California Code
DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES
PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 1 - Welfare Emergency Financing

Section 18000. - 18000. The purpose of this chapter is to provide for...

Section 18001. - 18001. As used in this chapter “joint public assistance” means...

Section 18002. - 18002. The Governor may, within 15 days prior to the...

Section 18003. - 18003. Out of any money in the State Treasury not...

Section 18004. - 18004. The sums appropriated by Section 18003 shall be considered...

Section 18005. - 18005. Whenever federal assistance to this state for joint public...

CHAPTER 2 - County Boards of Public Welfare

Section 18100. - 18100. In each county, except where county boards of public...

Section 18101. - 18101. The board of supervisors making the appointments shall designate...

Section 18102. - 18102. The members of the county board of public welfare...

Section 18103. - 18103. The clerk of the board of supervisors shall notify...

Section 18104. - 18104. The board of supervisors shall appropriate and allow a...

Section 18105. - 18105. The county board of public welfare shall meet quarterly...

Section 18106. - 18106. Whenever the annual report of the board of public...

Section 18107. - 18107. At least once each quarter and as much oftener...

Section 18108. - 18108. The board of public welfare may make suggestions for...

Section 18109. - 18109. On or before the first Monday in March, June,...

Section 18110. - 18110. Whenever the county board of public welfare presents any...

CHAPTER 3 - Demonstration Projects in Public Assistance

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 18200. - 18200. The Legislature recognizes the necessity to improve the administration...

Section 18201. - 18201. The department may authorize the payment of state funds...

Section 18202. - 18202. The department shall develop and publish criteria for the...

Section 18203. - 18203. Among the county projects approved by the department, priority...

Section 18204. - 18204. To enable it to conduct and administer experimental projects...

Section 18205. - 18205. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, at the...

Section 18205.5. - 18205.5. The Director of Child Support Services may, pursuant to...

Section 18206. - 18206. (a) The director shall specify performance and quality assurance...

Section 18207. - 18207. Sections 18205 and 18206 shall apply only to experimental...

CHAPTER 3.2 - Juvenile Probation Funding

Section 18220. - 18220. (a) For the 2011–12 fiscal year, the Controller shall...

Section 18220.1. - 18220.1. (a) For the 2011–12 fiscal year, the Controller shall,...

Section 18221. - 18221. (a) Subject to the availability of funds for the...

CHAPTER 3.3 - CalWORKs Demonstration Projects

ARTICLE 1 - County Welfare-to-Work Demonstration Projects

Section 18230. - 18230. Pursuant to this chapter and Article 1 (commencing with...

Section 18231. - 18231. (a) A county, or two or more counties, may...

Section 18232. - 18232. (a) A county board of supervisors that wishes to...

Section 18233. - 18233. Before authorizing a demonstration project, the director shall ensure...

Section 18234. - 18234. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a...

Section 18235. - 18235. A demonstration project under this article shall include a...

ARTICLE 2 - School Attendance Demonstration Projects

Section 18236. - 18236. (a) The director may approve school attendance demonstration projects...

Section 18237. - 18237. (a) The department, in conjunction with the State Department...

ARTICLE 3 - Microenterprise Demonstration Projects

Section 18238. - 18238. For the purposes of this article: (a) “Microenterprise” means...

Section 18239. - 18239. (a) With the consent of participating counties, the department...

ARTICLE 5 - Child Support Assurance Demonstration Project

Section 18241. - 18241. It is the intent of the Legislature, in implementing...

Section 18242. - 18242. (a) Upon application by a county board of supervisors,...

Section 18243. - 18243. The department shall develop research designs to ensure thorough...

Section 18244. - 18244. (a) A family shall be eligible to participate in...

Section 18245. - 18245. (a) A family shall be eligible to receive a...

Section 18247. - 18247. (a) The state share of child support assurance payments...

CHAPTER 4 - County Wraparound Services Program

Section 18250. - 18250. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

Section 18251. - 18251. As used in this chapter: (a) “County” means each...

Section 18252. - 18252. Each county shall, at the county’s option, develop a...

Section 18253. - 18253. Each county shall ensure that an evaluation of the...

Section 18253.5. - 18253.5. Each county shall ensure that staff participating in the...

Section 18254. - 18254. (a) Retroactive to January 1, 2017, the rate for...

Section 18256. - 18256. The department shall work with the County Welfare Directors...

Section 18256.5. - 18256.5. In order to prevent disruption to a child participating...

Section 18257. - 18257. The State Department of Social Services shall seek applicable...

Section 18257.5. - 18257.5. The State Department of Social Services and the State...

Section 18258. - 18258. (a) A child who is categorically eligible for Medi-Cal...

CHAPTER 4.3 - Sexually Exploited Minors Program

Section 18259. - 18259. (a) The County of Alameda, contingent upon local funding,...

Section 18259.3. - 18259.3. (a) For purposes of this chapter, “commercially sexually exploited...

CHAPTER 4.45 - Child Welfare Waiver Demonstration Project

Section 18260. - 18260. (a) The department may conduct a demonstration project in...

CHAPTER 4.5 - Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Training Centers

Section 18275. - 18275. The Legislature finds that there is a need to...

Section 18275.5. - 18275.5. Unless the context requires otherwise, for purposes of this...

Section 18276. - 18276. The functions and goals of the program developed by...

Section 18276.5. - 18276.5. (a) The two centers selected pursuant to Section 18277...

Section 18277. - 18277. The director shall select two child sexual abuse prevention...

Section 18278. - 18278. (a) The office shall make grants to community nonprofit...

Section 18278.5. - 18278.5. The office shall enter into contracts with the centers...

Section 18279.5. - 18279.5. The centers may seek, receive, and make use of...

CHAPTER 4.6 - Child Health and Safety Fund

Section 18285. - 18285. (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury...

Section 18285.5. - 18285.5. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

CHAPTER 5 - The Domestic Violence Shelter-Based Programs Act

Section 18290. - 18290. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that there is...

Section 18291. - 18291. For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Domestic violence” means...

Section 18293. - 18293. (a) In order to be eligible for funding pursuant...

Section 18294. - 18294. Domestic violence shelter-based programs shall provide all of the...

Section 18295. - 18295. In addition to the services required in Section 18294,...

Section 18296. - 18296. The staff of the domestic violence shelter-based program shall...

Section 18297. - 18297. The staff of each domestic violence shelter-based program shall...

Section 18298. - 18298. Inasmuch as domestic violence shelter-based programs are to serve...

Section 18299. - 18299. A domestic violence shelter-based program shall maintain annual fiscal...

Section 18300. - 18300. An annual report shall be prepared by each domestic...

Section 18301. - 18301. In addition to any other provisions of law concerning...

Section 18304. - 18304. A county may establish a program for reducing the...

Section 18305. - 18305. (a) At the time of issuance of a marriage...

Section 18305.5. - 18305.5. Notwithstanding the availability of funds in either the county...

Section 18306. - 18306. The county board of supervisors shall consult with the...

Section 18307. - 18307. (a) Notwithstanding Section 18305, a county may carry over...

Section 18308. - 18308. The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors shall direct...

Section 18309. - 18309. (a) The Alameda County Board of Supervisors shall direct...

Section 18309.5. - 18309.5. The Solano County Board of Supervisors shall direct the...

Section 18309.8. - 18309.8. (a) The Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors shall direct...

CHAPTER 5.5 - Green Light-Green Thumb Programs

Section 18310. - 18310. The purpose of this chapter is to establish the...

Section 18311. - 18311. Funds received pursuant to this chapter shall be administered...

Section 18312. - 18312. The state shall supply the necessary in-kind equipment and...

CHAPTER 5.7 - Nutrition Program for the Elderly

Section 18325. - 18325. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 18325.5. - 18325.5. It is the intention of the Legislature that the...

Section 18326. - 18326. The California Commission on Aging, with the approval of...

Section 18327. - 18327. The state plan referred to in Section 18326 shall...

Section 18327.1. - 18327.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state plan...

Section 18327.2. - 18327.2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not more than...

Section 18327.3. - 18327.3. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no agency providing...

Section 18329. - 18329. To the extent permitted by federal law, benefits received...

Section 18330. - 18330. In each case where the Director of the State...

Section 18331. - 18331. There is hereby established a Nutrition Reserve Fund under...

Section 18331.1. - 18331.1. Notwithstanding the limitations of Section 18331 of this code,...

Section 18332. - 18332. (a) All allocations from the Nutrition Reserve Fund shall...

Section 18333. - 18333. (a) The Nutrition Reserve Fund shall also be used...

Section 18335. - 18335. Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) Retired firemen...

CHAPTER 6.2 - Intensive Foster Care Programs

Section 18358. - 18358. The definitions contained in this section shall govern the...

Section 18358.05. - 18358.05. (a) The department shall implement intensive treatment foster care...

Section 18358.10. - 18358.10. Each foster family agency participating in this program shall...

Section 18358.15. - 18358.15. (a) Each foster family agency participating in the program...

Section 18358.20. - 18358.20. In addition to the requirements of Sections 18358.10 and...

Section 18358.23. - 18358.23. In addition to the requirements of paragraph (2) of...

Section 18358.25. - 18358.25. (a) Certified foster parents participating under this chapter shall...

Section 18358.30. - 18358.30. (a) Rates for foster family agency programs participating under...

Section 18358.35. - 18358.35. Foster family agencies implementing intensive foster care programs shall...

Section 18358.36. - 18358.36. In order to provide for continuity of services to...

Section 18358.37. - 18358.37. The department shall develop, in consultation with the counties,...

CHAPTER 6.3 - Intensive Services Foster Care

Section 18360. - 18360. As used in this chapter, the following terms have...

Section 18360.05. - 18360.05. (a) The department shall develop an intensive services foster...

Section 18360.10. - 18360.10. (a) Each licensed foster family agency or county operating...

Section 18360.15. - 18360.15. (a) Each licensed foster family agency or county operating...

Section 18360.20. - 18360.20. The department, in consultation with counties and other stakeholders,...

Section 18360.25. - 18360.25. (a) The county shall employ the level of care...

Section 18360.35. - 18360.35. (a) Each intensive services foster care resource family selected...

CHAPTER 6.5 - Preventive Health Care for the Aging

Section 18375. - 18375. The intent of this chapter is to assist city...

Section 18376. - 18376. (a) The State Department of Health Services may authorize...

Section 18378. - 18378. The California Commission on Aging shall render such technical...

CHAPTER 7 - Uniform Transfer of Dependents Act

Section 18400. - 18400. The department, subject to the approval of the Attorney...

Section 18401. - 18401. This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as...

Section 18402. - 18402. This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Transfer...

CHAPTER 8 - Relief Law of 1945

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 18450. - 18450. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 18451. - 18451. The provisions of this chapter (except the provisions of...

Section 18452. - 18452. After the provisions of this chapter become operative, the...

Section 18453. - 18453. As used in this chapter, the terms defined in...

Section 18454. - 18454. “Department” means the State Department of Social Services. (Amended...

Section 18455. - 18455. “Aid” means state financial assistance to counties for the...

Section 18456. - 18456. “Relief” means assistance in cash or in kind provided...

Section 18457. - 18457. In accordance with the provisions of this chapter, every...

Section 18458. - 18458. For the purposes of this chapter, a resident of...

Section 18459. - 18459. For the purposes of this chapter, a person who...

Section 18460. - 18460. A county may incur all necessary expenses in transporting...

ARTICLE 2 - Administration

Section 18470. - 18470. The direct administration of this chapter shall be carried...

Section 18471. - 18471. The department shall: (a) Establish minimum and maximum standards...

Section 18472. - 18472. The department shall from time to time fix for...

Section 18473. - 18473. In determining and redetermining budgets and standards, the department...

Section 18474. - 18474. Relief may be granted in cash or in kind,...

Section 18475. - 18475. All income received by a person or family, regardless...

Section 18476. - 18476. In administering any funds appropriated or made available to...

Section 18477. - 18477. If any county fails to comply with the provisions...

Section 18478. - 18478. The department may operate the relief administration in any...

ARTICLE 3 - Procedure

Section 18490. - 18490. Application for relief may be made to the county...

Section 18491. - 18491. The board of supervisors of every county as a...

Section 18492. - 18492. Persons eligible for relief, who are residents of the...

Section 18493. - 18493. In case of dispute between two or more counties...

Section 18494. - 18494. If any applicant or recipient is dissatisfied with the...

Section 18496. - 18496. Whenever an applicant or recipient loses an appeal made...

ARTICLE 4 - Eligibility

Section 18500. - 18500. Relief shall be provided only to persons who are...

Section 18501. - 18501. As a condition to the grant or continuance of...

Section 18502. - 18502. Persons who are eligible for aid to the aged...

Section 18503. - 18503. No person shall be considered a needy person who...

Section 18504. - 18504. No person is eligible for relief who, being physically...

ARTICLE 5 - Responsibility for Repayment

Section 18510. - 18510. Relief granted to any person who is not entitled...

Section 18511. - 18511. If the spouse, parent, or adult child of any...

ARTICLE 6 - Payment of Relief Costs

Section 18520. - 18520. The provisions of this chapter providing for state payments...

Section 18521. - 18521. (a) Until the rate of county expenditure for the...

Section 18522. - 18522. During such time as grants-in-aid are provided or made...

Section 18523. - 18523. The method of computing and paying the amounts provided...

Section 18524. - 18524. Reports of payments of relief and of payments for...

CHAPTER 9 - State Programs for the Blind Other Than Public Assistance

ARTICLE 2 - Oakland Orientation Center for the Blind

Section 18650. - 18650. Every blind person who was a resident of the...

CHAPTER 10 - CalFresh

Section 18900. - 18900. Finding that hunger, undernutrition, and malnutrition are present and...

Section 18900.1. - 18900.1. (a) The State Department of Social Services shall propose...

Section 18900.2. - 18900.2. (a) Pursuant to Section 18900.1, the name of the...

Section 18900.3. - 18900.3. Subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act...

Section 18900.4. - 18900.4. (a) (1) To the extent permitted under federal law,...

Section 18900.5. - 18900.5. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in...

Section 18900.6. - 18900.6. (a) There is hereby created the SSI/SSP Cash-In Supplemental...

Section 18900.7. - 18900.7. (a) There is hereby created the SSI/SSP Cash-In Transitional...

Section 18900.8. - 18900.8. (a) The State Department of Social Services shall work...

Section 18900.9. - 18900.9. Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act...

Section 18901. - 18901. (a) The eligibility of households shall be determined to...

Section 18901.1. - 18901.1. (a) The department shall issue guidance to counties that...

Section 18901.15. - 18901.15. (a) The department shall issue guidance to counties that...

Section 18901.2. - 18901.2. (a) There is hereby created the State Utility Assistance...

Section 18901.25. - 18901.25. (a) There is hereby created the Safe Drinking Water...

Section 18901.3. - 18901.3. (a) Subject to the limitations of subdivision (b), pursuant...

Section 18901.35. - 18901.35. (a) (1) No later than September 1, 2022, the...

Section 18901.4. - 18901.4. (a) Effective July 1, 2010, the department shall propose...

Section 18901.5. - 18901.5. (a) The department shall establish a program of categorical...

Section 18901.55. - 18901.55. (a) If a county has entered into a memorandum...

Section 18901.56. - 18901.56. (a) The State Department of Education, the State Department...

Section 18901.6. - 18901.6. To the maximum extent allowable by federal law, each...

Section 18901.7. - 18901.7. (a) To the extent allowable by federal law, the...

Section 18901.8. - 18901.8. (a) To the extent permitted by federal law, and...

Section 18901.9. - 18901.9. (a) For the purpose of eligibility under this chapter,...

Section 18901.10. - 18901.10. To the extent permitted by federal law, and subject...

Section 18901.11. - 18901.11. (a) For purposes of Section 273.5(b)(11)(ii) of Title 7...

Section 18901.12. - 18901.12. (a) On or before May 31, 2022, the department...

Section 18901.14. - 18901.14. (a) The department shall convene a workgroup comprised of...

Section 18902. - 18902. Each county welfare department shall carry out the local...

Section 18902.5. - 18902.5. (a) In the administration of this chapter counties may...

Section 18903. - 18903. The department shall enter into and execute on behalf...

Section 18904. - 18904. Regulations, orders or standards of general application to implement,...

Section 18904.1. - 18904.1. (a) The director, to the extent permitted by federal...

Section 18904.2. - 18904.2. The department may administer outreach programs and adopt rules...

Section 18904.25. - 18904.25. (a) Pursuant to the federal Stewart B. McKinney Homeless...

Section 18904.3. - 18904.3. (a) If a private nonprofit organization, public postsecondary educational...

Section 18904.35. - 18904.35. Upon approval of a final plan for CalFresh outreach...

Section 18905. - 18905. In the event that the United States Department of...

Section 18905.1. - 18905.1. The department shall not impose any additional requirements for...

Section 18906. - 18906. The department shall establish and maintain a plan whereby...

Section 18906.5. - 18906.5. (a) The state shall pay 70 percent of the...

Section 18906.6. - 18906.6. At the time the United States Department of Agriculture...

Section 18906.7. - 18906.7. The state shall pay 100 percent of the nonfederal...

Section 18906.8. - 18906.8. Subject to Section 18906, the state may pay 100...

Section 18907. - 18907. In the determination of eligibility for CalFresh, there shall...

Section 18908. - 18908. Except as provided in Section 18904.1, federal supplemental security...

Section 18909. - 18909. Section 10850, relating to disclosure of information regarding public...

Section 18910. - 18910. (a) To the extent permitted by federal law, regulations,...

Section 18910.1. - 18910.1. All CalFresh households shall be assigned certification periods that...

Section 18910.2. - 18910.2. (a) The department shall convene a workgroup that includes,...

Section 18911. - 18911. (a) An application and an authorization for participation in...

Section 18912. - 18912. (a) Each county welfare department shall orally inform each...

Section 18913. - 18913. The department shall collect, quarterly, expedited service data, on...

Section 18914. - 18914. (a) In accordance with, and to the extent provided...

Section 18914.5. - 18914.5. (a) To the extent permitted by federal law, regulations,...

Section 18915. - 18915. All applications and public information materials shall be available...

Section 18916. - 18916. The board of supervisors of each county shall have...

Section 18917. - 18917. (a) (1) The department, in consultation with stakeholders, shall...

Section 18918. - 18918. Not later than January 15, 2001, the State Department...

Section 18918.1. - 18918.1. (a) In an effort to expand CalFresh program outreach...

Section 18919. - 18919. (a) Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure...

Section 18920. - 18920. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, an agreement between the...

Section 18922. - 18922. (a) On or before July 1, 2023, and annually...

Section 18923. - 18923. (a) The State Department of Social Services shall submit...

Section 18924. - 18924. (a) To the extent permitted by federal law, waiver,...

Section 18925. - 18925. (a) The State Department of Health Care Services, in...

Section 18926. - 18926. (a) To the extent permitted by federal law, the...

Section 18926.1. - 18926.1. (a) To the extent not prohibited by federal law...

Section 18926.2. - 18926.2. To the extent not prohibited by federal law and...

Section 18926.5. - 18926.5. (a) For the purposes of this chapter, “CalFresh Employment...

Section 18926.6. - 18926.6. In a county that elects to participate in the...

Section 18926.7. - 18926.7. (a) (1) To the extent permitted under federal law,...

Section 18926.8. - 18926.8. (a) There is hereby established in the State Treasury...

Section 18927. - 18927. (a) Current and future CalFresh benefits shall be reduced...

Section 18927.1. - 18927.1. (a) A county shall establish a claim to recover...

Section 18927.5. - 18927.5. (a) A county human services agency shall notify the...

Section 18928. - 18928. For the purpose of maximizing the anti-hunger impact of...

Section 18928.5. - 18928.5. (a) No later than January 1, 2024, to assist...

Section 18929. - 18929. To the extent permitted by federal law, regulation, or...

CHAPTER 10.1 - Food Assistance Program for Legal Immigrants

Section 18930. - 18930. (a) The State Department of Social Services shall establish...

Section 18930. - 18930. (a) There is hereby created the California Food Assistance...

Section 18930.5. - 18930.5. (a) As a condition of eligibility for assistance under...

Section 18930.5. - 18930.5. (a) A recipient of benefits under this chapter shall...

Section 18931. - 18931. Any person who is eligible for federally funded Supplemental...

Section 18932. - 18932. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the...

Section 18933. - 18933. Benefits provided under this chapter shall be equivalent to...

Section 18934. - 18934. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...

Section 18935. - 18935. This chapter shall be implemented only during any period...

CHAPTER 10.2 - Tribal Nutrition Assistance

Section 18936. - 18936. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...

CHAPTER 10.3 - Cash Assistance Program for Aged, Blind, and Disabled Legal Immigrants

Section 18937. - 18937. The State Department of Social Services shall establish and...

Section 18938. - 18938. (a) (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), an...

Section 18939. - 18939. (a) Any person who is found to be eligible...

Section 18939.5. - 18939.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an individual who...

Section 18940. - 18940. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the...

Section 18941. - 18941. Benefits provided under this chapter shall be equivalent to...

Section 18942. - 18942. The department shall reimburse the counties for the cost...

Section 18943. - 18943. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act,...

Section 18944. - 18944. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...

CHAPTER 10.4 - Services and Benefits for Noncitizen Victims of Trafficking, Domestic Violence, and Other Serious Crimes

Section 18945. - 18945. (a) Noncitizen victims of trafficking, domestic violence, and other...

CHAPTER 11 - The Office of Child Abuse Prevention

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 18950. - 18950. The Legislature finds and declares that child abuse is...

Section 18950.5. - 18950.5. For the purposes of this chapter, a child receiving...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 18951. - 18951. As used in this chapter: (a) “Child” means an...

ARTICLE 3 - Office of Child Abuse Prevention

Section 18952. - 18952. There is hereby established in the State Department of...

Section 18953. - 18953. The office shall employ such personnel as is necessary...

Section 18953.5. - 18953.5. The Office of Child Abuse Prevention may fund the...

Section 18953.7. - 18953.7. The Office of Child Abuse Prevention may renew grants...

Section 18955. - 18955. In the exercise of its authority under Section 18954...

Section 18955.1. - 18955.1. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

Section 18958. - 18958. The Office of Child Abuse Prevention shall apply for...

ARTICLE 4 - Child Abuse Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment Projects

Section 18960. - 18960. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

Section 18961. - 18961. (a) Projects and services funded pursuant to this article...

Section 18961.5. - 18961.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, any county may establish...

Section 18961.6. - 18961.6. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 18961.5, if the...

Section 18961.7. - 18961.7. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a county may establish...

Section 18962. - 18962. The county child welfare agency shall provide to the...

Section 18963. - 18963. Unless otherwise specified in the annual Budget Act, the...

Section 18964. - 18964. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law governing the disclosure...

ARTICLE 5 - Children s Trust Fund

Section 18965. - 18965. A county board of supervisors may designate an existing...

Section 18966. - 18966. (a) When a county board of supervisors designates a...

Section 18966.1. - 18966.1. (a) Any federal funds provided for child abuse prevention...

Section 18967. - 18967. Money in the children’s trust fund of each county...

Section 18968. - 18968. In any county where the board of supervisors does...

Section 18968.5. - 18968.5. Amounts collected for the surcharge upon birth certificates pursuant...

Section 18969. - 18969. (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury...

Section 18970. - 18970. (a) The department shall expend funds appropriated to it...

Section 18971. - 18971. Priority for funds transferred to the State Children’s Trust...

ARTICLE 6 - Citizen Review Panels

Section 18973. - 18973. (a) Each citizen review panel established pursuant to Section...

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

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions

Section 18975. - 18975. This chapter is known and may be cited as...

Section 18975.1. - 18975.1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 18975.2. - 18975.2. It is the intention of the Legislature that primary...

Section 18975.3. - 18975.3. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in...

Section 18975.4. - 18975.4. “Department” means the State Department of Social Services. (Added...

Section 18975.5. - 18975.5. “Office” means the Office of Child Abuse Prevention in...

Section 18975.6. - 18975.6. “Child abuse” means those acts defined in Section 11165...

Section 18975.7. - 18975.7. A “primary prevention program” means a training and educational...

Section 18975.8. - 18975.8. “Prevention training center” means a center defined in Article...

Section 18975.9. - 18975.9. “Center based preschools” means state subsidized centers in which...

ARTICLE 2 - Primary Prevention Programs

Section 18976. - 18976. A primary prevention program shall include all of the...

Section 18976.1. - 18976.1. For the purposes of program effectiveness, it is the...

Section 18976.5. - 18976.5. Parents shall be given notice of, and may refuse...

ARTICLE 3 - Prevention Training Centers

Section 18977. - 18977. A prevention training center shall provide information and services...

ARTICLE 4 - The Office of Child Abuse Prevention

Section 18978. - 18978. The office shall select and award grants by January...

Section 18978.1. - 18978.1. The office shall select the two training centers which...

Section 18978.2. - 18978.2. The office shall distribute a standard request for proposal...

Section 18978.3. - 18978.3. In awarding grants for primary prevention programs, the office:...

Section 18978.4. - 18978.4. (a) Requests for proposals shall be sent out by...

Section 18978.5. - 18978.5. The office shall do all of the following: (a)...

Section 18978.6. - 18978.6. The office shall administer this chapter. (Added by Stats....

Section 18978.7. - 18978.7. The director shall be authorized to the extent necessary...

Section 18978.8. - 18978.8. The director shall, within 60 days of the operative...

ARTICLE 5 - Fiscal Provisions

Section 18979. - 18979. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, eleven million...

CHAPTER 12.5 - Child Abuse Prevention Coordinating Council Act

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 18980. - 18980. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 18981. - 18981. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 18981.1. - 18981.1. It is the intention of the Legislature to fund...

ARTICLE 2 - Child Abuse Prevention Coordinating Councils

Section 18982. - 18982. A child abuse prevention coordinating council is a community...

Section 18982.1. - 18982.1. Councils funded by this chapter shall encourage representatives from...

Section 18982.2. - 18982.2. The functions of a council shall include, but not...

Section 18982.3. - 18982.3. Councils may form committees to carry out specific functions,...

Section 18982.4. - 18982.4. The multidisciplinary personnel team provisions of subdivision ( l)...

ARTICLE 3 - Selection and Administration

Section 18983. - 18983. Each county shall fund child abuse prevention coordinating councils...

Section 18983.3. - 18983.3. In the event that more than one council per...

Section 18983.4. - 18983.4. For counties without existing councils the county board of...

Section 18983.5. - 18983.5. Councils funded under this chapter shall be incorporated as...

Section 18983.6. - 18983.6. Councils receiving funding under this chapter shall develop a...

Section 18983.8. - 18983.8. Councils receiving funding under this chapter shall provide a...

CHAPTER 12.8 - Interagency Children s Services Act

ARTICLE 1 - General Provision and Definitions

Section 18986. - 18986. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 18986.1. - 18986.1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 18986.2. - 18986.2. It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting...

Section 18986.3. - 18986.3. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall...

ARTICLE 2 - County Interagency Collaboration

Section 18986.10. - 18986.10. The board of supervisors of any county or city...

Section 18986.11. - 18986.11. A council shall be comprised of, but not be...

Section 18986.12. - 18986.12. (a) The council shall convene monthly and shall, in...

Section 18986.13. - 18986.13. The county board of supervisors may designate an existing,...

Section 18986.14. - 18986.14. The council’s duties shall include, but not be limited...

Section 18986.15. - 18986.15. Each county wishing to participate under this chapter shall...

ARTICLE 3 - Waivers

Section 18986.20. - 18986.20. (a) Any county that wishes to participate under this...

Section 18986.21. - 18986.21. (a) A waiver or waivers may be granted pursuant...

Section 18986.22. - 18986.22. (a) A negotiated contract may be awarded pursuant to...

Section 18986.23. - 18986.23. Waivers and negotiated contracts shall be granted pursuant to...

Section 18986.24. - 18986.24. The Secretary of the Health and Welfare Agency, the...

ARTICLE 4 - Evaluation

Section 18986.30. - 18986.30. Two years after the approval of an initial waiver...

CHAPTER 12.82 - Integrated Children s Services Programs

Section 18986.40. - 18986.40. (a) For the purposes of this chapter, “program” or...

Section 18986.46. - 18986.46. (a) A program shall utilize children’s multidisciplinary services teams,...

CHAPTER 12.84 - Interagency Day Care Program

Section 18986.50. - 18986.50. (a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature,...

Section 18986.53. - 18986.53. (a) Any county may implement an interagency day care...

CHAPTER 12.86 - Children s Services Program Development

Section 18987.6. - 18987.6. It is the intent of the Legislature to do...

Section 18987.61. - 18987.61. (a) Each county may enter into performance agreements with...

Section 18987.62. - 18987.62. (a) Upon request from a county, the director may...

CHAPTER 12.87 - Reform of Residentially Based Services for Children and Youth

Section 18987.7. - 18987.7. (a) The State Department of Social Services shall convene...

Section 18987.71. - 18987.71. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall...

Section 18987.72. - 18987.72. (a) In order to obtain knowledge and experience with...

CHAPTER 12.9 - Regulatory Flexibility for Adult Social Services

Section 18988. - 18988. (a) In order to ensure maximum flexibility in providing...

Section 18988.05. - 18988.05. Any request under this chapter shall contain, at a...

Section 18988.10. - 18988.10. When approving a county request for a waiver pursuant...

CHAPTER 12.95 - San Mateo County Consolidated Human Services Agency

Section 18989. - 18989. (a) Any agency established by San Mateo County for...

Section 18989.1. - 18989.1. Any request under this chapter shall contain, at a...

Section 18989.2. - 18989.2. The request for waiver shall be submitted to the...

CHAPTER 12.96 - Placer County Integrated Health and Human Services Program

Section 18990. - 18990. (a) Placer County, with the assistance of the appropriate...

CHAPTER 12.991 - County Integrated Health and Human Services Program

Section 18991. - 18991. (a) Humboldt County, Mendocino County, Alameda County, and any...

Section 18991.2. - 18991.2. (a) A participating county shall, in consultation with the...

Section 18991.4. - 18991.4. (a) (1) Notwithstanding the dates provided in subdivisions (a)...

CHAPTER 14 - Community Challenge Grant Program

Section 18993. - 18993. There is hereby created the Community Challenge Grant Program...

Section 18993.1. - 18993.1. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the...

Section 18993.2. - 18993.2. (a) The State Department of Health Services shall administer...

Section 18993.3. - 18993.3. (a) An advisory committee of 10 members shall be...

Section 18993.4. - 18993.4. Grant applications shall include, but not be limited to,...

Section 18993.5. - 18993.5. (a) Criteria for grant selection shall include, but not...

Section 18993.6. - 18993.6. (a) Grantees shall be required to match a portion...

Section 18993.7. - 18993.7. (a) The costs for state administration of the Community...

Section 18993.8. - 18993.8. The department shall conduct a statewide independent evaluation of...

Section 18993.9. - 18993.9. The program provided for under this chapter shall be...

CHAPTER 14.1 - California Families and Children Home Visit Program

Section 18994. - 18994. (a) This chapter shall be known and may be...

Section 18994.1. - 18994.1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 18994.2. - 18994.2. (a) “At risk” means families who experience multiple stress...

Section 18994.3. - 18994.3. (a) The Office of Child Abuse Prevention in the...

Section 18994.4. - 18994.4. (a) Each county that chooses to participate in the...

Section 18994.5. - 18994.5. County programs are eligible for continued funding following an...

Section 18994.55. - 18994.55. A grant for operation of a program under this...

Section 18994.6. - 18994.6. A planning grant may be awarded under this chapter...

Section 18994.61. - 18994.61. Each grantee shall be required to provide matching funds...

Section 18994.65. - 18994.65. (a) Research and program evaluation shall provide information for...

Section 18994.7. - 18994.7. The Office of Child Abuse Prevention shall provide administrative...

Section 18994.72. - 18994.72. (a) Of the funds appropriated in the Budget Act...

Section 18994.74. - 18994.74. Of the funds appropriated for purposes of this chapter,...

Section 18994.8. - 18994.8. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

Section 18994.9. - 18994.9. (a) There is hereby established the California Families and...

CHAPTER 14.5 - The CalFood Program

Section 18995. - 18995. (a) The State Emergency Food Assistance Program, which is...

CHAPTER 15 - Emergency Food Assistance Program Advisory Board

Section 18996. - 18996. (a) The Emergency Food Assistance Program Advisory Board is...

CHAPTER 16 - California Guaranteed Income Pilot Program

Section 18997. - 18997. (a) Subject to an appropriation for this purpose in...

Section 18997.1. - 18997.1. Notwithstanding any other law: (a) Contracts or grants awarded...

Section 18997.2. - 18997.2. (a) The department may establish an appropriate method, process,...

Section 18997.3. - 18997.3. Notwithstanding any other law, the department may accept and,...

Section 18997.4. - 18997.4. This chapter shall become inoperative on July 1, 2026,...

CHAPTER 16.1 - The California Hope, Opportunity, Perseverance, and Empowerment (HOPE) for Children Trust Account Act

Section 18997.5. - 18997.5. (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be...

Section 18997.51. - 18997.51. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall...

Section 18997.52. - 18997.52. (a) (1) There is hereby created within state government...

Section 18997.53. - 18997.53. (a) The California Hope, Opportunity, Perseverance, and Empowerment (HOPE)...

Section 18997.54. - 18997.54. (a) On or before February 1, 2023, the Treasurer...

Section 18997.55. - 18997.55. On or before February 1, 2024, the board shall...

CHAPTER 16.5 - Community Health Workers

Section 18998. - 18998. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have...

Section 18998.1. - 18998.1. On or before July 1, 2023, the department shall...

Section 18998.2. - 18998.2. (a) An organization may seek approval of a community...

Section 18998.3. - 18998.3. (a) The department, in consultation with stakeholders, may request...

Section 18998.4. - 18998.4. The department may contract with a vendor or vendors...

Section 18998.5. - 18998.5. Except as provided in Section 18998.3, and notwithstanding Chapter...

CHAPTER 17 - Housing and Disability Income Advocacy Program

Section 18999. - 18999. In enacting this chapter, it is the intent of...

Section 18999.1. - 18999.1. (a) Subject to an appropriation of funds for this...

Section 18999.2. - 18999.2. (a) (1) A grantee shall provide, or contract for,...

Section 18999.4. - 18999.4. (a) (1) Pursuant to Section 18999.1, a grantee shall...

Section 18999.6. - 18999.6. (a) A grantee shall report at least annually to...

CHAPTER 18 - Homeless Multidisciplinary Personnel Team

Section 18999.8. - 18999.8. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, a county may...

Section 18999.81. - 18999.81. (a) A homeless adult and family multidisciplinary personnel team...

Section 18999.82. - 18999.82. (a) The Counties of Yuba and Sutter may establish...

CHAPTER 19 - Community Response Initiative to Strengthen Emergency Systems Act

Section 18999.90. - 18999.90. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited,...

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