Title WIC, California Welf. & Inst. Code

The director shall, by regulation, establish standards for specialized out-of-home care. The department shall establish rate schedules which include separate rates for room and board, for the specialized care component and for personal and incidental needs. The director shall dev…

In the establishment of the rate schedules for out-of-home care, the director shall consider and reflect in the rate schedule annually, in addition to any other factors he deems to be relevant, the availability of such homes in the community, cost of living, appropriateness of th…

The director shall submit an annual report to the Legislature by March 1 of each year setting forth pertinent facts on the operation of the program established by this chapter and its significance in relation to the out-of-home care services of the Medi-Cal program. (Amended by S…

For a person living in a nonmedical out-of-home care facility the department may establish varying allowances for room, board and care, provided that the minimum allowance shall not be less than five hundred sixty-three dollars ($563) per month and the amount so established shall…

The department shall establish a range of amounts for the personal and incidental needs of recipients in out-of-home care under this chapter provided that the minimum amount for personal and incidental needs shall not be less than eighty-three dollars ($83) per month and that the…

The sum of the allowances established in Sections 13920 and 13921 shall not be less than five hundred ten dollars ($510) and shall be the sum for purposes of subdivision (g) of Section 12200. Should such sum result in individuals or members of couples becoming ineligible for cate…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The Continuum of Care Reform (CCR) was enacted to improve California’s child welfare system and its outcomes through, in part, the selection and use of comprehensive initial child assessments. (2) In 2018, the depar…

The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) (1) A coordinated, timely, and trauma-informed system of care is essential to meet the needs of children and nonminor dependents in foster care who have experienced trauma. (2) The use of standardized, validated functional ass…

(a) If there is a child eligible for Tier 2 of the Care and Supervision component of the Tiered Rate Structure, as described in subdivision (h) of Section 11461, living in a resource family home, no more than a total of three children in foster care may be placed in that resource…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) Social determinants of health, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), positive childhood experiences, and other supports are critical determinants of life outcomes for children. Research shows that ACEs can have lasting, ne…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to assess the impacts of the Tiered Rate Structure on children, nonminor dependents, families, placing agencies, and providers. This shall be done through the department providing updates on the ongoing implementation status of the Tiered R…

The intent of this chapter is to assist city and county health agencies to provide preventive health care through public health nursing services to the aged. (Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 211.)

(a) The State Department of Health Services may authorize the payment of state funds to defray in part the cost of projects or the continuation of projects under which the city or county health agency provides a program of scheduled visits by public health nurses to senior citize…

The California Commission on Aging shall render such technical assistance and advice as is required by the department in carrying out the provisions of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1058.)

(a) As used in this section, “department” means the State Department of State Hospitals. (b) The purpose of this chapter is to, subject to appropriation by the Legislature, promote the diversion of individuals with serious mental disorders as prescribed in Chapter 2.8A (commencin…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The State Department of Developmental Services estimates that about 120,000 direct support professionals and about 5,500 regional center service coordinators served approximately 370,000 consumers in fiscal year 2021–22…

Implementation of this chapter shall be subject to an appropriation by the Legislature for the purpose of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 49, Sec. 28. (SB 188) Effective June 30, 2022.)

(a) The department shall establish, and regional centers shall administer in coordination with service providers, a program to provide training stipends to direct support professionals. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to enhance the quality of services received by consume…

(a) The department shall establish, and regional centers shall administer, an entry-level training and internship program for individuals interested in becoming direct support professionals, subject to an appropriation by the Legislature. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature t…

(a) The department shall establish, and regional centers shall administer, a tuition reimbursement program for regional center employees who seek a degree or certification in a health or human services-related field. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to enhance regional cen…

(a) The department shall seek input from stakeholders throughout the implementation of this chapter. (b) Stakeholders may include, but are not limited to, any of the following: (1) Consumers and families across different geographic regions of the state and from diverse racial and…

(a) The department shall report to the Legislature at quarterly briefings for legislative staff about the progress on the programs described in this chapter. Reporting shall include summaries of the relevant data collected by service providers and regional centers. (b) The depart…

(a) Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), the department may implement, interpret, or make specific, the provisions of this chapter by …

For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Council” means the California Interagency Council on Homelessness, formerly known as the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council established pursuant to Section 8257. (b) “Core components of Housing First” means all of the following: (1) Ten…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), agencies and departments administering state programs created on or after July 1, 2017, shall collaborate with the council staff to adopt guidelines and regulations to incorporate core components of Housing First. (b) By July 1, 2019, ex…

(a) (1) There is in state government the California Interagency Council on Homelessness. (2) There is, within the California Interagency Council on Homelessness, the California Interagency Executive Council on Homelessness, which shall support the California Interagency Council o…

(a) The executive council shall leverage the programmatic and administrative expertise of relevant state departments and agencies. (b) The executive council may also designate and reimburse a state agency or department to administer programs and related functions as it considers …

(a) The California Interagency Council on Homelessness shall be administered by an executive officer of the California Interagency Council on Homelessness. (b) The executive council may delegate authority to the executive officer to act in the name of the executive council betwee…

The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code apply to the council, and the executive officer is the head of the California Interagency Council on Homelessness within the meaning of those provisions. The exec…

The executive officer may employ employees that the executive officer may need to discharge, in a proper manner, the duties imposed upon them by law. The executive officer shall prescribe their duties and fix their compensation in accordance with classifications made by the State…

For the purposes of this chapter, the California Interagency Council on Homelessness has all of the following powers: (a) To sue and be sued in its own name. (b) To have an official seal and to alter it at its pleasure. (c) To make and execute contracts and all other instruments …

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to obtain trustworthy information to connect funding allocated to prevent and end homelessness with established sheltering and housing resources and to provide state agencies with accurate information to allow for more accurate forecasting …

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of designing, collecting data for, and approving the assessment described in Section 8257.1, a state agency that has a member on the executive council shall, within 60 days of a request for data pertaining to that state agency, prov…

(a) The council shall coordinate with representatives from LGBTQ+ communities, including, but not limited to, housing providers, nonprofit organizations, advocates, and researchers, to do all of the following: (1) Identify recommended policies and best practices for providing inc…