Title WIC, California Welf. & Inst. Code

The state shall reimburse each county for the cost of care of any child placed under the custody of a county department pursuant to Section 8805 or 8918 of the Family Code. County claims for reimbursement of expenses incurred pursuant to Section 8805 or 8918 of the Family Code sh…

(a) (1) Funds appropriated for the purposes of this chapter shall be used for the development and implementation of county medically indigent care reporting systems which will provide data on all persons served and services provided pursuant to Section 17000. (2) Funds appropriat…

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a person, in order to be entitled to aid, shall be a resident of the state and of the county wherein application is made. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.)

The residence is the place where one remains when not called elsewhere for labor or other special or temporary purpose, and to which he returns in seasons of repose. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.)

The residence of an unmarried minor child is the residence of the parent or parents with whom a child maintains his or her place of abode or of the parent who has the legal custody of the minor. The residence of an orphan is that of the last deceased person who had his or her leg…

Neither the domicile nor residence of a spouse shall be deemed to be the domicile or residence of the other spouse, and each spouse shall establish his or her own domicile or residence dependent upon proof of the fact and not upon legal presumptions. (Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. …

A refugee who is eligible for, and is required to participate in, an alternative project implemented pursuant to Section 412(e)(7) of the federal Immigration and Nationality Act (Section 1522(e)(7) of Title 8 of the United States Code), shall not be eligible for benefits under th…

A person who is a resident of California within the meaning of this chapter is a lawful resident of the county wherein he applies for aid, if he has resided therein continuously for one year immediately preceding his application for assistance. If the applicant has no such reside…

The eligibility of an indigent or needy person to receive surplus food under any program supported or sponsored by the federal government shall not be limited by any provision in this chapter, nor shall any county, by ordinance or otherwise, limit the eligibility of such persons …

The board of supervisors may establish its own policies with reference to the amount of property, if any, a person shall be permitted to have while receiving assistance, to the end that, so far as it is possible, an applicant for public relief shall be required to apply his own p…

The policies established under Section 17107 shall not deny needed care in a county hospital or contract hospital, as defined in Section 14057.5 of this code, to any person who meets the eligibility requirements for medical assistance for the aged, and shall not require the appli…

As a condition to the grant or continuation of aid to an indigent, the board of supervisors may require, as security for the moneys so expended, that the applicant transfer or grant to it such property or interest in property as the applicant has, or such portion thereof or estat…

Whenever the respective boards of supervisors deem it best for the welfare of a family or in the public interest that an indigent remain in a county not responsible for his support, the county responsible for the support of the indigent may agree to support him in the county not …

An applicant or recipient shall be permitted to retain, without effect on his eligibility for aid or the amount of aid to which he is otherwise entitled, the tools of his trade necessary to continue or seek employment and an automobile of reasonable value needed to seek or mainta…

Unless otherwise specified in this part: (a) “Child with special health care needs” means a child, or a person who is 22 years of age or younger who is completing a publicly funded education program, who has a condition that can rapidly deteriorate resulting in permanent injury o…

In each county, except where county boards of public welfare or boards or officials with like powers are otherwise provided under a charter, the board of supervisors may constitute a county board of public welfare. (Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 64, Sec. 53. Effective June 30, 1993…

The board of supervisors making the appointments shall designate one member to serve for one year, two for two years, two for three years, and two for four years, and upon the resignation or expiration of the term of each, his successor shall in like manner be appointed for the t…

The members of the county board of public welfare shall serve without compensation, and no person shall be appointed or shall serve on such board who is in any manner officially connected with any charitable or correctional institution within the county and supported wholly or pa…

The clerk of the board of supervisors shall notify each person appointed to the county board of public welfare of his appointment. Within one week after receiving the notice, the persons so appointed shall appear before a judge of the superior court and qualify by taking an oath …

The board of supervisors shall appropriate and allow a sum, not exceeding fifty dollars ($50) each year, for the actual expenses of the county board of public welfare for stationery, blanks, postage stamps, traveling, and other necessary incidental expenses, presented and sworn t…

The county board of public welfare shall meet quarterly and as much oftener as it deems necessary. It may make such rules for the regulation of its own proceedings as it deems proper. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.)

Whenever the annual report of the board of public welfare to the board of supervisors shows that any member has been absent from two consecutive quarterly meetings, such member shall be deemed to have resigned from the board, and the board of supervisors shall thereupon fill the …

At least once each quarter and as much oftener as it deems necessary, the board of public welfare, as a body or by committee, shall visit and inspect the county hospital, the county infirmary or relief home for the aged, and the county jail. As often as it deems proper, or as it …

The board of public welfare may make suggestions for improving the administration to the persons in charge of such county institutions, and may report to the board of supervisors, or to any other official having jurisdiction, any facts which the board believes such officials shou…

On or before the first Monday in March, June, September, and December of each year, the county board of public welfare shall make a report in writing to the grand jury of the county, if there is any, and if there is none, the board shall file the report with the district attorney…

Whenever the county board of public welfare presents any report to the board of supervisors concerning an institution or function under the jurisdiction of any state department, it shall at the same time transmit a copy of such report to the state department having jurisdiction o…

The Vocational Rehabilitation Federal Fund in the State Treasury is hereby created. All grants of money received by this state from the United States, the expenditure of which is administered under the provisions of Sections 19011 to 19013, inclusive, shall, on order of the State…

The State Treasurer, as required by the federal act relating to vocational rehabilitation referred to in Section 19012 shall receive and provide for the proper custody of all funds apportioned to the state under that act. (Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1107.)

The State Treasurer shall also receive and provide for the proper custody of all money appropriated by this chapter (commencing with Section 19075), of all money that may be hereafter appropriated for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, and of all money th…

Money in the Vocational Rehabilitation Federal Fund shall be expended as provided by this chapter, as requisitioned by the department in carrying out the provisions of this code and the federal act relating to vocational rehabilitation. (Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1107.)

All money in the Vocational Rehabilitation Federal Fund is hereby appropriated to the department without regard to fiscal years, for expenditure for the purposes for which the money deposited therein is made available by the United States for expenditure by the state. (Added by S…

The State Controller may approve any general plan whereby: (a) Any expenditures which are a proper charge against money made available by the United States and deposited in the Vocational Rehabilitation Federal Fund may be paid in the first instance from any appropriation from th…

(a) Pursuant to federal law, there is a State Rehabilitation Council, that shall advise and assist the director in carrying out the vocational rehabilitation provisions of this division. (b) The membership of the council shall be appointed by the Governor and shall be composed of…

(a) Pursuant to federal law, there is a State Independent Living Council, that shall advise and assist the director in carrying out the independent living provisions of this division and federal law. (b) The membership of the council shall be appointed by the Governor and shall b…

(a) The functions of the State Rehabilitation Council and the State Independent Living Council and terms of appointment of the members thereof shall be governed by Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 701) of Title 29 of the United States Code. (b) Members of the councils describe…

(a) The term “vocational rehabilitation services” means the following services and goods: (1) An assessment for determining eligibility and vocational rehabilitation needs by qualified personnel, including if appropriate, an assessment by personnel skilled in rehabilitation techn…

(a) The term “individual with a disability” means any individual who: (1) Has a physical or mental impairment which constitutes or results in a substantial impediment to employment. (2) Can benefit in terms of an employment outcome from vocational rehabilitation services provided…

(a) “Community rehabilitation program” means a program which is operated for the primary purpose of providing directly or facilitating the provision of vocational rehabilitation services to persons with disabilities and which provides singly or in combination one or more of the f…

The term, “blind person” means either a person who has not more than 20/200 central visual acuity in the better eye after correction, or a person who has visual acuity greater than 20/200 but with a limitation in the fields of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual fi…

Establishment of a community rehabilitation program means the acquisition, expansion, remodeling, or alteration of existing buildings necessary to adapt them to community rehabilitation program purposes or to increase their effectiveness for such purposes (subject, however, to su…

There is hereby established an institution and branches, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, to be known as the California Rehabilitation Center. Branches may be established in existing institutions of the Department of Corrections and Reha…

The principal purpose of the California Rehabilitation Center shall be the receiving, control, confinement, employment, education, treatment and rehabilitation of persons under the custody of the Department of Corrections or any agency thereof who are addicted to the use of narco…

The Director of Corrections shall acquire, or construct, and equip, in accordance with law, suitable buildings, structures and facilities for the California Rehabilitation Center. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1226.)

(a) The Director of Corrections may prescribe and amend rules and regulations for the administration of the California Rehabilitation Center. These rules and regulations shall be promulgated and filed pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3…

A warden shall be appointed for the California Rehabilitation Center pursuant to Section 6050 of the Penal Code, and the Director of Corrections shall appoint, subject to civil service, such other officers and employees as may be necessary. (Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1420, Sec.…

The supervision, management and control of the California Rehabilitation Center and the responsibility for the care, custody, training, discipline, employment, and treatment of the persons confined in the center are vested in the Director of Corrections. Part 3 (commencing with S…