PART 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Part 6 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.

§§ 18000–18999.98 · 442 sections

1. CHAPTER 1. Welfare Emergency Financing §§ 18000–18005 · 6 sections

   • § 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…
   • § 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,…
   • § 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…
   • § 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…
   • § 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…
   • § 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…
2. CHAPTER 2. County Boards of Public Welfare §§ 18100–18110 · 11 sections

   • § 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…
   • § 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…
   • § 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…
   • § 18103 The clerk of the board of supervisors shall notify each person appointed to the county board of public welfare of his appointment. Within one week after…
   • § 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…
   • § 18105 The county board of public welfare shall meet quarterly and as much oftener as it deems necessary. It may make such rules for the regulation of its own…
   • § 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…
   • § 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…
   • § 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…
   • § 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…
   • § 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…
3. CHAPTER 3. Demonstration Projects in Public Assistance §§ 18200–18207 · 9 sections

   1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 18200–18207 · 9 sections

      • § 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…
      • § 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…
      • § 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…
      • § 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…
      • § 18204 To enable it to conduct and administer experimental projects to test methods and procedures of administering assistance and services to recipients of public…
      • § 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…
      • § 18205.5 The Director of Child Support Services may, pursuant to this article, approve county demonstration projects to provide employment and training services to…
      • § 18206 (a) The director shall specify performance and quality assurance standards to be included in any experimental project for in-home supportive services…
      • § 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…
4. CHAPTER 3.2. Juvenile Probation Funding §§ 18220–18221 · 3 sections

   • § 18220 (a) For the 2011–12 fiscal year, the Controller shall allocate 33.38 percent of the funds deposited in the Local Law Enforcement Services Account in the Local…
   • § 18220.1 (a) For the 2011–12 fiscal year, the Controller shall, on a quarterly basis beginning October 1, allocate 6.47 percent of the funds deposited in the Local Law…
   • § 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…
5. CHAPTER 3.3. CalWORKs Demonstration Projects §§ 18230–18247 · 16 sections

   1. ARTICLE 1. County Welfare-to-Work Demonstration Projects §§ 18230–18235 · 6 sections

      • § 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…
      • § 18231 (a) A county, or two or more counties, may implement three-year performance-based CalWORKs demonstration projects under this chapter to test alternative…
      • § 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…
      • § 18233 Before authorizing a demonstration project, the director shall ensure that it is consistent with the intent of state CalWORKs law. At least 30 days prior to…
      • § 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…
      • § 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…
   2. ARTICLE 2. School Attendance Demonstration Projects §§ 18236–18237 · 2 sections

      • § 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…
      • § 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…
   3. ARTICLE 3. Microenterprise Demonstration Projects §§ 18238–18239 · 2 sections

      • § 18238 For the purposes of this article: (a) “Microenterprise” means a small business in which a participant works as his or her own employer. (b) “Microenterprise…
      • § 18239 (a) With the consent of participating counties, the department may implement demonstration projects to provide self-employment training and technical…
   4. ARTICLE 5. Child Support Assurance Demonstration Project §§ 18241–18247 · 6 sections

      • § 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…
      • § 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…
      • § 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…
      • § 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…
      • § 18247 (a) The state share of child support assurance payments under this article shall be paid in accordance with Section 15200. (b) The department shall, to the…
6. CHAPTER 4. County Wraparound Services Program §§ 18250–18258 · 11 sections

   • § 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…
   • § 18251 As used in this chapter: (a) “County” means each county participating in an individualized or wraparound services program. (b) “County placing or referring…
   • § 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…
   • § 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…
   • § 18253.5 Each county shall ensure that staff participating in the wraparound services program have completed training provided or approved by the department, on…
   • § 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…
   • § 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…
   • § 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…
   • § 18257 The State Department of Social Services shall seek applicable federal approval to make the maximum number of children being served through such programs…
   • § 18257.5 The State Department of Social Services and the State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with county representatives and other stakeholders,…
   • § 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…
7. CHAPTER 4.3. Sexually Exploited Minors Program §§ 18259–18259.3 · 2 sections

   • § 18259 (a) The County of Alameda, contingent upon local funding, may establish a project consistent with this chapter to develop a comprehensive, replicative,…
   • § 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…
8. CHAPTER 4.45. Child Welfare Waiver Demonstration Project § 18260 · 1 section

   • § 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…
9. CHAPTER 4.5. Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Training Centers §§ 18275–18279.5 · 8 sections

   • § 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…
   • § 18275.5 Unless the context requires otherwise, for purposes of this chapter: (a) “Director” means the Director of Emergency Services. (b) “Office” means the Office of…
   • § 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…
   • § 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…
   • § 18277 The director shall select two child sexual abuse prevention training centers, one in northern California and the other in southern California, which shall…
   • § 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,…
   • § 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…
   • § 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…
10. CHAPTER 4.6. Child Health and Safety Fund §§ 18285–18285.5 · 2 sections

    • § 18285 (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Child Health and Safety Fund for the purposes specified in this section. (b) Moneys for this fund shall…
    • § 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…
11. CHAPTER 5. The Domestic Violence Shelter-Based Programs Act §§ 18290–18309.5 · 19 sections

    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 18295 In addition to the services required in Section 18294, to the extent possible, and in conjunction with already existing community services, the domestic…
    • § 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…
    • § 18297 The staff of each domestic violence shelter-based program shall attempt to achieve community support and acceptance of the program by advocating the program to…
    • § 18298 Inasmuch as domestic violence shelter-based programs are to serve a variety of cultural backgrounds, to the extent feasible, a portion of the domestic violence…
    • § 18299 A domestic violence shelter-based program shall maintain annual fiscal reports in a form to be prescribed by the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles…
    • § 18300 An annual report shall be prepared by each domestic violence shelter-based program for submission to the county board of supervisors. The report shall be made…
    • § 18301 In addition to any other provisions of law concerning the confidentiality of personal information collected by domestic violence shelters, a county shall not…
    • § 18304 A county may establish a program for reducing the incidence of domestic violence in the county by establishing or funding domestic violence shelter-based…
    • § 18305 (a) At the time of issuance of a marriage license pursuant to Section 26840 of the Government Code, twenty-three dollars ($23) of each fee paid shall be…
    • § 18305.5 Notwithstanding the availability of funds in either the county domestic violence programs special fund, or the availability of community resources, the county…
    • § 18306 The county board of supervisors shall consult with the local regional domestic violence coalition, consisting of representatives from existing domestic…
    • § 18307 (a) Notwithstanding Section 18305, a county may carry over funds deposited in a county domestic violence shelter-based programs special fund until the time…
    • § 18308 The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors shall direct the local registrar, county recorder, and county clerk to deposit fees collected pursuant to Section…
    • § 18309 (a) The Alameda County Board of Supervisors shall direct the local registrar, county recorder, and county clerk to deposit fees collected pursuant to Section…
    • § 18309.5 The Solano County Board of Supervisors shall direct the local registrar, county recorder, and county clerk to deposit fees collected pursuant to Section…
12. CHAPTER 5.5. Green Light-Green Thumb Programs §§ 18310–18312 · 3 sections

    • § 18310 The purpose of this chapter is to establish the Green Light-Green Thumb programs for the benefit of senior citizens in California, as funded under the…
    • § 18311 Funds received pursuant to this chapter shall be administered by the California Commission on Aging, and such commission shall provide any planning necessary…
    • § 18312 The state shall supply the necessary in-kind equipment and materials for projects under which the Green Light-Green Thumb programs contract with a department…
13. CHAPTER 5.7. Nutrition Program for the Elderly §§ 18325–18335 · 15 sections

    • § 18325 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the McCarthy-Kennick Nutrition Program for the Elderly Act of 1972.
    • § 18325.5 It is the intention of the Legislature that the State of California through state, local governmental, and private agencies shall make a maximum contribution…
    • § 18326 The California Commission on Aging, with the approval of the Secretary of California Health and Human Services, shall develop and submit to the federal…
    • § 18327 The state plan referred to in Section 18326 shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) Establishment of projects that, five or more days per…
    • § 18327.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state plan referred to in Section 18326 and Section 18327 shall provide that not less than 10 percent nor more…
    • § 18327.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not more than 20 percent of the funds administered by the state for nutrition services for the elderly pursuant to…
    • § 18327.3 Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no agency providing food services, pursuant to this chapter shall be prohibited from serving meals consistent with…
    • § 18327.4 Notwithstanding any other law, meals served or provided to be consumed outside of an in-person setting or a virtual congregate setting may be provided under…
    • § 18329 To the extent permitted by federal law, benefits received under this chapter shall not be treated as income or resources for the purpose of any program or…
    • § 18330 In each case where the Director of the State Department of Aging determines that the failure or inability of any contractor adequately to perform the terms of…
    • § 18331 There is hereby established a Nutrition Reserve Fund under the control of the Director of the Department of Aging. From the fund the director may allocate to…
    • § 18331.1 Notwithstanding the limitations of Section 18331 of this code, the director is empowered to allocate money from the Nutrition Reserve Fund in order to…
    • § 18332 (a) All allocations from the Nutrition Reserve Fund shall be approved by the Director of Finance prior to issuance. (b) The funds shall be used to maintain…
    • § 18333 (a) The Nutrition Reserve Fund shall also be used for the purpose of making loans to maintain existing levels of supportive services provided pursuant to…
    • § 18335 Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) Retired firemen may be utilized to conduct fire inspections of the sites of nutrition projects for senior…
14. CHAPTER 6.2. Intensive Foster Care Programs §§ 18358–18358.38 · 12 sections

    • § 18358 The definitions contained in this section shall govern the construction of this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) “Department” means the…
    • § 18358.05 (a) The department shall implement intensive treatment foster care programs for eligible children. (b) (1) The department shall implement the program in any…
    • § 18358.10 Each foster family agency participating in this program shall enter into a contract or memorandum of understanding with the county and provide all of the…
    • § 18358.15 (a) Each foster family agency participating in the program shall develop the child’s needs and services plan, and have it agreed to by the county interagency…
    • § 18358.20 In addition to the requirements of Sections 18358.10 and 18358.15, any foster family agency that serves children under this program shall have a contract or…
    • § 18358.23 In addition to the requirements of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 18358.05, participating counties shall do all of the following: (a) Determine…
    • § 18358.25 (a) Certified foster parents participating under this chapter shall ensure the well-being of emotionally disturbed children or children with a serious…
    • § 18358.30 (a) Rates for foster family agency programs participating under this chapter shall be exempt from the current AFDC-FC foster family agency ratesetting system.…
    • § 18358.35 Foster family agencies implementing intensive foster care programs shall under no circumstances have any interest in the properties occupied by the certified…
    • § 18358.36 In order to provide for continuity of services to children receiving intensive foster care services, the two foster family agencies providing services pursuant…
    • § 18358.37 The department shall develop, in consultation with the counties, providers, and other stakeholders, cost reporting, claiming, and other procedures necessary to…
    • § 18358.38 This chapter shall become inoperative on July 1, 2028, or 24 months after the effective date specified in paragraph (9) of subdivision (h) of Section 11461,…
15. CHAPTER 6.3. Intensive Services Foster Care §§ 18360–18360.36 · 8 sections

    • § 18360 As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Client support staff” means professional and paraprofessional staff or…
    • § 18360.05 (a) The department shall develop an intensive services foster care program that provides specialized programs to serve children with specific needs, including,…
    • § 18360.10 (a) Each licensed foster family agency or county operating a public delivery model intensive services foster care program shall engage in both of the…
    • § 18360.15 (a) Each licensed foster family agency or county operating an intensive services foster care program shall develop a child’s individual needs and services plan…
    • § 18360.20 The department, in consultation with counties and other stakeholders, shall consider options to expand the number of available resource families who are…
    • § 18360.25 (a) The county shall employ the level of care rate protocol developed pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 11463 to determine the placement of the eligible…
    • § 18360.35 (a) Each intensive services foster care resource family selected to participate in the intensive services foster care program shall rent, lease, or own their…
    • § 18360.36 This chapter shall become inoperative on July 1, 2028, or 24 months after the effective date specified in paragraph (9) of subdivision (h) of Section 11461,…
16. CHAPTER 6.5. Preventive Health Care for the Aging §§ 18375–18378 · 3 sections

    • § 18375 The intent of this chapter is to assist city and county health agencies to provide preventive health care through public health nursing services to the aged.
    • § 18376 (a) The State Department of Health Services may authorize the payment of state funds to defray in part the cost of projects or the continuation of projects…
    • § 18378 The California Commission on Aging shall render such technical assistance and advice as is required by the department in carrying out the provisions of this…
17. CHAPTER 7. Uniform Transfer of Dependents Act §§ 18400–18402 · 3 sections

    • § 18400 The department, subject to the approval of the Attorney General, may enter into reciprocal agreements with corresponding state agencies of other states…
    • § 18401 This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the laws of those states which enact it.
    • § 18402 This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Transfer of Dependents Act.
18. CHAPTER 8. Relief Law of 1945 §§ 18450–18524 · 38 sections

    1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 18450–18460 · 11 sections

       • § 18450 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Relief Law of 1945.
       • § 18451 The provisions of this chapter (except the provisions of this section) are suspended and continue suspended from operation until the occurrence of an economic…
       • § 18452 After the provisions of this chapter become operative, the provisions of Part 5 of this division, relating to county aid and relief to indigents, shall not…
       • § 18453 As used in this chapter, the terms defined in this article have the meanings set forth in this article.
       • § 18454 “Department” means the State Department of Social Services.
       • § 18455 “Aid” means state financial assistance to counties for the direct cost of relief and the cost of administration thereof.
       • § 18456 “Relief” means assistance in cash or in kind provided to individuals or families to relieve hardship and destitution. Relief to a person includes relief to his…
       • § 18457 In accordance with the provisions of this chapter, every county shall provide relief to needy persons who are residents of this state.
       • § 18458 For the purposes of this chapter, a resident of the state is a person who comes within all of the following descriptions: (a) Who has lived continuously in the…
       • § 18459 For the purposes of this chapter, a person who is a resident of the state is a resident of the county in which he has resided continuously for one year…
       • § 18460 A county may incur all necessary expenses in transporting a nonresident applicant for or recipient of relief under this chapter to another state or county,…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Administration §§ 18470–18478 · 9 sections

       • § 18470 The direct administration of this chapter shall be carried out by the boards of supervisors of the several counties, directly or through their authorized…
       • § 18471 The department shall: (a) Establish minimum and maximum standards for the amount and form of relief, on a budgetary basis, as provided in Sections 18472,…
       • § 18472 The department shall from time to time fix for each county maximum and minimum relief case budgets within the range of which the board of supervisors may…
       • § 18473 In determining and redetermining budgets and standards, the department may give consideration to living costs and may establish budgets and standards varying…
       • § 18474 Relief may be granted in cash or in kind, but relief may be granted in kind only after the method has been approved by the department.
       • § 18475 All income received by a person or family, regardless of source, shall be considered in determining the amount of relief to be provided.
       • § 18476 In administering any funds appropriated or made available to the department for disbursement through the counties for relief purposes, the department shall:…
       • § 18477 If any county fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations or orders of the department for the administration of relief by…
       • § 18478 The department may operate the relief administration in any county after the denial of financial assistance to the county in accordance with the provisions of…
    3. ARTICLE 3. Procedure §§ 18490–18496 · 6 sections

       • § 18490 Application for relief may be made to the county of which the applicant is a resident, or, in the case of an applicant who is a resident of the state but who…
       • § 18491 The board of supervisors of every county as a board, or by committee or by such person as it may authorize, shall investigate every application for relief…
       • § 18492 Persons eligible for relief, who are residents of the state and residents of the county in which they apply for relief, shall be granted relief by the county…
       • § 18493 In case of dispute between two or more counties as to the responsibility for any person, or in case of dispute between a county and the department, either may…
       • § 18494 If any applicant or recipient is dissatisfied with the action of the board of supervisors, he shall, upon filing a petition with the department, have the right…
       • § 18496 Whenever an applicant or recipient loses an appeal made pursuant to Section 18494, the applicant or recipient shall be liable for any amount paid pending the…
    4. ARTICLE 4. Eligibility §§ 18500–18504 · 5 sections

       • § 18500 Relief shall be provided only to persons who are in need, as determined by an investigation as prescribed by the department. Subject to the rules and…
       • § 18501 As a condition to the grant or continuance of relief, the county may require the recipient to perform work provided by the county. Such work shall not be or…
       • § 18502 Persons who are eligible for aid to the aged under the Old Age Security Law, aid to the blind, aid to the disabled, or aid to families with dependent children…
       • § 18503 No person shall be considered a needy person who has made any voluntary assignment or transfer of property for the purpose of qualifying for relief, and any…
       • § 18504 No person is eligible for relief who, being physically capable thereof, refuses suitable employment. The department shall define “suitable employment,” but no…
    5. ARTICLE 5. Responsibility for Repayment §§ 18510–18511 · 2 sections

       • § 18510 Relief granted to any person who is not entitled thereto under the provisions of this chapter shall constitute a debt of the recipient, to the amount of such…
       • § 18511 If the spouse, parent, or adult child of any recipient of relief is financially able to contribute to the support of the recipient, such relative is liable to…
    6. ARTICLE 6. Payment of Relief Costs §§ 18520–18524 · 5 sections

       • § 18520 The provisions of this chapter providing for state payments to counties do not constitute appropriations of money from the State Treasury, and no provision of…
       • § 18521 (a) Until the rate of county expenditure for the direct and administrative costs of welfare activities under this chapter exceeds, on a fiscal year basis…
       • § 18522 During such time as grants-in-aid are provided or made available by the United States government for either direct costs or administrative costs of welfare…
       • § 18523 The method of computing and paying the amounts provided for in Sections 18521 and 18522 for each quarter shall be as follows: (a) The department shall, prior…
       • § 18524 Reports of payments of relief and of payments for the cost of administration thereof made under this chapter shall be presented by the respective counties at…
19. CHAPTER 9. State Programs for the Blind Other Than Public Assistance § 18650 · 1 section

    1. ARTICLE 1. Services
    2. ARTICLE 2. Oakland Orientation Center for the Blind § 18650 · 1 section

       • § 18650 Every blind person who was a resident of the Oakland Orientation Center for the Blind on March 1, 1951, who may be transferred to other facilities either…
20. CHAPTER 9.5. State Healthy Food Access Policy § 18700 · 1 section

    • § 18700 (a) (1) It is hereby declared to be the established policy of the state that every human being has the right to access sufficient affordable and healthy food.…
21. CHAPTER 10. CalFresh §§ 18900–18929 · 92 sections

    • § 18900 Finding that hunger, undernutrition, and malnutrition are present and continuing problems faced by low-income California households, and further finding that…
    • § 18900.1 (a) The State Department of Social Services shall propose a new name for the Food Stamp Program in California, by July 1, 2009. The department shall convene…
    • § 18900.2 (a) Pursuant to Section 18900.1, the name of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Chapter 51 (commencing with Section 2011) Title 7 of the…
    • § 18900.3 Subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act for these purposes, in order to increase client access and retention within CalFresh, on or before July 1,…
    • § 18900.4 (a) (1) To the extent permitted under federal law, an individual shall have the option to complete an application or recertification interview and provide the…
    • § 18900.5 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section that recipients of Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment Program benefits…
    • § 18900.6 (a) There is hereby created the SSI/SSP Cash-In Supplemental Nutrition Benefit (SNB) Program. (b) The department shall use state funds appropriated for this…
    • § 18900.7 (a) There is hereby created the SSI/SSP Cash-In Transitional Nutrition Benefit (TNB) Program. (b) The department shall use state funds appropriated for this…
    • § 18900.8 (a) The State Department of Social Services shall work with representatives of county human services agencies and the County Welfare Directors Association of…
    • § 18900.9 Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2…
    • § 18900.95 (a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section that California’s state cost share for CalFresh benefits pursuant to Section 10105 of…
    • § 18901 (a) The eligibility of households shall be determined to the extent permitted by federal law. (b) In determining eligibility for CalFresh, minimum age…
    • § 18901.09 To the extent permitted by federal law, regulation, or guidance, or a waiver thereof, the department shall exercise the option provided in Section 273.9(c)(19)…
    • § 18901.1 (a) The department shall issue guidance to counties that does all of the following: (1) Simplifies the verification of dependent care expense deductions…
    • § 18901.15 (a) The department shall issue guidance to counties that does both of the following: (1) Establishes that shelter costs reported by an applicant or recipient…
    • § 18901.2 (a) There is hereby created the State Utility Assistance Subsidy (SUAS), a state-funded energy assistance program that shall provide energy assistance benefits…
    • § 18901.25 (a) There is hereby created the Safe Drinking Water Supplemental Benefit Pilot Program, a state-funded program to provide additional CalFresh nutrition…
    • § 18901.26 (a) Subject to an appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or another statute for this purpose, the department shall administer the CalFresh…
    • § 18901.3 (a) Subject to the limitations of subdivision (b), pursuant to Section 115(d)(1)(A) of Public Law 104-193 (21 U.S.C. Sec. 862a(d)(1)(A)), California opts out…
    • § 18901.35 (a) (1) No later than September 1, 2022, the department shall issue an all-county letter containing recommendations and suggested methods for county human…
    • § 18901.36 (a) (1) The department, by February 1, 2028, shall establish a CalFresh workgroup to create recommendations for a state reentry process incorporating the…
    • § 18901.4 (a) Effective July 1, 2010, the department shall propose a Transitional Food Stamps for Foster Youth demonstration project under which independent foster care…
    • § 18901.5 (a) The department shall establish a program of categorical eligibility for CalFresh in accordance with Section 5(a) of the federal Food and Nutrition Act of…
    • § 18901.55 (a) If a county has entered into a memorandum of understanding pursuant to Section 49557.3 of the Education Code, the county shall use the procedure described…
    • § 18901.56 (a) The State Department of Education, the State Department of Health Care Services, and the State Department of Social Services shall work together with…
    • § 18901.57 The department, as the lead agency in partnership with the State Department of Education, shall maximize participation in the federal Summer Electronic Benefit…
    • § 18901.58 (a) (1) On or before July 1, 2026, the department, in consultation with advocate representatives, county human service agencies, and the County Welfare…
    • § 18901.59 (a) The department may identify data-sharing opportunities with other state and local public entities, and any other unit of state government, for the purposes…
    • § 18901.6 To the maximum extent allowable by federal law, each county welfare department shall provide transitional CalFresh benefits to households terminating their…
    • § 18901.7 (a) To the extent allowable by federal law, the income, resources, and deductible expenses of any household member who is rendered ineligible for CalFresh…
    • § 18901.8 (a) To the extent permitted by federal law, and with receipt of necessary federal approvals, the State Department of Social Services, in conjunction with…
    • § 18901.9 (a) For the purpose of eligibility under this chapter, the rules governing the resource value of motor vehicles shall be aligned with an alternative program…
    • § 18901.10 To the extent permitted by federal law, and subject to the limitation in subdivision (d), each county welfare department shall, if appropriate, exempt a…
    • § 18901.11 (a) For purposes of Section 273.5(b)(11)(ii) of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations, an educational program that could be a component of a CalFresh E&T…
    • § 18901.12 (a) On or before May 31, 2022, the department shall issue a guidance letter to counties, the Chancellor’s Office of the California Community Colleges, the…
    • § 18901.14 (a) The department shall convene a workgroup comprised of the University of California, the California State University, the California Community Colleges, the…
    • § 18902 Each county welfare department shall carry out the local administrative responsibilities of this chapter, subject to the supervision of the department and to…
    • § 18902.5 (a) In the administration of this chapter counties may conduct an early fraud prevention and detection program pursuant to this section. (b) Funding for an…
    • § 18903 The department shall enter into and execute on behalf of the state all necessary agreements in connection with this chapter as may be required by the United…
    • § 18904 Regulations, orders or standards of general application to implement, interpret or make specific the law relating to this chapter shall be adopted, amended, or…
    • § 18904.1 (a) The director, to the extent permitted by federal law, shall establish methods for CalFresh benefit issuance in all counties which guarantee to low-income…
    • § 18904.2 The department may administer outreach programs and adopt rules and regulations requiring counties to conduct outreach programs to the extent permitted by…
    • § 18904.25 (a) Pursuant to the federal Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (Public Law 100-77), the department shall develop CalFresh information on expedited…
    • § 18904.3 (a) If a private nonprofit organization, public postsecondary educational institution, or other state or local agency secures funds for CalFresh outreach…
    • § 18904.35 Upon approval of a final plan for CalFresh outreach activities, in accordance with Section 18904.4, the department shall, in determining whether to request…
    • § 18905 In the event that the United States Department of Agriculture makes a final determination to reduce federal funding of the federal Supplemental Nutrition…
    • § 18905.1 The department shall not impose any additional requirements for verification of eligibility for expedited service other than those minimum requirements that…
    • § 18906 The department shall establish and maintain a plan whereby costs for county administration of CalFresh under this chapter will be effectively controlled within…
    • § 18906.5 (a) The state shall pay 70 percent of the nonfederal costs of administering the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, administered in California…
    • § 18906.55 (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 18906.5 or any other law, in order to provide fiscal relief for the substantial fiscal pressures on counties created by the…
    • § 18906.6 At the time the United States Department of Agriculture allows the state to retain a portion of the value of any claims collected, the state shall retain 50…
    • § 18906.7 The state shall pay 100 percent of the nonfederal costs of administering an early fraud prevention and detection program in the administration of this chapter,…
    • § 18906.8 Subject to Section 18906, the state may pay 100 percent of the nonfederal administrative costs, when cost-effective, as determined by the state, of followup…
    • § 18907 In the determination of eligibility for CalFresh, there shall be no discrimination against any household by reason of marital status, political belief, or any…
    • § 18908 Except as provided in Section 18904.1, federal supplemental security income benefits, state supplemental security program benefits, public assistance, and…
    • § 18909 Section 10850, relating to disclosure of information regarding public assistance recipients, shall apply to information obtained under this chapter.
    • § 18910 (a) To the extent permitted by federal law, regulations, waivers, and directives, the department shall implement the prospective budgeting, semiannual…
    • § 18910.1 All CalFresh households shall be assigned certification periods that are the maximum number of months allowable under federal law for the household type unless…
    • § 18910.2 (a) The department shall convene a workgroup that includes, but is not limited to, the County Welfare Directors Association of California, representatives of…
    • § 18911 (a) An application and an authorization for participation in CalFresh shall be processed within a period of not more than 30 days from the date of application.…
    • § 18912 (a) Each county welfare department shall orally inform each applicant of the availability of expedited service and assistance in filling out the application.…
    • § 18913 The department shall collect, quarterly, expedited service data, on a county-by-county basis, of the number of applications and the disposition of the…
    • § 18914 (a) In accordance with, and to the extent provided by, federal law, the county human services agency shall provide CalFresh benefits on an expedited basis as…
    • § 18914.5 (a) To the extent permitted by federal law, regulations, waivers, and directives, a resident of, or an individual on a waiting list to get into, a shelter for…
    • § 18915 All applications and public information materials shall be available to potential, present, and past CalFresh recipients in each county in Spanish as well as…
    • § 18916 The board of supervisors of each county shall have the authority to request from the United States Department of Agriculture the simultaneous operation of the…
    • § 18917 (a) (1) The department, in consultation with stakeholders, shall identify the necessary elements of a county disaster plan, and shall issue guidance to county…
    • § 18917.1 (a) In the event of a declaration by the Governor or the President of the United States of a major disaster, the Legislature finds and declares that the State…
    • § 18917.2 (a) The State Department of Social Services shall maximize the amount of assistance requested and received through the federal Disaster Supplemental Nutrition…
    • § 18918 Not later than January 15, 2001, the State Department of Social Services, in conjunction with the State Department of Public Health and appropriate…
    • § 18918.1 (a) In an effort to expand CalFresh program outreach and retention and improve dual enrollment between the CalFresh and Medi-Cal programs, county welfare…
    • § 18919 (a) Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title…
    • § 18919.1 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to maximize food access for all CalFresh recipients. Many of the hungriest Californians who rely on CalFresh to eat…
    • § 18920 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, an agreement between the department and a unit of local government, any other unit of state government, or a nonprofit…
    • § 18922 (a) On or before July 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the department shall submit a request for a federal waiver to waive the provisions of Section 273.9(b)…
    • § 18923 (a) The State Department of Social Services shall submit a request to the United States Department of Agriculture for a waiver to permit a CalFresh household…
    • § 18924 (a) To the extent permitted by federal law, waiver, demonstration project, or other federal authority, the department shall allow counties to utilize existing…
    • § 18925 (a) The State Department of Health Care Services, in conjunction with the State Department of Social Services, shall implement a simplified eligibility process…
    • § 18926 (a) To the extent permitted by federal law, the department shall annually seek a federal waiver of the existing federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…
    • § 18926.1 (a) To the extent not prohibited by federal law and guidance, the department shall ensure that all recipients subject to the federal ABAWD time limit described…
    • § 18926.2 To the extent not prohibited by federal law and guidance, a recipient who is homeless shall be deemed to be exempt from the federal ABAWD time limit described…
    • § 18926.5 (a) For the purposes of this chapter, “CalFresh Employment and Training program” or “CalFresh E&T” means the program established under Section 6(d)(4)(B) of…
    • § 18926.6 In a county that elects to participate in the CalFresh E&T program, a veteran applying for CalFresh benefits who is required to register to work, but who is…
    • § 18926.7 (a) (1) To the extent permitted under federal law, the department may contract directly with an entity that provides services on a regional or statewide basis…
    • § 18926.8 (a) There is hereby established in the State Treasury the CalFresh E&T Workers’ Compensation Fund for the purpose of paying workers’ compensation claims…
    • § 18927 (a) Current and future CalFresh benefits shall be reduced in accordance with subdivisions (c) and (d) to recover an overissuance caused by intentional program…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 18928 For the purpose of maximizing the anti-hunger impact of Section 66027.8 of the Education Code, the department shall consult with stakeholders, including…
    • § 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…
    • § 18928.6 (a) In order to support access to CalFresh and other nutrition programs, to accurately determine eligibility and benefit amounts, to effectively deploy funding…
    • § 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…
22. CHAPTER 10.1. Food Assistance Program for Legal Immigrants §§ 18930–18935 · 8 sections

    • § 18930 (a) The State Department of Social Services shall establish a Food Assistance Program to provide assistance for those persons described in subdivision (b). The… see note
    • § 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,…
    • § 18931 Any person who is eligible for federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, administered in California as CalFresh benefits, shall not…
    • § 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…
    • § 18932.1 (a) The state shall retain a portion of any collected overissuance claims on benefits issued under this chapter. The portion of the recovered overissuance…
    • § 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.
23. CHAPTER 10.2. Tribal Nutrition Assistance § 18936 · 1 section

    • § 18936 (a) The Tribal Nutrition Assistance Program is hereby established, to be administered by the State Department of Social Services. (b) Subject to an…
24. CHAPTER 10.3. Cash Assistance Program for Aged, Blind, and Disabled Legal Immigrants §§ 18937–18944 · 9 sections

    • § 18937 The State Department of Social Services shall establish and supervise a county- or county consortia-administered program to provide cash assistance to aged,…
    • § 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…
    • § 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. An individual may continue… see note
    • § 18939.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an individual who naturalizes while receiving benefits under this article, who remains otherwise eligible for…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 18942 The department shall reimburse the counties for the cost of actual payments made pursuant to this chapter and for the administrative costs actually…
    • § 18943 (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 1340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the…
    • § 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. (b) This chapter shall…
25. CHAPTER 10.4. Services and Benefits for Noncitizen Victims of Trafficking, Domestic Violence, and Other Serious Crimes § 18945 · 1 section

    • § 18945 (a) Noncitizen victims of trafficking, domestic violence, and other serious crimes, as defined in subdivision (b), shall be eligible for public social services…
26. CHAPTER 11. The Office of Child Abuse Prevention §§ 18950–18973 · 29 sections

    1. ARTICLE 1. General §§ 18950–18950.5 · 3 sections

       • § 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…
       • § 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…
       • § 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…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Definitions § 18951 · 1 section

       • § 18951 As used in this chapter: (a) “Child” means an individual under 18 years of age. (b) “Child services” means services for or on behalf of children, and includes…
    3. ARTICLE 3. Office of Child Abuse Prevention §§ 18952–18958 · 7 sections

       • § 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…
       • § 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…
       • § 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…
       • § 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…
       • § 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…
       • § 18958 The Office of Child Abuse Prevention shall apply for federal funding for the administration of its functions under this chapter. The office shall use these…
    4. ARTICLE 4. Child Abuse Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment Projects §§ 18960–18964 · 8 sections

       • § 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…
       • § 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…
       • § 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…
       • § 18961.6 (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 18961.5, if the County of Los Angeles establishes a database pursuant to Section 18961.5, the database may also…
       • § 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…
       • § 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…
       • § 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…
       • § 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…
    5. ARTICLE 5. Children’s Trust Fund §§ 18965–18971 · 9 sections

       • § 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. The…
       • § 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…
       • § 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…
       • § 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…
       • § 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…
       • § 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…
       • § 18969 (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund which shall be known as the State Children’s Trust Fund. The fund shall consist of funds received from…
       • § 18970 (a) The department shall expend funds appropriated to it pursuant to Section 18969 for innovative local child abuse and neglect prevention and intervention…
       • § 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…
    6. ARTICLE 6. Citizen Review Panels § 18973 · 1 section

       • § 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…
27. CHAPTER 12. The Maxine Waters Child Abuse Prevention Training Act of 1984 §§ 18975–18979 · 24 sections

    1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions and Definitions §§ 18975–18975.9 · 10 sections

       • § 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. (b) School districts and…
       • § 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,…
       • § 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…
       • § 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…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Primary Prevention Programs §§ 18976–18976.5 · 3 sections

       • § 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)…
       • § 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…
       • § 18976.5 Parents shall be given notice of, and may refuse to have their children participate in, a primary prevention program.
    3. ARTICLE 3. Prevention Training Centers § 18977 · 1 section

       • § 18977 A prevention training center shall provide information and services to primary prevention programs, the office, and interested applicants for grants, as…
    4. ARTICLE 4. The Office of Child Abuse Prevention §§ 18978–18978.8 · 9 sections

       • § 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…
       • § 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…
       • § 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…
       • § 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…
       • § 18978.4 (a) Requests for proposals shall be sent out by March 1, 1985. (b) The office shall so conduct its primary prevention program selection process that the…
       • § 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…
       • § 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…
       • § 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…
    5. ARTICLE 5. Fiscal Provisions § 18979 · 1 section

       • § 18979 Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, eleven million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($11,250,000) is hereby appropriated from the General…
28. CHAPTER 12.5. Child Abuse Prevention Coordinating Council Act §§ 18980–18983.8 · 14 sections

    1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 18980–18981.1 · 3 sections

       • § 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. (b) Victims…
       • § 18981.1 It is the intention of the Legislature to fund child abuse prevention coordinating councils in each county.
    2. ARTICLE 2. Child Abuse Prevention Coordinating Councils §§ 18982–18982.4 · 5 sections

       • § 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…
       • § 18982.1 Councils funded by this chapter shall encourage representatives from the following: (a) Public child welfare services, including the following: (1) The county…
       • § 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…
       • § 18982.3 Councils may form committees to carry out specific functions, such as the following: (a) Interagency coordination committees. (b) Multidisciplinary personnel…
       • § 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…
    3. ARTICLE 3. Selection and Administration §§ 18983–18983.8 · 6 sections

       • § 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. In the…
       • § 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. More…
       • § 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…
       • § 18983.5 Councils funded under this chapter shall be incorporated as nonprofit corporations, or established as independent organizations within county government, or…
       • § 18983.6 Councils receiving funding under this chapter shall develop a protocol for interagency coordination and provide yearly reports to the county board of…
       • § 18983.8 Councils receiving funding under this chapter shall provide a local cash or in-kind match of 331/3 percent. For councils unable to raise the full match for the…
29. CHAPTER 12.8. Interagency Children’s Services Act §§ 18986–18986.30 · 16 sections

    1. ARTICLE 1. General Provision and Definitions §§ 18986–18986.3 · 4 sections

       • § 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…
       • § 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…
       • § 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…
    2. ARTICLE 2. County Interagency Collaboration §§ 18986.10–18986.15 · 6 sections

       • § 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)…
       • § 18986.12 (a) The council shall convene monthly and shall, in addition, convene at least two public meetings annually inviting public testimony. (b) Meetings of the…
       • § 18986.13 The county board of supervisors may designate an existing, duly established interagency children’s services coordinating body as the county’s interagency…
       • § 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…
       • § 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. (a) A plan…
    3. ARTICLE 3. Waivers §§ 18986.20–18986.24 · 5 sections

       • § 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…
       • § 18986.21 (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…
       • § 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…
       • § 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…
       • § 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…
    4. ARTICLE 4. Evaluation § 18986.30 · 1 section

       • § 18986.30 Two years after the approval of an initial waiver or negotiated contract request pursuant to Sections 18986.20 to 18986.24, inclusive, the department shall…
30. CHAPTER 12.82. Integrated Children’s Services Programs §§ 18986.40–18986.46 · 2 sections

    • § 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…
    • § 18986.46 (a) A program shall utilize children’s multidisciplinary services teams, as defined in this chapter. (b) A team member shall provide program services only as…
31. CHAPTER 12.84. Interagency Day Care Program §§ 18986.50–18986.53 · 2 sections

    • § 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 12.8…
    • § 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…
32. CHAPTER 12.86. Children’s Services Program Development §§ 18987.6–18987.62 · 3 sections

    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
33. CHAPTER 12.87. Reform of Residentially Based Services for Children and Youth §§ 18987.7–18987.72 · 3 sections

    • § 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…
    • § 18987.71 For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) (1) “Residentially based services” means behavioral or therapeutic…
    • § 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,…
34. CHAPTER 12.9. Regulatory Flexibility for Adult Social Services §§ 18988–18988.10 · 3 sections

    • § 18988 (a) In order to ensure maximum flexibility in providing adult social services programs administered by the State Department of Social Services, including, but…
    • § 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. (b)…
    • § 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)…
35. CHAPTER 12.95. San Mateo County Consolidated Human Services Agency §§ 18989–18989.2 · 3 sections

    • § 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…
    • § 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. (b)…
    • § 18989.2 The request for waiver shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Health and Welfare Agency. When approving a request for a waiver pursuant to this chapter,…
36. CHAPTER 12.96. Placer County Integrated Health and Human Services Program § 18990 · 1 section

    • § 18990 (a) Placer County, with the assistance of the appropriate state departments, within the existing resources of those departments, shall implement a program upon…
37. CHAPTER 12.991. County Integrated Health and Human Services Program §§ 18991–18991.4 · 3 sections

    • § 18991 (a) Humboldt County, Mendocino County, Alameda County, and any additional county or counties, as determined by the Secretary of California Health and Human…
    • § 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…
    • § 18991.4 (a) (1) Notwithstanding the dates provided in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 18991.2, the County of San Diego and any other county may, upon approval of…
38. CHAPTER 14. Community Challenge Grant Program §§ 18993–18993.9 · 10 sections

    • § 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…
    • § 18993.1 The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) One in three children in California is born out of wedlock. (b) As many as 70,000 children…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 18993.4 Grant applications shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) Plans for community collaboration with parents, local agencies, businesses, school…
    • § 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. (2)…
    • § 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…
    • § 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. The…
    • § 18993.8 The department shall conduct a statewide independent evaluation of the program, assessing the program’s effectiveness in achieving stated outcomes as…
    • § 18993.9 The program provided for under this chapter shall be implemented only to the extent that funds are appropriated in the Budget Act.
39. CHAPTER 14.1. California Families and Children Home Visit Program §§ 18994–18994.9 · 15 sections

    • § 18994 (a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Families and Children Home Visit Program. (b) The department shall implement this chapter…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 18994.61 Each grantee shall be required to provide matching funds with one dollar ($1) for every two dollars ($2) awarded. The match may be either in cash or through…
    • § 18994.65 (a) Research and program evaluation shall provide information for the development and implementation of this chapter. The Office of Child Abuse Prevention…
    • § 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…
    • § 18994.74 Of the funds appropriated for purposes of this chapter, not more than 7.5 percent shall be used for state support staff to facilitate the Office of Child Abuse…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
40. CHAPTER 14.5. The CalFood Program § 18995 · 1 section

    • § 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.”…
41. CHAPTER 14.6. State Emergency Food Bank Reserve Program § 18995.1 · 1 section

    • § 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…
42. CHAPTER 15. Emergency Food Assistance Program Advisory Board § 18996 · 1 section

    • § 18996 (a) The Emergency Food Assistance Program Advisory Board is hereby established. The board shall provide advice and assistance in the operation of the emergency…
43. CHAPTER 16. California Guaranteed Income Pilot Program §§ 18997–18997.4 · 5 sections

    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 18997.2 (a) The department may establish an appropriate method, process, and structure for grant management, fiscal accountability, payments to guaranteed income pilot…
    • § 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…
    • § 18997.4 This chapter shall become inoperative on January 1, 2029, and, as of January 1, 2030, is repealed.
44. CHAPTER 16.1. The California Hope, Opportunity, Perseverance, and Empowerment (HOPE) for Children Trust Account Act §§ 18997.5–18997.61 · 12 sections

    • § 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,…
    • § 18997.52 (a) (1) There is hereby created within state government the California Hope, Opportunity, Perseverance, and Empowerment (HOPE) for Children Trust Account…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 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. To achieve…
    • § 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…
    • § 18997.60 (a) The Treasurer shall annually submit an audited financial report, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, on the operations of…
    • § 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. The state,…
45. CHAPTER 16.5. Federal Children’s Savings Accounts § 18998 · 1 section

    • § 18998 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, and to the extent permitted by federal law, funds deposited and investment returns accrued in a 530A account added by…
46. CHAPTER 17. Housing and Disability Income Advocacy Program §§ 18999–18999.6 · 5 sections

    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 18999.4 (a) (1) Pursuant to Section 18999.1, a grantee shall offer housing assistance to individuals described in subdivision (b) of Section 18999.2 and shall use…
    • § 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…
47. CHAPTER 18. Homeless Multidisciplinary Personnel Team §§ 18999.8–18999.82 · 3 sections

    • § 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…
    • § 18999.81 (a) A homeless adult and family multidisciplinary personnel team established pursuant to Section 18999.8 in the Counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San…
    • § 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…
48. CHAPTER 20. Community Care Expansion Program §§ 18999.97–18999.98 · 2 sections

    • § 18999.97 (a) The Community Care Expansion Program is hereby established. Under the program, qualified grantees shall administer projects for the acquisition,…
    • § 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…