CHAPTER 11. The Office of Child Abuse Prevention
Chapter 11 added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1334.
§§ 18950–18973 · 29 sections
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…