Title WIC, California Welf. & Inst. Code

“Older adult wellness program” means the program established pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 9660). (Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 337, Sec. 36. (SB 1249) Effective January 1, 2025.)

There is in the California Department of Aging an older adult wellness program. (Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 337, Sec. 38. (SB 1249) Effective January 1, 2025.)

(a) The older adult wellness program shall have all of the following functions: (1) Focus on educating California’s older adults, as well as caregivers, families, and health care professions, about the importance of living a healthy lifestyle, including, but not limited to, nutri…

The department shall deliver, or provide for the delivery of, older adult wellness program information through a variety of means, including, but not limited to, the internet, radio, television, and newspaper advertising, brochures, posters, and newsletters. (Amended by Stats. 20…

This article shall be implemented only to the extent funds are made available for the purposes of this article in the annual Budget Act or another statute. (Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 689, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2002.)

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Program for Injury Prevention in the Home Environment. (Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 689, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2002.)

The Program for Injury Prevention in the Home Environment is hereby established. The department, through the Senior Housing and Information Support Center in the department, shall provide grants to eligible local level entities for injury prevention information and education prog…

The department may provide a program grant to an eligible local public agency or nonprofit organization for the services specified in Section 9678 and for the following services: (a) Provision of information and education regarding injury prevention to older adults and persons wi…

(a) The Program for Injury Prevention in the Home Environment shall include funding for injury prevention needs, including injury prevention equipment and activities as well as material and labor costs, for homeowners and renters meeting income requirements established pursuant t…

(a) The department, in consultation with groups, including, but not limited to, the State and Local Injury Control section of the State Department of Health Services, and other groups knowledgeable and experienced in senior and disabled injury prevention, such as research-based u…

(a) The director shall establish a methodology for awarding grants under this article, in consultation with groups described in subdivision (a) of Section 9679. The director shall consult with these groups to develop criteria for the award of grants and the identification of spec…

(a) Funding of projects pursuant to this article shall be subject to the appropriation of funds by the Legislature in the Budget Act or another statute. (b) Appropriations made pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be expended to fund grants to eligible local public agencies or nonpr…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Ageism is the systematic stereotyping of, and discrimination against, persons based on age. (2) Ageism is manifested, at both the individual and institutional levels, in a range of ways, from the perpetuation of ste…

(a) The Legislature requests that the California Department of Aging partner with the Industry Coalition on Age Equity in Media, which is a joint coalition of the California Commission on Aging, Women in Film, and the Employment Development Department, to work with the entertainm…