CHAPTER 5. The Domestic Violence Shelter-Based Programs Act
Chapter 5 repealed and added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 857, Sec. 4.
§§ 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…