CHAPTER 12. The Maxine Waters Child Abuse Prevention Training Act of 1984

Chapter 12 added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1638, Sec. 3.

§§ 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…