Title WIC, California Welf. & Inst. Code

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Base year” means the fiscal year ending three years prior to the fiscal year for which the redirected amount is calculated. (b) “Blended CPI trend factor” means the blended percent change applicable for the fisca…

(a) For each fiscal year commencing with the 2013–14 fiscal year, the amount to be redirected in accordance with Section 17613.1 shall be determined for each county as set forth in this section. (1) The county’s revenues and other funds paid or payable for the fiscal year shall b…

(a) Beginning with the 2013–14 fiscal year, each county that has elected to participate in the County Savings Determination Process shall, within five months after the end of each fiscal year, be required to submit initial reports on both of the following: (1) All revenue data re…

(a) The Department of Rehabilitation shall establish a grant program to provide services to promote independent living to adults who are blind or have low vision, and who are not eligible to receive vocational rehabilitation services pursuant to the federal Rehabilitation Act of …

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, beginning in the 2012–13 fiscal year, except for funds deposited in the Mental Health Subaccount from the Support Services Growth Subaccount pursuant to Section 30027.9 of the Government Code and the funds described in subdivision (c), any funds…

The moneys in the Child Poverty and Family Supplemental Support Subaccount shall be allocated to the family support account in the local health and welfare trust fund in each county and city and county by the Controller pursuant to a schedule prepared by the Department of Finance…

(a) On or before the 27th day of the month, the Controller shall allocate to the family support account in the local health and welfare trust fund of each county and city and county the amounts deposited and remaining unexpended and unreserved on the 15th day of the month in the …

(a) (1) “Adult Residential Facility for Persons with Special Health Care Needs (ARFPSHN)” means any adult residential facility that provides 24-hour health care and intensive support services in a homelike setting that is licensed to serve up to five adults with developmental dis…

(a) The State Department of Developmental Services and the State Department of Social Services shall jointly implement a licensing program to provide special health care and intensive support services to adults, and a licensing program to provide special health care and intensive…

(a) A regional center may not pay a rate to an ARFPSHN or a GHCSHN for a consumer that exceeds the rate in the State Department of Developmental Services’ rate model for those homes unless the regional center demonstrates that a higher rate is necessary to protect a consumer’s he…

(a) The regional center may recommend for participation, to the State Department of Developmental Services, an applicant to provide services as part of an approved community placement plan pursuant to former Section 4418.25, as that section read on June 30, 2026, or an approved c…

The vendoring regional center shall, before placing a consumer into an ARFPSHN or a GHCSHN, ensure that the ARFPSHN or the GHCSHN has a license issued by the State Department of Social Services for not more than five adults, in the case of an ARFPSHN, or not more than five childr…

(a) Each ARFPSHN and each GHCSHN shall do all of the following: (1) Meet the minimum requirements for a Residential Facility Service Level 4-i pursuant to Sections 56004 and 56013 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations, and ensure that all of the following conditions a…

(a) A regional center shall not place, or fund the placement for, any consumer in an ARFPSHN or a GHCSHN unless the following requirements are met: (1) The individual health care plan team has prepared a written individual health care plan that can be fully and immediately implem…

(a) The individual health care plan shall include, at a minimum, all of the following: (1) An evaluation of the consumer’s current health. (2) A description of the consumer’s ability to perform the activities of daily living. (3) A list of all current prescription and nonprescrip…

(a) The State Department of Social Services, in administering the licensing program, shall not have any responsibility for evaluating consumers’ level of care or health care provided by an ARFPSHN or a GHCSHN. Any suspected deficiencies in a consumer’s level of care or health car…

(a) In addition to any other contract termination provisions, a regional center may terminate its contract with an ARFPSHN or a GHCSHN if the regional center determines that the ARFPSHN or the GHCSHN is unable to maintain substantial compliance with state laws, regulations, or it…

The State Department of Developmental Services shall only approve the development of ARFPSHNs or GHCSHNs that are directly associated with the identification of the need of regional center consumers residing in or at risk of placement in larger congregate settings. (Amended by St…

(a) The State Department of Developmental Services may adopt emergency regulations to implement this article. The adoption, amendment, repeal, or readoption of a regulation authorized by this section is deemed to be necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, he…

For a child or nonminor dependent who has been adjudged a dependent of the court pursuant to Section 300, a child who has not been adjudged a dependent of the court pursuant to Section 300 but who is in the custody of the county welfare department, or a child who has been adjudge…

(a) If a child requires a living arrangement in a GHCSHN, the regional center shall make every effort to secure placement, consistent with the individual program plan, in a GHCSHN that is reasonably close proximity to the home of the legal guardian. (b) (1) If a GHCSHN in reasona…

(a) “Enhanced behavioral supports home” means a facility certified by the State Department of Developmental Services and licensed by the State Department of Social Services pursuant to Section 1567.62 of the Health and Safety Code as an adult residential facility or a group home …

(a) The department shall use community placement plan and community resource development plan funds, as appropriated in the State Department of Developmental Services’ annual budget, to develop enhanced behavioral supports in homelike community settings. The enhanced behavioral s…

The vendoring regional center shall, before placing any consumer into an enhanced behavioral supports home, ensure that the home has a license issued by the State Department of Social Services for not more than four individuals with developmental disabilities, is certified by the…

The enhanced behavioral supports home provider shall be responsible for coordinating the development and updating of each consumer’s individual behavior supports plan with the consumer’s individual behavior supports team. The initial individual behavior supports plan shall be dev…

(a) The regional center shall have responsibility for monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the consumer’s individual behavior supports plan objectives. (b) A regional center qualified behavior modification professional shall visit, with or without notice, the consumer,…

(a) In addition to any other contract termination provisions, a regional center may terminate its contract with an enhanced behavioral supports home when the regional center determines that the home is unable to maintain substantial compliance with state laws, regulations, or its…

(a) A certification for an enhanced behavioral supports home shall not be issued before emergency regulations filed by the State Department of Developmental Services pursuant to this article have been published. These regulations shall be developed in consultation with stakeholde…

The department shall administer all migrant child care and development programs. In addition, the department shall support and encourage the state-level coordination of all agencies that offer services to migrant children and their families and state-level coordination of existin…

(a) For the purpose of this chapter, a “migrant agricultural worker family” means a family with at least one individual who has earned at least 40 percent of their total gross income from employment in fishing, agriculture, or agriculturally related work during the 12-month perio…

For the purpose of enrollment in migrant child care and development programs, the department shall ensure that the self certification of income shall be consistent with other child care and development programs under this part. (Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 459, Sec. 2. (SB 778) Eff…

The department shall develop appropriate migrant child care and development programs, quality indicators, including those prescribed in subdivisions (a) to (h), inclusive, and (k) to (m), inclusive, of Section 10208, and the following: (a) Social services. (1) Bilingual liaison b…

(a) Cost for migrant programs may exceed the standard reimbursement rate established by the department. In no case shall the reimbursement exceed the cost of the program. State-funded programs may be eligible for Chapter I federal funds to supplement state funding. These funds sh…

The department shall, within the limits of funds made available, provide welfare personnel training courses and services, including in-service training, educational leaves or stipends, traineeships, internships, and the expansion of fieldwork training facilities within county dep…

If, when, and during such times as the federal government allots money to this state for training grants for public social services personnel, pursuant to Title VII of the Federal Social Security Act, the State Department of Health Services with respect to health care services, a…

Employees of the State Department of Social Services or the State Department of Health Services who are engaged in the administration of public social services are authorized (1) to attend courses of training provided by institutions of higher learning, (2) to attend special cour…

The board of supervisors of any county may grant to any permanent employee of the county department a leave of absence with pay to attend an institution of learning for the purpose of improving his skill, knowledge and technique in the administration of social welfare programs wh…

Any officers and employees of the Department of Social Welfare performing a function on January 1, 1970, that is transferred to the State Personnel Board, shall, pursuant to Section 19370 of the Government Code, be transferred to the State Personnel Board. (Added by Stats. 1976, …

All regulations prior to January 1, 1970, adopted by the State Department of Social Welfare under Welfare and Institutions Code Section 10901 shall remain in effect and shall be enforceable by the State Personnel Board until amended, repealed, or otherwise superseded by regulatio…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) There are homeless minors living on the streets of major urban centers in this state without adequate food, shelter, health care, or financial support. (b) Many of these homeless youth in these urban centers come from o…

For purposes of this chapter, “office” means the Office of Criminal Justice Planning. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1445, Sec. 2.)

Each homeless youth project established under this chapter shall provide services which shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (a) Food and access to an overnight shelter. (b) Counseling to address immediate emotional crises or problems. (c) Outreach service…

(a) One homeless youth emergency service project shall be established in the County of Los Angeles and one shall be established in the City and County of San Francisco. One homeless youth emergency service project shall also be established in the County of San Diego and one shall…

For the purposes of this chapter: (a) “Department” means the State Department of Social Services. (b) “Foster youth” means a child or nonminor dependent who is a dependent or ward of the juvenile court or who is at imminent risk of entering foster care. (c) “Intensive services fo…

(a) The department, jointly with the State Department of Health Care Services, and with input from county child welfare departments, probation departments, tribes, impacted youth and families, youth advocates, service providers, community-based organizations, county behavioral he…

(a) The department, jointly with the State Department of Health Care Services, shall develop and administer a request for proposals process, and shall develop selection criteria, to determine which applicants shall be selected to participate in the pilot program. At a minimum, th…