SECTIONS 18977 - California Statutes

WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE

SECTION 18977

18977. A prevention training center shall provide information and
services to primary prevention programs, the office, and interested
applicants for grants, as follows:
(a) Act as a clearinghouse to provide information on
state-of-the-art prevention curricula which meet the requirements of
this chapter.
(b) Assist in selecting a prevention program model, or a
combination of program models, which will meet the needs of their
communities.
(c) Design and administer training sessions to develop or expand
local primary prevention programs.
(d) Provide technical assistance to local programs, including, but
not limited to, all of the following: administration, management,
evaluation, program development, development of multicultural
staffing, and community education.
(e) Provide ongoing program development and in-service training to
meet all of the following:
(1) The special needs of children, including, but not limited to,
the needs of disabled and high-risk children.
(2) The geographic, cultural, and linguistic needs of the diverse
communities of the state.
(f) Conduct an outreach program to inform communities of the
existence of funds to conduct primary prevention programs.
(g) To act in an advisory capacity to the office to provide
information for all of the following:
(1) The development of a standard request for proposal as
described in Section 18978.2.
(2) Suggestions of appropriate agencies to receive the request for
proposal.
(3) The determination of, if requested, a current needs assessment
for the number of projects needed to serve a county.