SECTIONS 13000-13008 - California Statutes

WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE

SECTION 13000-13008

13000. The purpose of this chapter is to set forth those policies
and procedures as are necessary to accommodate reductions in federal
funds provided under Title XX of the federal Social Security Act as
amended by the federal Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981.

13001. Funding for social services programs administered by county
welfare departments shall include but not be limited to federal funds
received under Titles IV, XIX, and XX of the federal Social Security
Act, and the State General Fund. The appropriation and allocation of
these funds shall be in accordance with the annual Budget Act and
the provisions of this chapter.

13002. From the funds described in Section 13001 each county shall
receive three allocations. The first allocation shall be for support
of Child Welfare Services as defined in Chapter 5 (commencing with
Section 16500 of Part 4). This allocation shall be known as the Child
Welfare Services Grant. The second allocation shall be for support
of protective services for adults, and other services directed at the
five national goals specified in Section 13003. This allocation
shall be known as the County Services Block Grant. The third
allocation shall be for in-home supportive services administration.
The notice of such action must be provided at least seven days prior
to the meeting at which such action is to be taken. Such notice shall
be provided in the same manner as the county provides notice for its
regularly scheduled meetings. Funds from the Child Welfare Services
Grant and the County Services Block Grant and the in-home supportive
services administration allocations shall be available only when
matched by county funds pursuant to the provisions of Part 1.5
(commencing with Section 10100).

13003. County allocations may be used to provide necessary training
and shall be used to provide social services which meet the
following five federal goals of Title XX of the federal Social
Security Act.
(1) Achieve or maintaining self-support to prevent, reduce, or
eliminate dependency.
(2) Achieving or maintaining self-sufficiency, including reduction
or prevention of dependency.
(3) Preventing or remedying neglect, abuse, exploitation of
children and adults unable to protect their own interests, or
reuniting families.
(4) Preventing or reducing inappropriate institutional care by
providing community-based care, home-based care, or other forms of
less intensive care.
(5) Securing referral or admission for institutional care when
other forms of care are not appropriate or providing services to
individuals or institutions.

13004. Counties, in expending the County Services Block Grant
allocation shall provide protective services for adults pursuant to
Section 12251.

13005. Counties, after expending the County Services Block Grant
allocation for the priorities specified in Section 13004 may expend
any remaining funds for other services directed at the five goals
specified in Section 13003.

13006. Regulations promulgated by the department relating to
protective services for adults shall provide counties with maximum
flexibility in determining the type and level of services and use of
funds for such services.

13007. Each county shall report to the State Department of Social
Services all necessary information in order to comply with federal
and state requirements for the social services block grant.

13008. Federal funds for Refugee Social Services that are allocated
to county welfare departments for Title XX social services shall be
allocated to each county in the same proportion that refugees on aid
in each county bear to the total refugees on aid in the state.
Federal funds for Targeted Assistance Services that are allocated to
county welfare departments shall be allocated to each targeted county
in the same proportion that refugees on aid bear to the total
refugees on aid in the targeted counties. The allocation shall be
developed from caseload statistics from the previous fiscal year
which include refugees in the following programs:
(a) Time-eligible and time-expired refugees in the Aid to Families
with Dependent Children (AFDC) program.
(b) General Assistance.
(c) The Refugee Cash Assistance Program.
(d) The Refugee Demonstration Program.