Title XXX, Social Welfare

A contract established between the department and a lead agency must be funded by a grant of general revenue, other applicable state funds, or applicable federal funding sources.(1) The method of payment for a fixed-price contract with a lead agency must provide for a 2-month adv…

(1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Core services funding” means all funds allocated to lead agencies. The term does not include any of the following:1. Funds appropriated for independent living services.2. Funds appropriated for maintenance adoption subsidies.3. Funds all…

(1) The procurement of commodities or contractual services by lead agencies is governed by the financial guidelines developed by the department and must comply with applicable state and federal law and follow good business practices. Pursuant to s. 11.45, the Auditor General may …

(1) FINDINGS.—(a) The Legislature finds that the state has traditionally provided foster care services to children who are the responsibility of the state. As such, foster children have not had the right to recover for injuries beyond the limitations specified in s. 768.28. The L…

(1) The Department of Children and Families may petition a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a receiver for a community-based care lead agency established pursuant to s. 409.987 if any of the following conditions exist:(a) The lead agency is operating without…

The department shall contract for the delivery, administration, or management of care for children in the child protection and child welfare system. In doing so, the department retains responsibility for the quality of contracted services and programs and shall ensure that, at a …

(1) The department, the community-based care lead agencies, and the lead agencies’ subcontractors share the responsibility for achieving the outcome goals specified in s. 409.986(2).(2) The purpose of the results-oriented accountability program is to monitor and measure the use o…

It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage the provision of care for disabled adults in family-type living arrangements in private homes as an alternative to institutional or nursing home care for such persons. The provisions of ss. 410.031-410.036 are intended to be supple…

As used in ss. 410.031-410.036:(1) “Department” means the Department of Children and Families.(2) “Disabled adult” means any person at least 18 years of age, but under 60 years of age, who is not eligible for vocational rehabilitation services and who has one or more permanent ph…

The department shall by rule establish minimum standards and procedures for the provision of home care for disabled adults, and for the approval of persons wishing to provide such care. Priority shall be given to provision of care to disabled adults who are not eligible for compa…

In accordance with s. 429.02, a person caring for an adult who is related to such person by blood or marriage is not subject to the Assisted Living Facilities Act. If, however, the person who plans to provide home care under this act is found by the department to be unable to pro…

The department shall develop a schedule of subsidy payments to be made to persons providing home care for certain eligible disabled adults. Payments shall be based on the financial status of the person receiving care. Payments shall include, but not be limited to:(1) A support an…

Criteria for determining eligibility for this program shall be the same as criteria used to determine eligibility for assistance under Title XVI of the Social Security Act, as the same exists on July 1, 1977, or shall be the same as financial criteria used to determine eligibilit…

Information about disabled adults who receive services under ss. 410.031-410.036 which is received through files, reports, inspection, or otherwise, by the department or by authorized departmental employees, by persons who volunteer services, or by persons who provide services to…

The Department of Elderly Affairs shall provide services related to housing and living arrangements which meet the special needs of the elderly. Such services shall include, but not be limited to:(1) Providing counseling concerning housing problems and alternate living arrangemen…

(1) PURPOSE.—The necessity for ongoing information on housing and living arrangements needed by the elderly mandates that there should be a central effort to produce data on the subject and, based on the data collected, to develop plans for meeting such current and future needs i…

Sections 410.601-410.606 may be cited as “The Community Care for Disabled Adults Act.”History.—s. 5, ch. 88-350.

The purpose of ss. 410.601-410.606 is to assist disabled adults to live dignified and reasonably independent lives in their own homes or in the homes of relatives or friends. The Legislature intends through ss. 410.601-410.606 to provide for the development, expansion, and coordi…

As used in ss. 410.601-410.606:(1) “Department” means the Department of Children and Families.(2) “Disabled adult” means any person at least 18 years of age, but under 60 years of age, who has one or more permanent physical or mental limitations which restrict his or her ability …

(1) In each district, the department shall operate or contract for a community care for disabled adults program which shall have as its primary purpose the prevention of unnecessary institutionalization of disabled adults through the provisions of community-based services.(2) Any…

Information about disabled adults who receive services under ss. 410.601-410.606 which is received through files, reports, inspections, or otherwise, by the department or by authorized departmental employees, by persons who volunteer services, or by persons who provide services t…

The department shall adopt rules to implement ss. 410.601-410.606. The rules shall define each community service, establish minimum standards for the delivery of services, establish a fee schedule, and make other provisions necessary to implement ss. 410.601-410.606.History.—s. 1…

This chapter may be cited as the “Florida Prevention, Early Assistance, and Early Childhood Act.”History.—s. 1, ch. 89-379.

As used in this chapter, the term:(1) “Assistance services” means those assessments, individualized therapies, and other medical, educational, and social services designed to enhance the environment for the high-risk or handicapped preschool child, in order to achieve optimum gro…

The Department of Education and the Department of Health shall utilize the continuum of prevention and early assistance services for high-risk pregnant women and for high-risk and handicapped children and their families, as outlined in this section, as a basis for the intraagency…

(1) Every hospital, birthing facility, and provider of home birth which has maternity and newborn services shall provide to the parents of a newborn, before they take their newborn home from the hospital or birthing facility, written information with an explanation concerning the…

The Legislature finds and declares that 50 percent of handicapping conditions in young children can be prevented, and such conditions which are not prevented can be minimized by focusing prevention efforts on high-risk pregnant women and on high-risk and handicapped preschool chi…

(1) The Department of Children and Families, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall establish a minimum set of procedures for each preschool child who receives preventive health care with state funds. Preventive health care services shall meet the minimum standar…

The Legislature establishes a family support planning process to be used by the Department of Children and Families as the service planning process for targeted individuals, children, and families under its purview.(1) The Department of Education shall take all appropriate and ne…

The Learning Gateway system consists of the following components:(1) COMMUNITY EDUCATION STRATEGIES AND FAMILY-ORIENTED ACCESS.—(a) Each local demonstration project shall establish the system access point, or gateway, by which parents can receive information about available appro…

(1) The steering committee shall provide information to the School Readiness Estimating Conference and the Enrollment Conference for Public Schools regarding estimates of the population of children from birth through age 9 who are at risk of learning problems and learning disabil…

This part may be cited as the “Florida Education Now and Babies Later (ENABL) Act.”History.—s. 2, ch. 95-321.

The Legislature finds and declares that childhood pregnancies continue to be a serious problem in the state. Therefore, the Legislature intends to establish, through a public-private partnership, a program to encourage children to abstain from sexual activity.History.—s. 2, ch. 9…

Subject to the availability of funds, the Department of Health shall create a Teen Pregnancy Prevention Community Initiative. The purpose of this initiative is to create collaborative community partnerships to reduce teen pregnancy. Participating communities shall examine their n…

(1) POLICY.—It is the policy of the Legislature that all programs, projects, and activities of the division are to be carried out in a manner consistent with the following principles:(a) Respect for individual dignity, personal responsibility, self-determination to live independe…

(1) As used in this section, the term “direct-support organization” means a not-for-profit corporation incorporated under chapter 617 and organized and operated to conduct programs and activities; initiate developmental projects; raise funds; request and receive grants, gifts, an…

(1) An individual, a business, a nonprofit, or other entity offering fee-based services to individuals who are blind or visually impaired shall, before entering into a contract or accepting payment, disclose in writing whether equivalent or substantially similar services may be a…

The State Board of Administration may invest and reinvest the portfolio of stocks, bonds, and mutual funds held by the Division of Blind Services in accordance with the trust agreement approved by the Division of Blind Services and the State Board of Administration and the provis…

(1) All records furnished to the Division of Blind Services in connection with state or local vocational rehabilitation programs and containing information as to personal facts about applicants or clients given or made available to the state or local vocational rehabilitation age…

The Division of Blind Services may authorize the destruction of any correspondence, documents, or other records when the subject matter involved has been closed or terminated and their preservation is not required by federal or state law, rule, or regulation. No such material sha…

The Division of Blind Services shall enter into cooperative agreements with community rehabilitation programs as defined by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, to be the service providers for the blind citizens of their communities. The division shall, as rapidly as feasi…

A participant in an adult or youth work experience activity administered under this part shall be deemed an employee of the state for purposes of workers’ compensation coverage.History.—s. 1, ch. 2018-72.

(1) When appearing in the Florida Statutes “blind person” shall mean an individual having central visual acuity 20/200 or less in the better eye with correcting glasses, or a disqualifying field defect in which the peripheral field has contracted to such an extent that the widest…

(1) DEFINITIONS.—When used in this section:(a) “Accredited nonprofit workshop” means a Florida workshop which has been certified by either the Division of Blind Services, for workshops concerned with blind persons, or the Department of Children and Families, when other handicappe…

The purpose of this act is to further the policy of the state to encourage and assist blind and other severely handicapped individuals to achieve maximum personal independence through useful, productive, and gainful employment by assuring an expanded and constant market for their…

As used in ss. 413.032-413.037:(1) “Blind” means an individual having central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with correcting glasses or a disqualifying field defect in which the peripheral field has contracted to such an extent that the widest diameter or visua…