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Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC

7,184 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 9159 — (a) The department shall do all of the following: (1) Maintain or enter into contracts directly with nonprofit CRCs to provide direct services to caregivers throughout the state in the existing geogra
• § 9160 — (a) Agencies designated as CRCs by the department shall include in their governing or advisory boards, or both, as required by the department, persons who are representative of the ethnic and socioeco
• § 9161 — (a) The CRCs shall deliver services to and advocate for caregivers of cognitively impaired adults, as established in the CRC Operations Manual.
• § 9162 — Each CRC shall submit progress reports on its activities as required by the department.
• § 9163 — The department shall administer the statewide caregiver resource center program as a distinct state-level program separate from Title III of the federal Older Americans Act (42 U.
• § 9170 — (a) The department shall oversee a stakeholder process to support the development of findings and recommendations on how to best support older and aging immigrants in California, regardless of their i
• § 9171 — (a) The panel established pursuant to Section 9170 shall invite stakeholders and subject matter experts, including representatives from the State Department of Social Services, clinics, researchers, h
• § 9172 — (a) Upon completion of the stakeholder process required by this article, but by no later than July 1, 2028, the panel shall issue findings and recommendations to the department and the State Departmen
• § 9173 — For purposes of this article, “older and aging” means an adult 60 years of age or older.
• § 9174 — This article shall be implemented upon appropriation by the Legislature for purposes of this article.
• § 9175 — This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2029, and as of that date is repealed.
• § 9200 — (a) (1) There is in the state government the California Commission on Aging.
• § 9201 — The term of office of members of the commission shall be three years.
• § 9202 — The duties and functions of the commission shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (a) Serve as the principal advocate body in the state on behalf of older individuals, including,
• § 9203 — The commission may accept gifts and grants from any source, public or private, to assist it in the performance of its functions, and the gifts and grants shall operate to augment any appropriation mad
• § 9203.5 — The commission may also accept gifts on behalf of the Area Agency on Aging Advisory Council of California, subject to the provisions of Section 9203, as those provisions apply to the commission.
• § 9204 — Wherever there is a reference in any statute of this state to the Citizens Advisory Committee on Aging of the California Commission on Aging, it shall be construed to refer to the California Commissio
• § 9205 — Members of the commission shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary travel and other expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.
• § 925 — The provisions of this article shall be operative in any county in which the board of supervisors by ordinance finds, on the basis of employment conditions, the state of juvenile detention facilities,
• § 9250 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Our delivery of long-term care needs to be vastly improved in order to coordinate services that are appropriate to each individual’s fu
• § 9251 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) The term “long-term care” refers to a wide range of supportive and health and social services for older adults and adults with disabi
• § 9252 — Implementation of this chapter shall be grounded on the following principles: (a) Services shall be provided in the least restrictive, most home-based environment compatible with the health condition,
• § 9253.5 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Providers of long-term care programs, including, but not limited to, programs of all-inclusive care for the elderly, skilled nursing fa
• § 9254 — (a) By January 1, 2005, the agency, with recommendations from the Long-Term Care Council, shall set standards for CalCareNet, with the goal of creating an Internet site that links to counties and plan
• § 9255 — (a) By January 1, 2004, the agency, based on recommendations from the Long-Term Care Council, shall recommend to the Legislature standards for care navigation, including suggestions for connecting con
• § 9256 — The implementation of a care navigation program, as described in Section 9255, shall be subject to the enactment of legislation requiring implementation.
• § 926 — When a minor is adjudged a ward of the juvenile court and committed to a county juvenile home, ranch, camp, or forestry camp, the juvenile work furlough administrator may, if he concludes that such pe
• § 9260 — (a) (1) The Long-Term Care Patient Representative Program is established within the California Department of Aging to provide public patient representatives for residents of skilled nursing or interme
• § 9265 — (a) The department shall establish appropriate eligibility, training, certification, and continuing education requirements for public patient representatives.
• § 927 — (a) If the juvenile work furlough administrator so directs that the minor be permitted to continue in his or her regular employment, the administrator shall arrange for a continuation of that employme
• § 9270 — (a) A public patient representative shall not participate in an interdisciplinary team review of a decision that would directly and inexorably lead to death.
• § 9275 — A public patient representative assigned by the program to an interdisciplinary team review shall do all of the following: (a) Conduct a review to confirm that all criteria are met for an interdiscipl
• § 928 — Whenever the minor is not employed and between the hours or periods of employment, he shall be confined in a juvenile detention facility unless the court or administrator directs otherwise.
• § 9280 — Upon request of the department, the Attorney General shall represent the department, local programs, and the program’s representatives in litigation concerning affairs of the program, unless the Attor
• § 9285 — Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.
• § 929 — The earnings of the minor shall be collected by the juvenile work furlough administrator, and it shall be the duty of the minor’s employer to transmit such wages to the administrator at the latter’s r
• § 9290 — (a) The State of California, the California Department of Aging, local programs, and any employee or representative of the program shall not be held liable for civil damages on the account of any harm
• § 9295 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the department is not required to begin providing public patient representatives pursuant to this chapter until July 1, 2022, or the date that the
• § 930 — In the event the minor violates the conditions laid down for his conduct, custody, or employment, the juvenile work furlough administrator may order termination of work furloughs for such minor.
• § 9300 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the needs of senior citizens for public programs in health, social services, recreation, transportation, education, housing, cultural services, and other ap
• § 9301 — (a) The California Senior Legislature shall be composed of two houses, the California Senior Senate, composed of 40 members, and the California Senior Assembly, composed of 80 members.
• § 9302 — The members of the California Senior Legislature shall be elected or appointed, in all 33 planning and service areas in California, according to rules developed by the California Senior Legislature in
• § 9304 — The California Senior Legislature shall have the full authority to define its program and utilize its funds in any way necessary to carry out the duties of this chapter, provided that no such program
• § 9304.5 — (a) The California Senior Legislature shall enter into a mutually agreed-upon interagency agreement with a state entity to carry out administrative duties related to its program.
• § 9305 — (a) The funds for the California Senior Legislature shall be allocated from the California Senior Legislature Fund or from private funds directed to the Legislature for the purpose of funding activiti
• § 9320 — (a) The department shall establish a task force to study and make recommendations, including action steps and timelines, on the improvement of legal services delivery to older adults in California by
• § 940 — The board of supervisors in every county may provide and maintain, at the expense of the county, in a location approved by the judge of the juvenile court, or in counties having more than one judge of
• § 9400 — (a) The Legislature hereby declares and recognizes the area agencies on aging to be the local units on aging in California that are supported from an array of sources, including federal funding largel
• § 9401 — Area agencies on aging and other county agencies that provide services to older adults through an established multidisciplinary team, including the county departments of public social services, health
• § 9402 — The Legislature hereby declares and recognizes each area agency on aging advisory council as a principal advocate body on behalf of older individuals within a planning and service area.
• § 9403 — To the extent provided for in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 18773 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, the Legislature hereby recognizes the Area Agency on Aging Advisory Council of Califor
• § 9404 — An individual’s receipt of services under the In-Home Supportive Services Program (Article 7 (commencing with Section 12300), Part 3, Division 9) shall not be the sole cause for denial of any services
• § 941 — The 24-hour school or a nonresidential boot camp school program shall be under the management and control of the probation officer.
• § 942 — The board of supervisors shall provide for a suitable superintendent to have charge of the 24-hour school, and for such other employees as may be needed for its efficient management, and shall provide
• § 943 — The superintendent and other employees of the 24-hour school shall be appointed by the probation officer, pursuant to a civil service or merit system, and may be removed, for cause, pursuant to such s
• § 944 — The probation officer shall keep a classified list of expenses for the operation of the 24-hour school and shall file a duplicate copy with the county board of supervisors.
• § 945 — A 24-hour school shall be considered a children’s institution for licensing purposes and shall be licensed by the department of social welfare of the county in which the 24-hour school is located.
• § 9450 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Thousands of California seniors are living with mobility and health problems and these numbers will increase as the state’s population
• § 9451 — The department, in consultation with the commission, shall enter into a contract for the development of information and materials which shall be used to educate Californians on the concept of “aging i
• § 9452 — The department shall distribute the information developed pursuant to Section 9451 to each area agency on aging and to other appropriate entities throughout the state.
• § 9453 — The department, in cooperation with the entity contracting with the department pursuant to Section 9451, shall sponsor regional training sessions, and seminars, using the materials developed pursuant
• § 9454 — Implementation of this chapter shall be subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act.
• § 9460 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, an area agency on aging or a county, or both, may establish an aging multidisciplinary personnel team with the goal of facilitating the expedited identification,
• § 9500 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Home-Delivered Meals Act.
• § 9501 — (a) The department shall allocate any new funds to area agencies on aging based upon the existing intrastate funding formula, but without regard to subdivision (b) of Section 9112.
• § 9530 — (a) As part of its role in providing leadership to the area agencies on aging in the development of systems of home and community-based services to maintain individuals in their own homes or least res
• § 9530.5 — Consistent with Article 4.
• § 9531 — (a) This chapter establishes the Community-Based Services Network.
• § 9532 — In addition to the definitions already contained in this division, the following definitions apply to this chapter: (a) “Adult with functional impairment” means an adult 18 years of age or older, who
• § 9533 — The department shall be responsible for, but not limited to, all of the following: (a) Reviewing and approving the Community-Based Services Network component of the area plans of participating area ag
• § 9534 — (a) Contracts between the department and participating area agencies on aging shall be exempt from Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 10290) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.
• § 9535 — Area agencies on aging shall be responsible for, but not limited to, all of the following: (a) Contracting with the department to locally manage the community-based programs specified in and in accord
• § 9536 — (a) The state funds available for the community-based services programs may not be expended for services other than those specified in Chapter 7.
• § 9537 — The funding contracted by the department to the participating area agencies on aging under this chapter shall consist of both of the following: (a) The proportion of local assistance funds appropriate
• § 9538 — (a) Persons involved in the procurement or management of services shall not engage in a conflict of interest, real or apparent.
• § 9540 — It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that older adults and adults with functional impairments receive needed services that will enable them to maintain the maximum independence permitted by t
• § 9541 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The purpose of the Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program is to provide Medicare beneficiaries and those imminent of becoming
• § 9541.5 — (a) The California Department of Aging shall assess annually a fee of not less than one dollar and forty cents ($1.
• § 9542 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the purpose of the Alzheimer’s Day Care-Resource Center Program is to provide access to specialized day care resource centers for individuals with Alzheimer
• § 9543 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the purpose of the Brown Bag Program is to provide opportunities for sponsors and volunteers to glean through excess food stuffs that are donated, and distr
• § 9544 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the purpose of the Foster Grandparent Program shall be to provide personally meaningful volunteer community service opportunities to low-income older indivi
• § 9545 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the purpose of the Linkages Program shall be to provide care and case management services to at-risk older individuals and adults with functional impairment
• § 9546 — (a) The purpose of the Respite Program shall be to provide temporary or periodic services for older adults with severe functional or cognitive limitations to relieve persons who are providing care, or
• § 9547 — (a) The purpose of the Senior Companion Program shall be to provide personally meaningful volunteer community service opportunities to older adults who are low income for the benefit of adults who nee
• § 9560 — (a) The purpose of this chapter shall be to establish a program to serve frail elderly individuals 65 years of age and older who are certifiable for placement in a nursing facility.
• § 9561 — Program services provided pursuant to this chapter may be purchased by program funds or received from other community sources that consist of, but are not limited to, case management services, recreat
• § 9562 — (a) This chapter shall be administered by the department, under the authority of an approved interagency agreement with the State Department of Health Services, the single state medicaid agency.
• § 9563 — The department shall formulate criteria for approval and designation of local Multipurpose Senior Services Program sites.
• § 9564 — Nothing in this chapter shall preclude expansion of Multipurpose Senior Services Program services if cost effectiveness is demonstrated.
• § 9565 — The department shall do all of the following: (a) Enter into agreements and negotiated contracts with any nonprofit organization or governmental entity to operate the local sites, consistent with the
• § 9566 — The department may, where necessary to ensure the effective operation of a multipurpose senior services program, advance to the program’s local government and private nonprofit administering agency, a
• § 9567 — This chapter shall remain in effect so long as a waiver pursuant to Section 1396n(c) of Title 42 of the United States Code has been granted by the federal Department of Health and Human Services to th
• § 9568 — The department shall explore options for, and obtain necessary legislative and governmental agency approvals to expand, the Multipurpose Senior Services Program.
• § 960 — This article shall be construed in conformity with the intent as well as the expressed provisions thereof, and the governing board of any adjustment school may do all those lawful acts that it deems n
• § 961 — The terms and provisions of Article 25 (commencing with Section 900) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 and Section 579 shall, so far as applicable, govern and control proceedings under this article
• § 962 — The boards of supervisors or other governing bodies of counties and cities and counties may organize, establish, equip, and maintain, including the purchase of suitable sites and the construction of s
• § 9625 — (a) No later than June 30, 2007, each multipurpose senior center and each senior center, as defined in subdivisions (j) and (n) of Section 9591, shall develop and maintain a written emergency operatio
• § 963 — The boards of supervisors of two or more counties may by regularly adopted resolutions or ordinances duly entered on the minutes or proceedings of their respective boards, unite in the organization, e
• § 9630 — As part of its role in providing leadership in advocating on behalf of older adults, the department shall make efforts to increase public awareness about areas of importance to California’s older adul
• § 9631 — (a) The department shall establish an Aging Information and Education Fund, from funds made available pursuant to the annual Budget Act, to implement public awareness of various issues, including at l
• § 964 — If adjustment schools are organized by only one county or city and county, the government and management shall be vested in a governing board which shall be either the board of education, or similar s
• § 965 — If the adjustment schools are organized by the joint action of two or more counties, the boards of supervisors of the counties may by concerted action by duly adopted resolutions entrust the governmen
• § 9650 — The definitions contained in this article shall govern the construction of this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise.
• § 9651 — “Wellness” means optimizing opportunities for physical, social, and mental well-being throughout the course, in order to extend healthy life expectancy, productivity, and quality of life in older age.
• § 9652 — “Older adult” means any person 60 years of age or older.
• § 9653 — “Person with a disability” means the same as the term is defined by regulations established pursuant to Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended in 1992 (29 U.
• § 9654 — “Older adult wellness program” means the program established pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 9660).
• § 966 — If a board of trustees is chosen to govern and manage the adjustment school the term of office of the trustees shall be six years, except that of the seven trustees first selected, two shall hold offi
• § 9660 — There is in the California Department of Aging an older adult wellness program.
• § 9661 — (a) The older adult wellness program shall have all of the following functions: (1) Focus on educating California’s older adults, as well as caregivers, families, and health care professions, about th
• § 9662 — The department shall deliver, or provide for the delivery of, older adult wellness program information through a variety of means, including, but not limited to, the internet, radio, television, and n
• § 9663 — This article shall be implemented only to the extent funds are made available for the purposes of this article in the annual Budget Act or another statute.
• § 9664 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Ageism is the systematic stereotyping of, and discrimination against, persons based on age.
• § 9665 — (a) The Legislature requests that the California Department of Aging partner with the Industry Coalition on Age Equity in Media, which is a joint coalition of the California Commission on Aging, Women
• § 967 — The governing board shall make all needful rules and regulations for the transaction of business and for the management and government of the adjustment school under its jurisdiction, and it shall see
• § 9675 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the Program for Injury Prevention in the Home Environment.
• § 9676 — The Program for Injury Prevention in the Home Environment is hereby established.
• § 9677 — The department may provide a program grant to an eligible local public agency or nonprofit organization for the services specified in Section 9678 and for the following services: (a) Provision of info
• § 9678 — (a) The Program for Injury Prevention in the Home Environment shall include funding for injury prevention needs, including injury prevention equipment and activities as well as material and labor cost
• § 9679 — (a) The department, in consultation with groups, including, but not limited to, the State and Local Injury Control section of the State Department of Health Services, and other groups knowledgeable an
• § 968 — The governing board shall make all contracts for the organization, establishment, including the purchase of a suitable site and the construction of suitable buildings, equipment, operation, and mainte
• § 9680 — (a) The director shall establish a methodology for awarding grants under this article, in consultation with groups described in subdivision (a) of Section 9679.
• § 9681 — (a) Funding of projects pursuant to this article shall be subject to the appropriation of funds by the Legislature in the Budget Act or another statute.
• § 969 — No member of the governing board, nor officer, nor employee of any adjustment school shall be interested, personally, directly, or indirectly, in any contract, purchase, or sale made, or in any busine
• § 970 — The governing board of the adjustment school shall appoint a superintendent, not of its own number, who shall be a person qualified by training and experience for the character of work to be performed
• § 9700 — (a) The Legislature recognizes that the department, pursuant to a grant from the federal government, has established a Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program.
• § 9701 — Unless the contrary is stated or clearly appears from the context, the following definitions shall govern the interpretation of this chapter: (a) “Approved organization” means any public agency or oth
• § 971 — The governing board shall determine the number, title, duties, and terms of office of all other officers and employees and shall fix their salaries, and that of the superintendent.
• § 9710 — There is within the department an Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman.
• § 9710.5 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1) The Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman has an extremely important role in protecting and advocating for the rights and health and safet
• § 9711 — (a) The office shall be under the direction of a chief executive officer who shall be known as the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman.
• § 9712 — (a) The office shall be headed by an individual, to be known as the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, who shall meet the qualifications established by the federal Older Americans Act (42 U.
• § 9712.5 — The State Ombudsman shall, personally or through representatives of the office, do all of the following: (a) (1) Identify, investigate, and resolve complaints that are made by, or on behalf of, reside
• § 9713 — (a) Upon request of the office, the Attorney General shall represent the office or the department and the state in litigation concerning affairs of the office, unless the Attorney General represents a
• § 9714 — The office shall solicit and receive funds, gifts, and contributions to support the operations and programs of the office.
• § 9714.5 — (a) The office may form a foundation eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions to support the operations and programs of the office and the operations of the foundation.
• § 9715 — (a) No representative of the office shall be held liable for good faith performance of responsibilities under this chapter.
• § 9716 — (a) The office shall be responsible for activities that promote the development, coordination, and utilization of resources to meet the long-term care needs of older individuals, consistent with its m
• § 9716.11 — (a) The Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman shall maintain an Internet Web presence.
• § 9717 — (a) All advocacy programs and any programs similar in nature to the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program that receive funding or official designation from the state shall cooperate with the office, where
• § 9718 — Every long-term care facility, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 9701, shall post in a conspicuous location a notice of the name, address, and phone number of the office and the nearest approve
• § 9718.5 — (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a skilled nursing facility or residential care facility shall not, under any circumstances, deny entry to a representative of the office acting in their of
• § 9719 — (a) (1) The office shall sponsor a training of representatives of approved organizations at least twice each year.
• § 9719.5 — (a) (1) The department shall allocate all federal and state funds for local ombudsman programs according to the following distribution, but shall not allocate less than one hundred thousand dollars ($
• § 972 — The superintendent of the adjustment school shall, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, make and file with the governing board an oath that he or she will faithfully and impartiall
• § 9720.5 — The office shall give priority to investigations and complaint resolutions in 24-hour long-term care facilities.
• § 9721 — (a) The office may refer any complaint to any appropriate state or local government agency.
• § 9722 — (a) Representatives of the office shall have the right to enter long-term care facilities and to unescorted, unhindered movement within them for the purposes of identifying, hearing, investigating, an
• § 9723 — The State Ombudsman shall have access to any record of a state or local government agency that is necessary to carry out his or her responsibilities under this chapter, including any record rendered c
• § 9724 — Notwithstanding Part 2.
• § 9725 — All records and files of the office relating to any complaint or investigation made pursuant to this chapter and the identities of complainants, witnesses, patients, or residents shall remain confiden
• § 9726 — (a) The office shall establish a toll-free telephone hotline to receive telephone calls concerning any crises discovered by any person in a long-term care facility, as defined in subdivision (b) of Se
• § 9726.1 — (a) The office and approved organizations may do any of the following: (1) Advise the public of any inspection report, statements of deficiency, and plans of correction, for any long-term care facilit
• § 973 — The superintendent, after making and filing the bond, shall, subject to the direction of the governing board, be invested with the custody of the lands, buildings, and all other property pertaining to
• § 9730 — Anyone who willfully interferes with any lawful action of the office shall be immediately referred to the appropriate licensing authority, which shall respond within the legally prescribed time period
• § 9731 — Notwithstanding the availability of statutory damages, this chapter shall not be construed to limit the ability of a court to issue equitable relief where the legal remedies provided would not be an a
• § 9732 — (a) Any person who willfully interferes with any lawful action of the office shall be subject to a civil penalty of no more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each incident.
• § 974 — The superintendent shall also, subject to the direction of the governing board, appoint all officers and employees of the adjustment school, who shall hold office at the pleasure of the superintendent
• § 9740 — (a) The department shall establish an 11-member advisory council for the office.
• § 9741 — At least 30 days prior to the designation of a new organization or agency as an approved organization, the department shall notify the advisory council for the purpose of soliciting comments regarding
• § 9745 — The department shall adopt regulations to implement this chapter in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, Chapter 3.
• § 975 — The superintendent shall reside in the adjustment school or one of the adjustment schools under his or her jurisdiction and shall be furnished suitable quarters, furniture, food supplies, and laundry
• § 9750 — The department may adopt regulations to implement this division in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, Chapter 3.
• § 976 — The adjustment school shall receive into its care, custody, and control all boys and girls under 18 years of age who are committed to it by order of the juvenile court of the county or city and county
• § 977 — Any minor who has been committed to the care, custody, and control of any adjustment school shall remain in the school for the duration of the period provided in the order of commitment, or until furt
• § 978 — The juvenile court shall review the order of commitment at least once each year, and upon review the court may continue, terminate, or modify the order of commitment.
• § 979 — If at any time in the opinion of the superintendent of the adjustment school the further detention of the minor is detrimental to the interests of the school, the minor may immediately, upon order of
• § 980 — The governing board of any adjustment school shall cause the school to be conducted as may seem best calculated to carry out the intentions of this article.
• § 9800 — (a) The master plan for aging established pursuant to Executive Order N-14-19 shall consider the efficacy of utilizing a No Wrong Door System.
• § 9805 — (a) The master plan for aging established pursuant to Executive Order N-14-19 shall consider the efficacy of utilizing a universal tool and process to streamline access to services through a coordinat
• § 981 — There shall be organized a course of study, corresponding as far as practicable with the course of study in the public schools of the state.
• § 982 — There shall be provided in the adjustment school the proper facilities and equipment for vocational and trade training, in addition to other public school education or training that may be determined
• § 983 — Any order of the juvenile court committing a minor to the care, custody, and control of an adjustment school may provide the expense of his or her support and maintenance by directing that the expense
• § 984 — If the adjustment school is organized, established, equipped, and maintained by only one county or city and county, the entire expense of the school shall be borne by the county or city and county, an
• § 985 — If an adjustment school is organized, established, equipped, and maintained by two or more counties, the initial expense of organizing, establishing, and equipping the school shall be apportioned betw
• § 9850 — (a) The Secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency, in coordination with the Director of the California Department of Aging, shall lead the development and implementation of the mast
• § 986 — The annual expense of maintaining the school by two or more counties, shall be apportioned between the counties on a pro rata basis in the ratio that the average daily enrollment of minors placed in t
• § 9860 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Emergency shelter” means a facility established to provide temporary refuge and essential services to individuals displaced by emerg
• § 9861 — As part of disaster planning and response, a representative of the county welfare director, in coordination with the lead local agency designated with sheltering support duties under the State Emergen
• § 987 — The governing board shall require any officer entrusted with money belonging to an adjustment school or to any of the minors entrusted to its care, or any officer placed in a position of trust and res
• § 990 — As used in this article: (a) “Acquiring” means obtaining ownership of an existing facility in fee simple for use as a youth center.
• § 991 — Moneys in the fund, up to twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000), upon appropriation to the department, shall be available for allocation by the department in accordance with this chapter, for gran
• § 992 — (a) The department shall, upon appropriation pursuant to Section 993.
• § 993 — (a) No grant made pursuant to this chapter shall exceed three million dollars ($3,000,000) and each grant shall reflect the reasonable costs for acquisition and construction of a facility, taking into