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2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 12.86 - Children s Services Program Development › Section 18987.6.

18987.6. It is the intent of the Legislature to do all of the following:
(a) Permit all counties to provide children with service alternatives to group home care through the development of expanded family-based services programs and to expand the capacity of group homes to provide services appropriate to the changing needs of children in their care.
(b) Encourage collaboration among persons and entities including, but not limited to, parents, county welfare departments, county mental health departments, county probation departments, county health departments, special education local planning agencies, school districts, and private service providers for the purpose of planning and providing individualized services for children and their birth or substitute families.
(c) Ensure local community participation in the development of innovative delivery of services by county placing agencies and service providers and the use of the service resources and expertise of nonprofit providers to develop family-based and community-based service alternatives.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 311, Sec. 71. Effective August 19, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 12.86 - Children s Services Program Development › Section 18987.61.

18987.61. (a) Each county may enter into performance agreements with private nonprofit agencies to encourage innovation in the delivery of children’s services, to develop services not available in the community, and to promote change in the child welfare services system.
(b) In developing the agreements, counties and service providers shall pursue services that enhance the ability of children to remain in the least restrictive, most family-like setting possible and promote services that address the needs and strengths of individual children and their families.
(c) Programs developed pursuant to this section shall operate within the county, or in another county with the approval of that county.
(d) If the director issues a waiver pursuant to Section 18987.62, the agreements pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be for a period of up to three years, but may be renewed or extended consistent with any extension of the waiver granted by the State Department of Social Services pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 18987.62.
(e) For waivers entered into before January 1, 2010, a county shall provide a report to the director due six months prior to the end of the original agreement period to report on the details of the agreement, the results achieved during its operation, and the applicability of the approach to a wider population. The director shall make these reports available to the Legislature upon request.
(f) Commencing January 1, 2010, in order to comply with the reporting requirement set forth in subdivision (e), the county or private nonprofit agency shall fund an independent evaluation of the waiver, with a report of the results due to the department six months prior to the end of the waiver period of three years. The evaluation and report shall include, but need not be limited to, the details of the agreement, the results achieved during its operation, and the applicability of the approach to a wider population. The department, the county, and the private nonprofit agency shall agree with the design and parameters of the independent evaluation prior to the approval of the waiver.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 445, Sec. 1. (AB 488) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 12.87 - Reform of Residentially Based Services for Children and Youth › Section 18987.7.

18987.7. (a) The State Department of Social Services shall convene a workgroup of public and private nonprofit stakeholders that shall develop a plan for transforming the current system of group care for foster children or youth, and for children with serious emotional disorders (SED), into a system of residentially based services. The stakeholders may include, but not be limited to, representatives of the department, the State Department of Education, the State Department of Health Care Services, and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; county child welfare, probation, mental health, and alcohol and drug programs; local education authorities; current and former foster youth, parents of foster children or youth, and children or youth with SED; private nonprofit agencies operating group homes; children’s advocates; and other interested parties.
(b) The plan developed pursuant to this chapter shall utilize the reports delivered to the Legislature pursuant to Section 75 of Chapter 311 of the Statutes of 1998 by the Steering Committee for the Reexamination of the Role of Group Care in a Family-Based System of Care in June 2001 and August 2002, and the “Framework for a New System for Residentially-Based Services in California” published in March 2006.
(c) In the development, implementation, and subsequent revisions of the plan developed pursuant to subdivision (a), the knowledge and experience gained by counties and private nonprofit agencies through the operation of their residentially based services programs created under voluntary agreements made pursuant to Section 18987.72, including, but not limited to, the results of evaluations prepared pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 18987.72 shall be utilized.
(d) The workgroup described in subdivision (a) shall be the workgroup described in Section 11461.2. The responsibilities described in subdivisions (b) and (c) shall be assumed by the workgroup and the recommendations shall be submitted as set forth in subdivision (f) of Section 11461.2.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 22, Sec. 108. (AB 75) Effective June 27, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 110 of Ch. 22.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 12.87 - Reform of Residentially Based Services for Children and Youth › Section 18987.71.

18987.71. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) (1) “Residentially based services” means behavioral or therapeutic interventions delivered in nondetention group care settings in which multiple children or youth live in the same housing unit and receive care and supervision from paid staff. Residentially based services are most effectively used as intensive, short-term interventions when children have unmet needs that create conditions that render them or those around them unsafe, or that prevent the effective delivery of needed services and supports provided in the children’s own homes or in other family settings, such as with a relative, guardian, foster family, or adoptive family.
(2) “Residentially based services” shall include the following interventions and services:
(A) Environmental interventions that establish a safe, stable, and structured living situation in which children or youth can receive the comfort, attention, structure, and guidance needed to help them reduce the intensity of conditions that led to their placement in the program, so that their caregivers can identify and address the factors creating those conditions.
(B) Intensive treatment interventions that facilitate the rapid movement of children or youth toward connection or reconnection with appropriate and natural home, school, and community ecologies, by helping them and their families find ways to mitigate the conditions that led to their placement in the program with positive and productive alternatives.
(C) Parallel, predischarge, community-based interventions that help family members and other people in the social ecologies that children and youth will be joining or rejoining, to prepare for connection or reconnection. These preparations should be initiated upon placement and proceed apace with the environmental interventions being provided within the residential setting.
(D) Followup postdischarge support and services, consistent with the child’s case plan, provided as needed after children or youth have exited the residential component and returned to their own family or to another family living situation, in order to ensure the stability and success of the connection or reconnection with home, school, and community.
(b) “County” means a county that enters into a voluntary agreement with a private nonprofit agency to test alternative program designs and funding models pursuant to this chapter, and may include a consortia or consortium of counties.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 466, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 12.9 - Regulatory Flexibility for Adult Social Services › Section 18988.

18988. (a) In order to ensure maximum flexibility in providing adult social services programs administered by the State Department of Social Services, including, but not limited to, In-Home Supportive Services and adult protective services, and that are impacted by the realignment of state and county services by the act that added this chapter, a county may submit to the Director of Social Services a request to waive existing state regulations which hinder the coordination and provision of services.
(b) Any county may appeal any negative decision regarding a requested waiver of state regulations submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) that is made by the Director of Social Services to the Secretary of California Health and Human Services.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 227, Sec. 100. (AB 1400) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 12.9 - Regulatory Flexibility for Adult Social Services › Section 18988.05.

18988.05. Any request under this chapter shall contain, at a minimum, all of the following:
(a) The regulation or regulations for which the county requests a waiver.
(b) A statement as to why the identified regulation or regulations should be waived.
(c) A statement as to why the identified regulation or regulations inhibit the efficient administration of the program.
(d) A comparison of the following:
(1) The services and the number of persons to be served under the requested waiver.
(2) The services and the number of persons to be served without the requested waiver.
(e) Projected costs or savings due to the requested waiver.
(f) Any impact on state and federal funding.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 91, Sec. 37. Effective June 30, 1991.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 12.9 - Regulatory Flexibility for Adult Social Services › Section 18988.10.

18988.10. When approving a county request for a waiver pursuant to this chapter, the Secretary of the Health and Welfare Agency shall ensure all of the following:
(a) Services and eligible persons served under the affected program are maintained.
(b) There is no increase in costs to the state or to clients.
(c) There is no loss of federal financial participation.
(d) The Secretary of the Health and Welfare Agency shall notify the appropriate policy committees and fiscal committees of the Legislature no later than 30 days before any waiver or waivers granted pursuant to this chapter take effect.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 91, Sec. 37. Effective June 30, 1991.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 12.95 - San Mateo County Consolidated Human Services Agency › Section 18989.

18989. (a) Any agency established by San Mateo County for purposes of providing any combination of human services may apply for a waiver of existing state regulations pertaining to single agency operations and auditing and accounting requirements that hinder the coordination of human services provided by that agency.
(b) When the services to be coordinated are any combination of those listed in Section 18986.11, the process for requesting and granting a waiver shall conform to the requirements of Article 3 (commencing with Section 18986.20) of Chapter 12.8.
(c) When the services to be coordinated include services that are not listed in Section 18986.11, the process for requesting and granting a waiver shall conform to the requirements of Sections 18989.1 and 18989.2.
(d) Any request for a waiver of confidentiality requirements to permit a sharing of information within the county agency shall conform to the requirements of Section 18986.45 and shall be only for purposes of consolidated case management.
(e) In no event shall the waiver request violate Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 17600) of Part 5.5.
(f) In no event shall a waiver be granted for modifications to regulations governing qualifications for professionals employed in human service programs that are consolidated by the county.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1155, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 12.95 - San Mateo County Consolidated Human Services Agency › Section 18989.1.

18989.1. Any request under this chapter shall contain, at a minimum, all of the following:
(a) The regulation or regulations for which the county requests a waiver.
(b) A statement as to why the identified regulation or regulations should be waived.
(c) A statement as to why the identified regulation or regulations inhibit the efficient administration of the program.
(d) A comparison of the following:
(1) The services and the number of persons to be served under the requested waiver.
(2) The services and the number of persons to be served without the requested waiver.
(e) Projected costs or savings due to the requested waiver.
(f) Any impact on state and federal funding.
(g) A statement that the collective bargaining agent or agents for any affected employees have been provided with notice of the waiver and the information included in the waiver.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1155, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 12.95 - San Mateo County Consolidated Human Services Agency › Section 18989.2.

18989.2. The request for waiver shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Health and Welfare Agency. When approving a request for a waiver pursuant to this chapter, the Secretary of the Health and Welfare Agency shall ensure all of the following:
(a) Services and eligible persons served under the affected program or programs are maintained.
(b) There is no increase in costs to the state or to clients.
(c) There is no loss of federal financial participation.
(d) The waiver does not revise the implementation of the requirements of Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 17600) of Part 5.5 regarding the realignment of health, mental health, and social services programs.
(e) The Secretary of the Health and Welfare Agency shall notify the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature no later than 30 days before any waiver or waivers pursuant to this chapter take effect.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1155, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 12.991 - County Integrated Health and Human Services Program › Section 18991.2.

18991.2. (a) A participating county shall, in consultation with the appropriate state departments, as designated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, develop outcomes and performance measures specific to the project before the implementation of the pilot program. Implementation of a pilot program pursuant to this chapter shall occur no later than January 1, 2009.
(b) A participating county shall evaluate its program with the participation of the appropriate state departments, as designated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and prepare interim and final evaluations and submit them to the Governor or the Governor’s designee and the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature. The interim report shall be submitted not later than six months following the third year of the implementation of the program. The final report shall be submitted not later than July 1, 2008.
(c) Each participating county shall provide for the evaluation of the program.
(Added by renumbering Section 18986.87 by Stats. 2017, Ch. 561, Sec. 297. (AB 1516) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 14 - Community Challenge Grant Program › Section 18993.

18993. There is hereby created the Community Challenge Grant Program in the State Department of Health Services to provide community challenge grants to reduce the number of teenage and unwed pregnancies.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 197, Sec. 51. Effective July 22, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 14 - Community Challenge Grant Program › Section 18993.1.

18993.1. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:
(a) One in three children in California is born out of wedlock.
(b) As many as 70,000 children were born to teenagers in each of at least the last two years and nearly 25 percent of these were born to teenage mothers who have previously had children.
(c) Children who grow up without fathers are five times more likely to be poor, twice as likely to drop out of school, and much more likely to end up in foster care or juvenile justice facilities.
(d) Girls raised in single-parent families are three times more likely to become unwed teenage mothers than those girls raised in two-parent families.
(e) Boys without a father in the home are more likely to become incarcerated, unemployed, or uninvolved with their own children when they become fathers.
(f) The consequences of teenage pregnancy and fatherlessness are significant and far-reaching.
(g) Teenage and unwed pregnancy are problems that affect community health and success.
(h) Government can best solve the problems of teenage and unwed pregnancies in partnership with local communities, parents, and families.
(i) Communities should decide what prevention strategies will work and be acceptable.
(j) Parents and families should be included in the teenage pregnancy prevention strategies.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 197, Sec. 51. Effective July 22, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 14 - Community Challenge Grant Program › Section 18993.2.

18993.2. (a) The State Department of Health Services shall administer grants for purposes of this chapter that shall be awarded pursuant to a request for application process.
(b) Grants shall be awarded to existing and new community-based nonprofit organizations and county and local governments for purposes of implementing locally developed prevention and intervention strategies designed to do the following:
(1) Reduce the number of teenage and unwed pregnancies.
(2) Reduce the number of children growing up in homes without fathers as a result of these pregnancies.
(3) Promote responsible parenting and the involvement of the father in the economic, social, and emotional support of his children.
(c) Grant funding shall not be used for clinical services and shall target, but not be limited to, the following populations:
(1) Presexual adolescents.
(2) Sexually active adolescents.
(3) Pregnant and parenting adolescents.
(4) Parents and families.
(5) Adults at risk for unwed motherhood or absentee fatherhood.
(d) The department shall provide outreach and training to potential grantees to increase the number of agencies and groups that may be able to successfully compete for the grants.
(e) The department shall issue periodic reports that describe the projects that have been awarded grants pursuant to this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 197, Sec. 51. Effective July 22, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 14 - Community Challenge Grant Program › Section 18993.3.

18993.3. (a) An advisory committee of 10 members shall be appointed to advise and consult with the department regarding the Community Challenge Grant Program in the following areas:
(1) The broad goals of the program.
(2) Effective strategies for implementing the program.
(3) Elements of evaluating the effectiveness of the program grantees.
(4) Strategies for engaging nongovernmental resources and expertise in the implementation and success of the program.
(b) Six members shall be appointed by the Secretary of California Health and Human Services, two members by the Speaker of the Assembly, and two members by the Senate Committee on Rules.
(c) The advisory committee shall reflect a broad constituency and multidisciplinary approach to the problem of teenage and unwed pregnancy, including persons that represent corporations and foundations, the religious community, parents, teenagers, the education and academic community, community-based organizations, and public health organizations.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 227, Sec. 101. (AB 1400) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 14 - Community Challenge Grant Program › Section 18993.4.

18993.4. Grant applications shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a) Plans for community collaboration with parents, local agencies, businesses, school leaders, community groups, and private organizations.
(b) Measurable objectives selected by the applicant.
(c) Evidence of the applicant’s capability to effect proposed changes.
(d) A needs assessment.
(e) A comprehensive description of the population or populations proposed to be served.
(f) A project description, a work plan, and budget justifications.
(g) A project evaluation and a process for data collection to facilitate the department’s ability to conduct a statewide evaluation.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 197, Sec. 51. Effective July 22, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 14 - Community Challenge Grant Program › Section 18993.5.

18993.5. (a) Criteria for grant selection shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) Degree of community input and collaboration in the project.
(2) Degree of involvement of parents and families within the community.
(3) Degree of involvement of nongovernmental organizations.
(4) Degree of need for the project in the local community.
(5) Geographic, economic, population, and ethnic diversity.
(6) Feasibility.
(7) Cost effectiveness.
(8) Degree to which project outcomes can be measured and evaluated.
(b) The department shall provide an explanation for the reasons why an applicant is not funded.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 197, Sec. 51. Effective July 22, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 14 - Community Challenge Grant Program › Section 18993.6.

18993.6. (a) Grantees shall be required to match a portion of the grant awarded under the Community Challenge Grant Program with either dollar or measurable in-kind contributions as provided by this section.
(b) Grantees shall provide a match of not less than 10 percent for the first year of the grant, not less than 15 percent for the second year of the grant, and not less than 20 percent for the third year of the grant.
(c) The match required by this section shall be supplemental to the funds appropriated for the Community Challenge Grant Program and shall be from nongovernmental sources.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 197, Sec. 51. Effective July 22, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 14 - Community Challenge Grant Program › Section 18993.7.

18993.7. (a) The costs for state administration of the Community Challenge Grant Program may be up to 5 percent of the total appropriation for the program. The Legislature shall be notified of the administrative costs of this program pursuant to Section 28 of the Budget Act of 1996. Indirect costs for grantees shall not exceed 10 percent of the grant amount.
(b) The department may use local assistance funds allocated for the program to provide training to potential grantees authorized by subdivision (d) of Section 18993.2.
(c) The department may use local assistance funds allocated to the program for the evaluation of the program required by subdivision (b) of Section 18993.8.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 197, Sec. 51. Effective July 22, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 14 - Community Challenge Grant Program › Section 18993.8.

18993.8. The department shall conduct a statewide independent evaluation of the program, assessing the program’s effectiveness in achieving stated outcomes as established by the department. The evaluation shall be performed only when for this purpose funds are appropriated in the annual Budget Act.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 728, Sec. 211. (SB 71) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 14 - Community Challenge Grant Program › Section 18993.9.

18993.9. The program provided for under this chapter shall be implemented only to the extent that funds are appropriated in the Budget Act.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 839, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 14.1 - California Families and Children Home Visit Program › Section 18994.

18994. (a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Families and Children Home Visit Program.
(b) The department shall implement this chapter only to the extent that funds are appropriated for that purpose in the annual Budget Act.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 329, Sec. 41. Effective August 21, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 14.1 - California Families and Children Home Visit Program › Section 18994.1.

18994.1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) About 26 percent of California’s children under the age of 18 years live in families with incomes below the federal poverty line, an increase of 56 percent since 1980. Poverty is associated with numerous problems, including low educational performance, poor nutrition, the mistreatment of children, and juvenile delinquency.
(b) State vital statistics data indicate that about 33 percent of California’s children were born out-of-wedlock in 1991, an increase of 61 percent since 1980. Growing up in a single parent household is associated with greater likelihood of living in poverty, higher school dropout rates, higher incidence of teenage pregnancy, and reduced levels of employment.
(c) Research has found that poor parenting practices and family stress can increase the incidence of child behavior problems in children as young as three years of age. These behavioral problems can affect a variety of children’s life outcomes including success in school and incidence of juvenile delinquency.
(d) Over one-fourth of California’s children speak a foreign language.
(e) California’s children are becoming more culturally and ethnically diverse.
(f) Recent findings in the area of brain development research indicate that inadequate parent-child interaction can negatively affect the cognitive development of children.
(g) High quality voluntary home visit programs have been shown to improve a variety of parental and child outcomes. Specifically, these outcomes include reductions in poor birth outcomes, reductions in the mistreatment of children, reductions of and greater spacing between pregnancies, reduced use of welfare, and increased amounts of parental employment. Studies show that low-income, single parents exhibit the largest improvements over the long run from these programs.
(h) Research also shows that home visit programs that address a broad array of family needs are more likely to improve life outcomes for families and children. Examples of improved life outcomes include reductions in the mistreatment of children, increased rates of school completion, reduced incidence of teenage pregnancy, reduced interaction with the juvenile justice system, and improved health.
(i) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this chapter, to establish a high-quality voluntary home visiting program for at-risk families.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 329, Sec. 41. Effective August 21, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 14.1 - California Families and Children Home Visit Program › Section 18994.2.

18994.2. (a) “At risk” means families who experience multiple stress factors, and who are more likely than the general population to have adverse health, social, and economic outcomes.
(b) “Home visit” means a strategy of service delivery in which specially trained professional or paraprofessional personnel provide services in the client’s home. These personnel typically make contact with at-risk families during pregnancy or at childbirth and continue contact with the client in the parent’s home for between two and five years with the purpose of providing information and family support services.
(c) “Family support services” means any services intended to improve parent-child interaction, aid families to become more self-sufficient, or reduce family stress. These services include help with goal setting, information about parent-child interaction, information about and help in accessing other health and social services, and development of problem-solving skills.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 329, Sec. 41. Effective August 21, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 14.1 - California Families and Children Home Visit Program › Section 18994.3.

18994.3. (a) The Office of Child Abuse Prevention in the State Department of Social Services shall be responsible for award of implementation grants and continued operation of the California Families and Children Home Visit Program.
(b) Office of Child Abuse Prevention’s responsibilities include:
(1) Provision of technical assistance to local home visit programs.
(2) Evaluation and assessment of local programs with the objective of improving program results.
(3) Certification that local programs continue to meet standards determined by the agency to be important for successful positive life outcomes for clients. The Office of Child Abuse Prevention shall, when reviewing grant applications under this chapter, take into consideration geographical and population diversity.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 329, Sec. 41. Effective August 21, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 14.1 - California Families and Children Home Visit Program › Section 18994.5.

18994.5. County programs are eligible for continued funding following an implementation assessment if both of the following are true:
(a) The assessment results in a determination that the county program has been implemented in accordance with the plan, and that the county program has established mechanisms to continue high-quality program operation.
(b) County administrators agree in writing that continued funding is contingent on the program continuing to produce high-quality results.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 329, Sec. 41. Effective August 21, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 14.1 - California Families and Children Home Visit Program › Section 18994.55.

18994.55. A grant for operation of a program under this chapter may be awarded to a county that has demonstrated readiness to begin operation of a program or to expand an existing support services program. A grant to operate a program under this chapter shall supplement, and not supplant, existing services and funds.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 329, Sec. 41. Effective August 21, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 14.1 - California Families and Children Home Visit Program › Section 18994.6.

18994.6. A planning grant may be awarded under this chapter to a county that has demonstrated a need to implement a program, but which is not ready to implement the program, or that is in need of additional planning to expand existing support services.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 329, Sec. 41. Effective August 21, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 14.1 - California Families and Children Home Visit Program › Section 18994.61.

18994.61. Each grantee shall be required to provide matching funds with one dollar ($1) for every two dollars ($2) awarded. The match may be either in cash or through in-kind services or resources with comparable value.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 329, Sec. 41. Effective August 21, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 14.1 - California Families and Children Home Visit Program › Section 18994.65.

18994.65. (a) Research and program evaluation shall provide information for the development and implementation of this chapter. The Office of Child Abuse Prevention shall incorporate new research and program evaluation information in order to improve program quality and effectiveness as this information becomes available pursuant to this chapter.
(b) Research and program evaluation shall provide information for the development and implementation of this chapter. The Office of Child Abuse Prevention shall incorporate new research and program evaluation information to improve program quality and effectiveness as this information becomes available pursuant to the program.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 329, Sec. 41. Effective August 21, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 14.1 - California Families and Children Home Visit Program › Section 18994.7.

18994.7. The Office of Child Abuse Prevention shall provide administrative oversight for the California Families and Children Home Visit Program.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 329, Sec. 41. Effective August 21, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 14.1 - California Families and Children Home Visit Program › Section 18994.72.

18994.72. (a) Of the funds appropriated in the Budget Act of 1998 for purposes of this chapter, not less than one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) shall be used for research and program evaluation. The Office of Child Abuse Prevention shall maximize its research capacity by using these funds to match foundation or university research and program evaluation grants.
(b) The department shall be responsible for performing an evaluation of the programs under this chapter. In conjunction with participating research entities, the department shall develop a research design methodology that describes data collection, data validation, and research techniques to be used in conducting the program evaluation, and the extent to which related evaluation research will be incorporated. Focus areas to measure whether outcomes for families and children are improved may relate to all or some of the following:
(1) Child well-being.
(2) Child protective services.
(3) Foster care.
(4) Family preservation and self-sufficiency.
(5) Parental or child involvement in the justice system.
(6) School achievement.
(7) Substance abuse.
(8) Parental employment.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 329, Sec. 41. Effective August 21, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 14.1 - California Families and Children Home Visit Program › Section 18994.74.

18994.74. Of the funds appropriated for purposes of this chapter, not more than 7.5 percent shall be used for state support staff to facilitate the Office of Child Abuse Prevention’s ability to manage this program, provide for program evaluation oversight, and manage the activities of the task force created pursuant to Section 18994.9.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 329, Sec. 41. Effective August 21, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 14.1 - California Families and Children Home Visit Program › Section 18994.8.

18994.8. It is the intent of the Legislature that the State Department of Social Services, in consultation with other relevant state officials, seek and use any federal funds that may be available for the purposes of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 329, Sec. 41. Effective August 21, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 14.1 - California Families and Children Home Visit Program › Section 18994.9.

18994.9. (a) There is hereby established the California Families and Children Home Visit Program Task Force, which shall be convened by the Office of Child Abuse Prevention.
(b) The membership of the task force shall include, but need not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) The head of the Office of Child Abuse Prevention or his or her designee.
(2) The directors, or designees, of all of the following:
(A) The State Department of Social Services.
(B) The State Department of Public Health.
(C) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice.
(D) The State Department of Education.
(E) The California Emergency Management Agency.
(3) At least two county administrators from counties participating in this program, to be appointed by the director, with the consent of the county.
(4) The manager of this program from the Office of Child Abuse Prevention.
(5) Two legislative representatives, who shall be members of policy committees with jurisdiction over social services issues pertaining to children, with at least one each to be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly and the Senate Committee on Rules.
(c) The task force shall do both of the following:
(1) Identify permanent funding sources from federal and state programs. Sources from which funding may be integrated for purposes of this chapter may include, but are not limited to, Medi-Cal Targeted Case Management and Administrative Program funds, provided for pursuant to Sections 14132.44 and 14132.47, family preservation funds, private health care providers, including health maintenance organizations and nonprofit hospitals, the California Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children, federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act funds, and Healthy Families Program funds.
(2) Develop recommendations for permanent funding for this chapter, in order that eligible families who choose to participate have access to the program.
(d) Each member of the task force shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed, by his or her employing agency, for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties.
(e) The task force shall be supported by a reasonable amount of staff time, which shall be provided by the agencies represented on the task force, to the extent feasible within an agency’s existing resources. The task force may request data from, and may utilize the technical expertise of, other state agencies.
(f) The task force, under the guidance of the Office of Child Abuse Prevention, shall submit its report to the Legislature not later than November 1, 1999.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 34, Sec. 252. (SB 1009) Effective June 27, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 15 - Emergency Food Assistance Program Advisory Board › Section 18996.

18996. (a) The Emergency Food Assistance Program Advisory Board is hereby established. The board shall provide advice and assistance in the operation of the emergency food assistance program (EFAP). The board shall also provide advice on all matters relating to food distribution. The board shall annually review the state plan and any amendments submitted to the United States Department of Agriculture by the state, as well as the EFAP budget and review the EFAP annual report. The plan shall include equitable criteria for eligibility and the distribution of commodities and administrative funds.
(b) The board shall consist of 22 members, 12 to be appointed by the Governor, five to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, and five to be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly. Appointments shall reflect geographic diversity statewide, and shall include food bank and congregate feeding program representatives and people interested in the emergency food assistance program.
(c) The board shall be subject to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 329, Sec. 42. Effective August 21, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 16 - California Guaranteed Income Pilot Program › Section 18997.1.

18997.1. Notwithstanding any other law:
(a) Contracts or grants awarded pursuant to this chapter shall be exempt from the personal services contracting requirements of Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(b) Contracts or grants awarded pursuant to this chapter shall be exempt from the Public Contract Code and the State Contracting Manual, and shall not be subject to the approval of the Department of General Services.
(c) 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 this chapter without taking any regulatory action.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 86, Sec. 56. (AB 153) Effective July 16, 2021. Inoperative July 1, 2026, pursuant to Section 18997.2. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 18997.2.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 16 - California Guaranteed Income Pilot Program › Section 18997.2.

18997.2. (a) The department may establish an appropriate method, process, and structure for grant management, fiscal accountability, payments to guaranteed income pilot participants, and technical assistance and supports for grantees that ensure transparency and accountability in the use of state funds. The department may, at its discretion, contract with one or more entities, including, but not limited to, community development financial intermediaries, state financial entities, or community-based organizations, for these purposes.
(b) The department may, at its discretion, contract with a third-party vendor for the purpose of developing a benefits counseling tool or informational materials for use by grantees to assist in meeting the requirements of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 18997.
(c) The department may, at its discretion, require grantees to use a specified third-party vendor for purposes of administering grantees’ pilots and to meet the requirements of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 50, Sec. 89. (SB 187) Effective June 30, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 16 - California Guaranteed Income Pilot Program › Section 18997.3.

18997.3. Notwithstanding any other law, the department may accept and, subject to an appropriation for this purpose, expend funds from any source, public or private, to administer this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 43, Sec. 88. (AB 120) Effective July 10, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 16 - California Guaranteed Income Pilot Program › Section 18997.4.

18997.4. This chapter shall become inoperative on July 1, 2026, and, as of January 1, 2027, is repealed.
(Added by renumbering Section 18997.2 by Stats. 2022, Ch. 50, Sec. 91. (SB 187) Effective June 30, 2022. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions. Note: Repeal affects Chapter 16, commencing with Section 18997.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 16.1 - The California Hope, Opportunity, Perseverance, and Empowerment (HOPE) for Children Trust Account Act › Section 18997.5.

18997.5. (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Hope, Opportunity, Perseverance, and Empowerment (HOPE) for Children Trust Account Act.
(b) The California Hope, Opportunity, Perseverance, and Empowerment (HOPE) for Children Trust Account Program is hereby established for the purpose of providing an eligible child with a trust account pursuant to this chapter.
(c) This chapter shall be construed liberally in order to effectuate its legislative intent of creating opportunities, economic autonomy, and hope, and to promote intergenerational wealth and asset building for an eligible child and eligible youth as one of the many strategies California must employ to reverse our state’s record level of inequality. The purposes of this chapter and all of its provisions with respect to the powers granted shall be broadly interpreted to effectuate that intent and those purposes and not as to any limitation of powers.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 569, Sec. 57. (AB 156) Effective September 27, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 16.1 - The California Hope, Opportunity, Perseverance, and Empowerment (HOPE) for Children Trust Account Act › Section 18997.55.

18997.55. On or before February 1, 2024, the board shall submit a report to the Department of Finance and the Legislature, pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government Code, that includes, at a minimum, recommendations of the board on all of the following:
(a) A detailed plan for implementing the program and establishing and maintaining HOPE trust accounts for an eligible child or eligible youth that maximizes their participation and their autonomous wealth-building capacity.
(b) The anticipated number of HOPE trust accounts to be opened and initial deposit amounts.
(c) A description of the efforts to be used to solicit philanthropic or nonstate moneys to support the program.
(d) Further statutory and budget allocations.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 569, Sec. 57. (AB 156) Effective September 27, 2022.)