a county board of supervisors designates a commission pursuant to Section 18965, the board of supervisors shall establish a county children’s trust fund.
• § 18966.1 — (a) Any federal funds provided for child abuse prevention challenge grants to provide matching funds to states that have established children’s trust funds shall be allocated to the counties’ children
• § 18967 — Money in the children’s trust fund of each county shall be used to fund child abuse and neglect prevention and intervention programs operated by private nonprofit organizations or public institutions
• § 18968 — In any county where the board of supervisors does not designate a commission to carry out the purposes of this article, pursuant to Section 18965, except for a percentage of the receipts necessary for
• § 18968.5 — Amounts collected for the surcharge upon birth certificates pursuant to Section 103625 of the Health and Safety Code that would have been transferred by the local registrar or county recorder to the T
• § 18969 — (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund which shall be known as the State Children’s Trust Fund.
• § 18970 — (a) The department shall expend funds appropriated to it pursuant to Section 18969 for innovative local child abuse and neglect prevention and intervention programs operated by private nonprofit organ
• § 18971 — Priority for funds transferred to the State Children’s Trust Fund pursuant to Section 18968 shall be given to funding child abuse and neglect prevention and intervention programs operated by private n
• § 18973 — (a) Each citizen review panel established pursuant to Section 5106a(c) of Title 42 of the United States Code shall examine the policies, procedures, and practices of state and local child protective s
• § 18975 — This chapter is known and may be cited as the Maxine Waters Child Abuse Prevention Training Act of 1984.
• § 18975.1 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Child abuse and neglect is a severe and increasing problem in California.
• § 18975.2 — It is the intention of the Legislature that primary prevention training for all children in state-funded center based preschools and public schools, kindergarten through grade 12 be encouraged by the
• § 18975.3 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 18975.4 — “Department” means the State Department of Social Services.
• § 18975.5 — “Office” means the Office of Child Abuse Prevention in the State Department of Social Services.
• § 18975.6 — “Child abuse” means those acts defined in Section 11165 of the Penal Code.
• § 18975.7 — A “primary prevention program” means a training and educational program for children, which is directed toward all of the following: (a) Preventing the occurrence of child abuse, including physical ab
• § 18975.8 — “Prevention training center” means a center defined in Article 3 (commencing with Section 18977).
• § 18975.9 — “Center based preschools” means state subsidized centers in which children of preschool age are provided services under the child development programs identified in paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, o
• § 18976 — A primary prevention program shall include all of the following: (a) Parent, teacher, and children’s workshops which provide all of the following: (1) Information, provided in a clear, age-appropriate
• § 18976.1 — For the purposes of program effectiveness, it is the intent of the Legislature that children’s workshops, in general, be delivered to classroom-size, or smaller, groups of children.
• § 18976.5 — Parents shall be given notice of, and may refuse to have their children participate in, a primary prevention program.
• § 18977 — A prevention training center shall provide information and services to primary prevention programs, the office, and interested applicants for grants, as follows: (a) Act as a clearinghouse to provide
• § 18978 — The office shall select and award grants by January 1, 1985, to two private, nonprofit prevention training centers, one located in, and serving northern California, and one located in, and serving sou
• § 18978.1 — The office shall select the two training centers which can fulfill the requirement of Section 18977, and which meet the following requirements: (a) For the northern California training center, the gra
• § 18978.2 — The office shall distribute a standard request for proposal and shall select the primary prevention program for each service area through a competitive bidding process.
• § 18978.3 — In awarding grants for primary prevention programs, the office: (a) May, in order to achieve economies of scale, designate service areas for grants that include more than one county.
• § 18978.4 — (a) Requests for proposals shall be sent out by March 1, 1985.
• § 18978.5 — The office shall do all of the following: (a) Prepare and execute grants with the successful applicants for the prevention training centers and primary prevention programs.
• § 18978.6 — The office shall administer this chapter.
• § 18978.7 — The director shall be authorized to the extent necessary to adopt regulations, orders, or standards of general application to implement, interpret, or make specific the provisions of this chapter.
• § 18978.8 — The director shall, within 60 days of the operative date of this chapter, adopt regulations implementing the provisions of this chapter as emergency regulations in accordance with Chapter 3.
• § 18979 — Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, eleven million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($11,250,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the office for the purposes of thi
• § 18980 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Child Abuse Prevention Coordinating Council Act.
• § 18981 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Child abuse is one of the most tragic social and criminal justice issues of our times.
• § 18981.1 — It is the intention of the Legislature to fund child abuse prevention coordinating councils in each county.
• § 18982 — A child abuse prevention coordinating council is a community council whose primary purpose is to coordinate the community’s efforts to prevent and respond to child abuse.
• § 18982.1 — Councils funded by this chapter shall encourage representatives from the following: (a) Public child welfare services, including the following: (1) The county welfare or children’s services department
• § 18982.2 — The functions of a council shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) To provide a forum for interagency cooperation and coordination in the prevention, detection, treatment, and legal p
• § 18982.3 — Councils may form committees to carry out specific functions, such as the following: (a) Interagency coordination committees.
• § 18982.4 — The multidisciplinary personnel team provisions of subdivision ( l ) of Section 5328, subdivision (d) of Section 18951, and Section 18961 shall apply to child abuse prevention coordinating councils fu
• § 18983 — Each county shall fund child abuse prevention coordinating councils which meet the criteria in Section 18982 from the county’s children’s trust fund.
• § 18983.3 — In the event that more than one council per county exists, the county board of supervisors shall develop a procedure for selecting a council for funding.
• § 18983.4 — For counties without existing councils the county board of supervisors shall make every effort to facilitate the formation and funding of a council in that county.
• § 18983.5 — Councils funded under this chapter shall be incorporated as nonprofit corporations, or established as independent organizations within county government, or comparably independent organizations as det
• § 18983.6 — Councils receiving funding under this chapter shall develop a protocol for interagency coordination and provide yearly reports to the county board of supervisors.
• § 18983.8 — Councils receiving funding under this chapter shall provide a local cash or in-kind match of 33 1 3 percent.
• § 18986 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Presley-Brown Interagency Children’s Services Act.
• § 18986.1 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) According to Policy Analysis of California Education (PACE): (1) In 1988, California had a population of 7.
• § 18986.10 — The board of supervisors of any county or city and county may establish an interagency children’s services coordination council.
• § 18986.11 — A council shall be comprised of, but not be limited to, the following members: (a) Persons responsible for management of the following county functions: (1) Alcohol and drug programs.
• § 18986.12 — (a) The council shall convene monthly and shall, in addition, convene at least two public meetings annually inviting public testimony.
• § 18986.13 — The county board of supervisors may designate an existing, duly established interagency children’s services coordinating body as the county’s interagency children’s services coordination council as au
• § 18986.14 — The council’s duties shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) Ensuring collaboration and countywide planning for the provision of children’s services.
• § 18986.15 — Each county wishing to participate under this chapter shall develop a three-year program for phasing in a coordinated children’s services system.
• § 18986.2 — It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this chapter, to encourage the development of a comprehensive and collaborative delivery system of services to children and youths at the state and loc
• § 18986.20 — (a) Any county that wishes to participate under this chapter and that develops a three-year program of coordinated children’s services pursuant to Section 18986.
• § 18986.21 — (a) A waiver or waivers may be granted pursuant to this chapter when existing regulations hinder the coordination of children’s services and when waivers would facilitate the implementation of this ch
• § 18986.22 — (a) A negotiated contract may be awarded pursuant to this chapter when existing regulations and categorical programs hinder the coordination of children’s services and prohibit integrated case managem
• § 18986.23 — Waivers and negotiated contracts shall be granted pursuant to this chapter by the Secretary of the Health and Welfare Agency, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Attorney General, or the Sec
• § 18986.24 — The Secretary of the Health and Welfare Agency, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Attorney General, or the Secretary of the Youth and Adult Correctional Agency shall notify the appropriate
• § 18986.3 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Children’s services” means any services provided by any state or local agency or private entity for the health, safety, or wel
• § 18986.30 — Two years after the approval of an initial waiver or negotiated contract request pursuant to Sections 18986.
• § 18986.40 — (a) For the purposes of this chapter, “program” or “integrated children’s services programs” means a coordinated children’s service system, operating as a program that is part of a department or State
• § 18986.46 — (a) A program shall utilize children’s multidisciplinary services teams, as defined in this chapter.
• § 18986.50 — (a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this chapter, to encourage the development of programs and services, in keeping with Chapter 12.
• § 18986.53 — (a) Any county may implement an interagency day care program for multiple needs youths who are either being served by, or are at risk of being served by, the juvenile justice system pursuant to Articl
• § 18987.6 — It is the intent of the Legislature to do all of the following: (a) Permit all counties to provide children with service alternatives to group home care through the development of expanded family-base
• § 18987.61 — (a) Each county may enter into performance agreements with private nonprofit agencies to encourage innovation in the delivery of children’s services, to develop services not available in the community
• § 18987.62 — (a) Upon request from a county, the director may waive regulations governing foster care payments or the operation of group homes to enable counties to implement the agreements established pursuant to
• § 18987.7 — (a) The State Department of Social Services shall convene a workgroup of public and private nonprofit stakeholders that shall develop a plan for transforming the current system of group care for foste
• § 18987.71 — For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) (1) “Residentially based services” means behavioral or therapeutic interventions delivered in nondetention grou
• § 18987.72 — (a) In order to obtain knowledge and experience with which to inform the process of developing and implementing the plan for residentially based services, required by Section 18987.
• § 18988 — (a) In order to ensure maximum flexibility in providing adult social services programs administered by the State Department of Social Services, including, but not limited to, In-Home Supportive Servic
• § 18988.05 — Any request under this chapter shall contain, at a minimum, all of the following: (a) The regulation or regulations for which the county requests a waiver.
• § 18988.10 — When approving a county request for a waiver pursuant to this chapter, the Secretary of the Health and Welfare Agency shall ensure all of the following: (a) Services and eligible persons served under
• § 18989 — (a) Any agency established by San Mateo County for purposes of providing any combination of human services may apply for a waiver of existing state regulations pertaining to single agency operations a
• § 18989.1 — Any request under this chapter shall contain, at a minimum, all of the following: (a) The regulation or regulations for which the county requests a waiver.
• § 18989.2 — The request for waiver shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Health and Welfare Agency.
• § 18990 — (a) Placer County, with the assistance of the appropriate state departments, within the existing resources of those departments, shall implement a program upon approval of that county, for the funding
• § 18991 — (a) Humboldt County, Mendocino County, Alameda County, and any additional county or counties, as determined by the Secretary of California Health and Human Services, with the assistance and participat
• § 18991.2 — (a) A participating county shall, in consultation with the appropriate state departments, as designated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, develop outcomes and performance measures specifi
• § 18991.4 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding the dates provided in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 18991.
• § 18993 — There is hereby created the Community Challenge Grant Program in the State Department of Health Services to provide community challenge grants to reduce the number of teenage and unwed pregnancies.
• § 18993.1 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) One in three children in California is born out of wedlock.
• § 18993.2 — (a) The State Department of Health Services shall administer grants for purposes of this chapter that shall be awarded pursuant to a request for application process.
• § 18993.3 — (a) An advisory committee of 10 members shall be appointed to advise and consult with the department regarding the Community Challenge Grant Program in the following areas: (1) The broad goals of the
• § 18993.4 — Grant applications shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) Plans for community collaboration with parents, local agencies, businesses, school leaders, community groups, and private or
• § 18993.5 — (a) Criteria for grant selection shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) Degree of community input and collaboration in the project.
• § 18993.6 — (a) Grantees shall be required to match a portion of the grant awarded under the Community Challenge Grant Program with either dollar or measurable in-kind contributions as provided by this section.
• § 18993.7 — (a) The costs for state administration of the Community Challenge Grant Program may be up to 5 percent of the total appropriation for the program.
• § 18993.8 — The department shall conduct a statewide independent evaluation of the program, assessing the program’s effectiveness in achieving stated outcomes as established by the department.
• § 18993.9 — The program provided for under this chapter shall be implemented only to the extent that funds are appropriated in the Budget Act.
• § 18994 — (a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Families and Children Home Visit Program.
• § 18994.1 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) About 26 percent of California’s children under the age of 18 years live in families with incomes below the federal poverty line, an increa
• § 18994.2 — (a) “At risk” means families who experience multiple stress factors, and who are more likely than the general population to have adverse health, social, and economic outcomes.
• § 18994.3 — (a) The Office of Child Abuse Prevention in the State Department of Social Services shall be responsible for award of implementation grants and continued operation of the California Families and Child
• § 18994.4 — (a) Each county that chooses to participate in the California Families and Children Home Visit Program shall develop and submit to the Office of Child Abuse Prevention a three-year plan for phasing in
• § 18994.5 — County programs are eligible for continued funding following an implementation assessment if both of the following are true: (a) The assessment results in a determination that the county program has b
• § 18994.55 — A grant for operation of a program under this chapter may be awarded to a county that has demonstrated readiness to begin operation of a program or to expand an existing support services program.
• § 18994.6 — A planning grant may be awarded under this chapter to a county that has demonstrated a need to implement a program, but which is not ready to implement the program, or that is in need of additional pl
• § 18994.61 — Each grantee shall be required to provide matching funds with one dollar ($1) for every two dollars ($2) awarded.
• § 18994.65 — (a) Research and program evaluation shall provide information for the development and implementation of this chapter.
• § 18994.7 — The Office of Child Abuse Prevention shall provide administrative oversight for the California Families and Children Home Visit Program.
• § 18994.72 — (a) Of the funds appropriated in the Budget Act of 1998 for purposes of this chapter, not less than one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) shall be used for research and program evaluation.
• § 18994.74 — Of the funds appropriated for purposes of this chapter, not more than 7.
• § 18994.8 — It is the intent of the Legislature that the State Department of Social Services, in consultation with other relevant state officials, seek and use any federal funds that may be available for the purp
• § 18994.9 — (a) There is hereby established the California Families and Children Home Visit Program Task Force, which shall be convened by the Office of Child Abuse Prevention.
• § 18995 — (a) The State Emergency Food Assistance Program, which is administered by the State Department of Social Services, shall be renamed as the “CalFood Program.
• § 18995.1 — (a) (1) Subject to an appropriation for this purpose, the State Department of Social Services shall administer the State Emergency Food Bank Reserve Program to provide food, children’s diapers, wipes,
• § 18996 — (a) The Emergency Food Assistance Program Advisory Board is hereby established.
• § 18997 — (a) Subject to an appropriation for this purpose in the annual Budget Act, the State Department of Social Services shall administer the California Guaranteed Income Pilot Program to provide grants to
• § 18997.1 — Notwithstanding any other law: (a) Contracts or grants awarded pursuant to this chapter shall be exempt from the personal services contracting requirements of Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130)
• § 18997.2 — (a) The department may establish an appropriate method, process, and structure for grant management, fiscal accountability, payments to guaranteed income pilot participants, and technical assistance a
• § 18997.3 — Notwithstanding any other law, the department may accept and, subject to an appropriation for this purpose, expend funds from any source, public or private, to administer this chapter.
• § 18997.4 — This chapter shall become inoperative on January 1, 2028, and, as of January 1, 2029, is repealed.
• § 18997.5 — (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Hope, Opportunity, Perseverance, and Empowerment (HOPE) for Children Trust Account Act.
• § 18997.51 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Account,” “trust account,” or “HOPE trust account,” means the California Hope, Opportunity, Perseverance, and Empowerment (HOP
• § 18997.52 — (a) (1) There is hereby created within state government the California Hope, Opportunity, Perseverance, and Empowerment (HOPE) for Children Trust Account Program Board, which shall consist of 11 membe
• § 18997.53 — (a) The California Hope, Opportunity, Perseverance, and Empowerment (HOPE) for Children Trust Account Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury.
• § 18997.54 — (a) On or before February 1, 2023, the Treasurer shall convene the California Hope, Opportunity, Perseverance and Empowerment (HOPE) Advisory Workgroup to work in coordination with the board on the pr
• § 18997.55 — On or before February 1, 2024, the board shall submit a report to the Department of Finance and the Legislature, pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government Code, that includes, at a minimum, recommend
• § 18997.56 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, and to the extent permitted by federal law, funds deposited and investment returns accrued in a HOPE trust account established pursuant to this chapter shall not
• § 18997.57 — (a) The Treasurer shall, in consultation with the board, design and disseminate information for parents, Indian custodians, and legal guardians of children and youth who are potentially eligible for t
• § 18997.58 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that all eligible children will be automatically enrolled for a HOPE trust account to the extent possible.
• § 18997.59 — (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a program enrollee who is also an eligible youth may, on and after their 18th birthday, withdraw or transfer funds from their HOPE trust account.
• § 18997.60 — (a) The Treasurer shall annually submit an audited financial report, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, on the operations of the program by August 1 to the Governor,
• § 18997.61 — The state shall not have any liability for the payment of the HOPE trust account benefits earned by program participants pursuant to this chapter.
• § 18999 — In enacting this chapter, it is the intent of the Legislature to establish the Housing and Disability Income Advocacy Program under which counties, tribes, or combinations of counties or tribes assist
• § 18999.1 — (a) Subject to an appropriation of funds for this purpose in the annual Budget Act, the State Department of Social Services shall administer the Housing and Disability Income Advocacy Program to provi
• § 18999.2 — (a) (1) A grantee shall provide, or contract for, outreach, active case management, and advocacy services related to all of the following programs, as appropriate: (A) The Supplemental Security Income
• § 18999.4 — (a) (1) Pursuant to Section 18999.
• § 18999.6 — (a) A grantee shall report at least annually to the department on its funding of advocacy and outreach programs in the prior year and its use of state funding provided under this chapter, including, t
• § 18999.8 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, a county may establish a homeless adult and family multidisciplinary personnel team with the goal of facilitating the expedited identification, assessment, and l
• § 18999.81 — (a) A homeless adult and family multidisciplinary personnel team established pursuant to Section 18999.
• § 18999.82 — (a) The Counties of Yuba and Sutter may establish a joint homeless adult and family multidisciplinary personnel team with the goal of facilitating the expedited identification, assessment, and linkage
• § 18999.90 — This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Community Response Initiative to Strengthen Emergency Systems Act or the C.
• § 18999.91 — The Community Response Initiative to Strengthen Emergency Systems Act or the C.
• § 18999.92 — For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Community-based organization” means public or nonprofit organization, or organization fiscally sponsored by a nonprofit, that can demonstrate its ability to effectiv
• § 18999.93 — (a) (1) Subject to an appropriation in the 2021 Budget Act for purposes of this chapter, the C.
• § 18999.94 — (a) The Community Response Initiative to Strengthen Emergency Systems Program Fund is hereby created within the State Treasury.
• § 18999.95 — (a) This chapter shall be implemented only if appropriate funding is made available to the department.
• § 18999.97 — (a) The Community Care Expansion Program is hereby established.
• § 18999.98 — The term “low-rent housing project,” as defined in Section 1 of Article XXXIV of the California Constitution, does not apply to the development of an adult or senior care facility that meets any one o
• § 19 — It is the purpose of this code, in establishing programs and services which are designed to provide protection, support or care of children, to provide protective services to the fullest extent deemed
• § 19.1 — The purpose 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
• § 1900 — The Legislature hereby finds that the most significant trend in the development of delinquency prevention programs has been in the direction of multipurpose youth service bureau projects implemented a
• § 19000 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1) Work is a valuable and important activity, both for individuals and society, and fulfills the need of an individual to be productive, promotes in
• § 19001 — There is in the California Health and Human Services Agency the Department of Rehabilitation.
• § 19002 — The Department of Rehabilitation is under the control of an officer known as the Director of Rehabilitation.
• § 19003 — The director is appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, and holds office at the pleasure of the Governor.
• § 19004 — The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150), Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code apply to the director and the director is the head of a department within the meaning of
• § 19005 — The department is vested with all necessary powers and authority to cooperate with the government of the United States or any agency or agencies thereof in the administration of any act of Congress an
• § 19005.1 — The Department of Rehabilitation is hereby designated as the sole state agency with full power to supervise every phase of the administration of the state plan for vocational rehabilitation services.
• § 19005.5 — (a) The Department of Rehabilitation shall establish a program authorizing rehabilitation professionals serving industrially injured workers under the provisions of Labor Code Section 139.