Title WIC, California Welf. & Inst. Code

Public social services as defined in Section 10051 also includes the supplemental food program provided in this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1195.)

The director shall administer the provisions of this chapter and shall adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. (Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)

The county welfare department shall carry out the local administrative responsibilities of this chapter, subject to the supervision of the department and to rules and regulations adopted by the department. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1195.)

Application for supplemental food shall be made to the county welfare agency who shall determine program eligibility. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1195.)

The county welfare department shall contract with the local health department to determine the need of eligible persons for the nutrients in supplemental food and the local health department shall issue prescriptions for such food in specified amounts and varieties judged necessa…

The California State Education Agency for Surplus Property shall procure, store, handle, and dispose of supplemental food under rules and regulations of the department established pursuant to this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1195.)

The department shall pay the nonfederal share of the administration of program pursuant to this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1195.)

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the effectiveness of child care and development programs can be increased through improved state administration, technical assistance to provider agencies, and monitoring. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature: (1) That the department…

The department shall do all of the following: (a) Establish a toll-free number for programs which receive funds from the state department pursuant to this chapter and which are in need of technical assistance to the extent that funds are made available for the purposes of this su…

The department shall do all of the following in administering the provisions of this chapter: (a) Apply sanctions against contracting agencies that have serious licensing violations, as defined and reported by the department pursuant to Section 1597.11 of the Health and Safety Co…

(a) No person employed by the department in a policymaking position in the area of child care and development programs shall serve as a member of the board of directors, advisory council, or advisory committee for any agency receiving funds pursuant to this chapter. The provision…

The department shall develop and coordinate resources, provide technical assistance, monitor program implementation, generate maximum federal reimbursement wherever possible for the federally eligible children, and facilitate alternative funding for those children for whom federa…

(a) The department shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to this chapter. The rules and regulations shall include, but not be limited to, provisions that do all of the following: (1) Provide clear guidelines for the selection of agencies when child development contracts are …

(a) The director may require a contracting agency that employs a person who holds an assistant teacher permit pursuant to Section 8301.1 to provide the department with data that includes the number of employees in its program who hold an assistant teacher permit pursuant to Secti…

For purposes of meeting state and federal reporting requirements and for the effective administration of child care and development programs, the department is authorized to require the collection and submission of social security numbers of heads of households, and other informa…

Notwithstanding Section 14616 of the Government Code, the department may enter into and execute local contractual agreements with any public or private entity or agency for the delivery of child care and development services or the furnishing of property, facilities, personnel, s…

Contractors operating or providing services pursuant to this chapter may do both of the following: (a) (1) Maintain records electronically, in compliance with state and federal standards, as determined by the department. A conversion from a paper record to an electronic format, a…

Contractors operating or providing services pursuant to this chapter may use digital forms to allow families to apply for services, if those forms comply with state and federal standards. (Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 116, Sec. 260. (AB 131) Effective July 23, 2021.)

On and after the date on which the department determines that the Financial Information System for California (Fi$Cal Project) has been implemented within the department, at the request of a contractor, for a contract executed by the department pursuant to Section 10268.5, the de…

(a) In contract transfer situations in programs funded pursuant to this chapter, the department may grant a certificate of operation to child care and development facilities pursuant to this section. (b) For purposes of maintaining continuity of services to children and receipt o…

(a) (1) The department shall adopt rules and regulations on eligibility, enrollment, and priority of services needed to implement this part. In order to be eligible for federal and state subsidized child development services, families shall meet at least one requirement in each o…

(a) For purposes of establishing initial income eligibility for services under this chapter, “income eligible” means that a family’s adjusted monthly income is at or below 85 percent of the state median income, adjusted for family size, as specified in subdivision (c). (b) For pu…

(a) To calculate a family’s adjusted monthly income for purposes of determining income eligibility or calculating a family fee, the calculation shall be done by the use of an income calculation worksheet, and in accordance with subdivisions (b) and (c). (b) When a family’s income…

(a) For purposes of establishing eligibility for services under this part, “a member of the household who is certified to receive benefits from Medi-Cal, CalFresh, the California Food Assistance Program, the California Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, an…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, effective July 1, 2011, the department shall reduce the maximum reimbursable amounts of the contracts for the Preschool Education Program, the General Child Care Program, the Migrant Day Care Program, the Alternative Payment Program, the CalWORK…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, and in addition to any reductions applied pursuant to Section 10272, effective July 1, 2012, the department shall reduce the maximum reimbursable amounts of the contracts for the General Child Care Program, the Migrant Day Care Program, the Alte…

(a) The preferred placement for children who are 11 or 12 years of age and who are otherwise eligible for subsidized child care and development services shall be in a before or after school program. (b) Children who are 11 or 12 years of age shall be eligible for subsidized child…

By July 1, 1981, and annually thereafter, the State Department of Health Care Services shall provide a mechanism for the delivery of health screening and followup services for children enrolled in child care and development programs for whom there are no appropriate health servic…

The department may waive or modify child development requirements in order to enable child development programs to serve combinations of eligible children in areas of low population. The child development programs for which the department may grant waivers shall include, but need…

The department may provide outreach services and technical assistance to new child care contracting agencies and to those providing child care during nontraditional times, in underserved geographic areas, and for children with special child care needs, including infants and toddl…

(a) The department shall establish rules and regulations for the staffing of all center-based child care and development programs under contract with the department. (1) Priority shall be given by the department to the employment of persons in child development programs with ethn…

Until the department promulgates regulations for center-based programs establishing staffing ratios, the following staffing ratios shall apply: (a) Infants, 0 to 2 years old—1:3 adult-child ratio, 1:18 teacher-child ratio. (b) Infants and toddlers, 0 to 2 years old—1:4 adult-chil…

(a) A child care and development program funded pursuant to the federal Child Care and Development Fund, as defined in Section 98.2 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations, shall provide notice to a childcare provider of a change in reimbursement amounts for childcare serv…

(a) On or before March 1, 2024, each county and contractor that reimburses childcare providers for the provision of state-funded subsidized childcare and development services shall develop, implement, and publish a plan for timely payment to childcare providers. The plan shall in…

(a) Funding shall be allocated to the State Department of Social Services from funds in Schedule (3) of Item 5180-101-0001 of the Budget Act of 2023 and the Budget Act of 2025 and to the State Department of Education from funds specified in Schedule (1) of Item 6100-194-0001 and …

(a) Funding shall be allocated to the State Department of Social Services from funds in Schedule (3) of Item 5180-101-0001 of the Budget Act of 2023 and the Budget Act of 2025 and to the State Department of Education from funds specified in Schedule (1) of Item 6100-194-0001 and …

(a) (1) To support family childcare providers, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 10421, and encourage their participation in training, forty million dollars ($40,000,000) was previously appropriated for the establishment of the Joint Child Care Providers United - State of …

(a) (1) One hundred million one hundred thousand dollars ($100,100,000) was previously appropriated for the establishment and administration of the Child Care Providers United - California (CCPU) Workers Health Care Fund pursuant to Schedule 3 of Item 5180-101-0001 of the Budget …

(a) One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) was previously appropriated from the General Fund to the State Department of Social Services in the 2023−24 fiscal year for a one-time contribution payable to Child Care Provider United – California (CCPU), or its designee, for the esta…

(a) Funding shall be allocated from funds appropriated to the State Department of Social Services in Schedule (3) of Item 5180-101-0001 of the Budget Act of 2026, if consistent with that item, to provide a once-per-month, per-child-served cost of care plus rate for providers serv…

(a) Each city, county, or city and county, that operates a jail, shall report twice each month to the department the name, known aliases, birth date, social security number, and expected released date, if known, of any person whose period of incarceration in jail has exceeded 30 …

Finding that hunger, undernutrition, and malnutrition are present and continuing problems faced by low-income California households, and further finding that the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Chapter 51 (commencing with Section 2011), Title 7, United States C…

(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 stakeholders to develop the new name, as provided in subdivision (b). The new name shall reflect one or more of the followi…

(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 United States Code) as administered in California shall be CalFresh. (b) Any reference in any other law to the Food Stamp p…

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, 2023, the department shall develop a CalFresh user-centered simplified paper application that minimizes the burdens of t…

(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 required client signature by telephone. (2) To fulfill the requirements of paragraph (1), counties may implement any meth…