Title WIC, California Welf. & Inst. Code

Unless specifically exempted by the Legislature, the administrative cost for all state-funded child care and development and preschool programs and all federal programs administered by the state shall not exceed 15 percent of the funds provided for those programs. Eighty-five per…

(a) The department shall establish regulations for the allocation of capital outlay funds provided pursuant to Section 10303 to Section 10304.5, inclusive, to benefit children most needing child care and development or preschool programs. The first priority for all capital outlay…

The department shall establish a revolving loan fund to provide loans to child care and development or preschool contracting agencies for capital outlay not to exceed 2 percent or two thousand dollars ($2,000), whichever is greater, of the agency’s contract amount. These loans sh…

(a) Repayments on loans made pursuant to Section 10303 shall commence within one year after allocation of the loan to the contracting agency. In lieu of payments by the contracting agency, the department shall annually reduce the agency’s contract amount for child care or prescho…

The state shall hold a security interest in all renovations and repairs funded pursuant to Section 10303. (Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 116, Sec. 260. (AB 131) Effective July 23, 2021.)

(a) For purposes of this section “department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development. (b) Subject to appropriation in the annual Budget Act, the Child Care and Development Facilities Loan Guaranty Fund and the Child Care and Development Facilities Direct Loan F…

(a) For purposes of this section “department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development. (b) The department shall administer the Child Care and Development Facilities Loan Guaranty Fund and the Child Care and Development Facilities Direct Loan Fund. The department…

The Child Care and Development Facilities Loan Guaranty Fund, the Child Care and Development Facilities Direct Loan Fund, and the Child Care Loan Guaranty Fund Account in the Small Business Expansion Fund are abolished. All moneys remaining in the Child Care and Development Facil…

(a) As used in this section: (1) “Board” means the State Allocation Board. (2) “Lessee” means a child care and development or preschool contracting agency to whom the board has leased a relocatable facility pursuant to this section. (b) The board, with the advice of the departmen…

(a) In the event that a school district elects to discontinue its contract for child development or preschool services, the facilities owned by the school district and constructed through the provisions of the local tax override for child development or preschool purposes shall b…

(a) (1) The Child Care Facilities Revolving Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury to provide funding for loans for the renovation, repair, or improvement of an existing building to make the building suitable for licensure for child care and development or preschool ser…

Each county shall, as a minimum, maintain the level of expenditure for child development services provided by the county during the 1970–71 fiscal year. These funds shall be used exclusively for child development and preschool programs and shall be considered unrestricted funds u…

(a) The Legislature recognizes that child care and preschool programs have made valuable contributions towards ensuring that public assistance recipients will be able to accept and maintain employment or employment-related training. Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature …

The department shall publish the methodology and data used, including county-specific data if such data is used, for the allocation of all child care funds. The department shall make available to the public within 90 days of an allocation, the accounting information for the alloc…

(a) The department shall disburse augmentations to the base allocation for the expansion of child care and development programs to promote equal access to child development services across the state. (b) The department shall use the formula developed pursuant to subdivision (c) a…

The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) There is a serious shortage of quality child day care and preschool facilities throughout the state. (b) It is in the interest of the state’s children and families, and the state’s economic growth, to encourage the expansion o…

(a) The department shall contract with a nonprofit organization to serve as a financial intermediary. The nonprofit organization shall have staff who have expertise in financing and capital expansion, are knowledgeable about the child care and preschool field, and have the abilit…

(a) The Legislature recognizes the importance of providing quality child care and preschool services. It is, therefore, the intent of the Legislature to assist counties in improving the retention of qualified child care and preschool employees who work directly with children who …

(a) (1) Subject to subdivision (f), the department is authorized to transfer funding, including funds that are not allocated to contracts or otherwise fully expended, across and within alternative payment programs described in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 10225) of this par…

(a) The definitions contained in Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 15600) shall govern the construction of this chapter. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), and for the purposes of investigating or providing services under an adult protective services program pursuant to this …

Each county welfare department shall establish and support a system of protective services to elderly and dependent adults who may be subjected to neglect, abuse, or exploitation, or who are unable to protect their own interest. This system shall be known as the county adult prot…

Each county shall establish and maintain a specialized entity within the county welfare department which shall have lead responsibility for the operation of the adult protective services program. (Added by renumbering Section 15751 by Stats. 2002, Ch. 54, Sec. 20. Effective Janua…

The department shall, to the extent funding for this purpose remains with the department, establish one full-time position that reports to the director to assist counties with the following functions in their operation of the adult protective services system: (a) Facilitating the…

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law governing the disclosure of information and records, persons who are trained and qualified to serve on multidisciplinary personnel teams may disclose to one another information and records which are relevant to the prevention, identificati…

A law enforcement agency may seek a search warrant from a magistrate pursuant to the procedures set forth in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 1523) of Title 12 of Part 2 of the Penal Code to enable a peace officer to have access to, and to inspect, premises if a county welfare …

Adult protective services shall include investigations, needs assessments, remedial and preventive social work activities; the necessary tangible resources such as food, transportation, emergency shelter, and in-home protective care; the use of multidisciplinary teams; and a syst…

When an allegation of abuse of an elder or dependent adult is reported to a county designated adult protective service agency and an agency social worker has reason to believe an elder or dependent adult has suffered or is at substantial risk of abuse pursuant to Section 15630, t…

(a) Each county shall establish an emergency response adult protective services program that shall provide in-person response, 24 hours per day, seven days per week, to reports of abuse of an elder or a dependent adult, for the purpose of providing immediate intake or interventio…

Notwithstanding Section 10101.1, a county shall have no share of any nonfederal expenditures above the required expenditures for this program in the 1996–97 fiscal year, provided that the county has maintained the level of county matching funds it provided for this program in the…

This chapter shall become operative on May 1, 1999. Commencing with the 1999–2000 fiscal year, Sections 15760 to 15764, inclusive, shall be implemented only to the extent funds are provided in the annual Budget Act. (Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 54, Sec. 28. Effective January 1, 2…

The investigation of allegations of elder and dependent adult abuse pursuant to this chapter, and the case management of elder and dependent adult abuse cases shall be performed by county merit systems civil service employees. A county adult protective service agency may utilize …

(a) The department, in consultation with representatives from the County Welfare Directors Association of California, the California Elder Justice Coalition, and other relevant stakeholders, shall convene a workgroup to develop recommendations to create or establish a statewide a…

(a) The department shall select and award grants to private nonprofit or public entities for the purpose of establishing a statewide multipurpose adult protective services workforce development and training program in accordance with this section. (b) The purpose of the workforce…

(a) The Legislature reaffirms its intent that habilitation services for adults with developmental disabilities should be planned and provided as a part of a continuum and that habilitation services should be available to enable persons with developmental disabilities to approxima…

Notwithstanding Section 19050.9 of the Government Code, beginning July 1, 2004, the State Department of Developmental Services shall succeed to all functions and responsibilities of the Department of Rehabilitation with respect to the administration of the Habilitation Services P…

(a) Except as otherwise specifically provided, this chapter shall only apply to those habilitation services purchased by the regional centers. (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to abridge the rights stated in Section 4502. (Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 226, Sec. 2. Effe…

The definitions contained in this chapter shall govern the construction of this chapter, with respect to habilitation services provided through the regional center, and unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Habilitation…

A consumer shall be referred to a provider of habilitation services under this chapter when all of the following apply: (a) The individual is an adult who has been diagnosed as having a developmental disability. (b) The individual is determined to be in need of and has chosen hab…

(a) When a referral for habilitation services pursuant to Section 4852 has been made and if the individual is placed in a work activity program, he or she shall be deemed presumptively eligible for a period not to exceed 90 days. (b) During the period of presumptive eligibility, …

In developing the individual habilitation service plan pursuant to Section 4853, the habilitation service provider shall develop specific and measurable objectives to determine whether the consumer demonstrates ability to reach or maintain individual employment goals in all of th…

The individual program plan planning team, shall, pursuant to Section 4646, meet, when it is necessary to review any of the following: (a) The appropriateness of job placement. (b) The appropriateness of the services available at the Work Activity Program or Supported Employment …

When an individual who is eligible for habilitation services under this chapter is referred to the Department of Rehabilitation for vocational rehabilitation services, including supported employment services, and is placed on a Department of Rehabilitation waiting list for vocati…

(a) The regional center shall monitor, evaluate, and audit habilitation services providers for program effectiveness, using performance criteria that include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (1) Service quality. (2) Protections for individuals receiving services. (3…

The regional center shall purchase habilitation services pursuant to the individual program plan. Habilitation services shall continue as long as satisfactory progress is being made toward achieving the objectives of the individual habilitation service plan or as long as these se…

Regional centers may purchase habilitation services only from providers who are vendored as described in Section 4861 and regulations promulgated pursuant to that section. Habilitation services providers who, on July 1, 2004, are providing services to consumers shall be deemed to…

(a) Each work activity program vendor shall, at a minimum, annually review the status of consumers participating in their program to determine whether these individuals would benefit from vocational rehabilitation services, including supported employment. (b) If it is determined …