SECTIONS 18986.10-18986.15 - California Statutes

WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE

SECTION 18986.10-18986.15

18986.10. The board of supervisors of any county or city and county
may establish an interagency children's services coordination
council.

18986.11. A council shall be comprised of, but not be limited to,
the following members:
(a) Persons responsible for management of the following county
functions:
(1) Alcohol and drug programs.
(2) Children's services.
(3) Housing and redevelopment.
(4) Mental health services.
(5) Probation.
(6) Public health services.
(7) Welfare or public social services.
(b) The presiding judge of the county's juvenile court.
(c) The superintendent of the county office of education and at
least one superintendent of a unified school district within the
county.
(d) A prosecuting attorney of the county or city and county.
(e) A representative of a private nonprofit corporation which has
a goal of entering into a public private partnership with the county
to meet the needs of children that are not adequately met by existing
public or private funds.
(f) One member of the county board of supervisors.
(g) A representative of law enforcement.
(h) A representative of the local child abuse council.
(i) A representative of a local planning agency participating in
the California Early Intervention Program pursuant to Subchapter VIII
(commencing with Section 1471) of Chapter 33 of Title 20 of the
United States Code.
(j) A representative of the local child care resource and referral
agency or other local child care coordinating group.
(k) A representative, or representatives, of one or more
community-based organizations with ties to the ethnic communities
served in the area.

18986.12. (a) The council shall convene monthly and shall, in
addition, convene at least two public meetings annually inviting
public testimony.
(b) Meetings of the council shall be convened by an executive
director who is appointed by the county board of supervisors.

18986.13. The county board of supervisors may designate an
existing, duly established interagency children's services
coordinating body as the county's interagency children's services
coordination council as authorized by Section 18986.10. However, the
membership, responsibilities, and duties of that existing body shall
be modified by the board as necessary to conform to the requirements
of this chapter.

18986.14. The council's duties shall include, but not be limited
to, the following:
(a) Ensuring collaboration and countywide planning for the
provision of children's services.
(b) Identifying those agencies that have a significant joint
responsibility in providing services to children and families.
(c) Identifying gaps in services to specific populations.
(d) Developing policies and setting priorities to ensure service
effectiveness.
(e) Implementing public and private collaborative programs
whenever possible.
(f) Providing for countywide interagency case management to
coordinate resources, especially for those children and their
families who are using the services of more than one agency
concurrently.
(g) Identify, coordinate with, and, where feasible, integrate with
existing children's services groups and other coordinating bodies.

18986.15. Each county wishing to participate under this chapter
shall develop a three-year program for phasing in a coordinated
children's services system.
(a) A plan for coordinated children's services may include
proposals to combine and coordinate services to one or more of the
following special populations of children provided by two or more
existing local service agencies:
(1) Abused or neglected children and those at risk of abuse or
neglect.
(2) Children in foster care or at risk of entering foster care.
(3) Children requiring mental health services.
(4) Children needing health care services delivered by local
maternal and child health services, including, but not limited to,
services provided under the California Children's Services Program,
the Child Health and Disability Prevention Program, and perinatal
services.
(5) Delinquent, status offender, and homeless minors.
(6) Minors in need of job training and placement services.
(7) School dropouts, or those at risk of dropping out.
(8) Infants born with identified drug dependencies and children
with known histories of substance abuse.
(9) Children with developmental disabilities.
(10) Children in need of preschool or child care services.
(b) Plans shall include all of the following:
(1) Use of existing service capabilities within the various
agencies currently serving children's needs in the county.
(2) Interagency collaboration and program consolidation among
publicly and privately funded agencies providing services to
children.
(3) Appropriate interagency protocols and agreements.
(4) Services for the most vulnerable or at-risk children.
(5) Services which permit children to reside in their usual family
setting whenever possible and in their best interest.
(6) Components designed to promote an effective case management
system.
(7) Estimates of cost benefits and cost avoidance of the program
proposal.
(8) A specific list of the benefits to children under the plan,
including objective measures of successful outcome and program
effectiveness.
(c) No later than July 1 of each year, any county that wishes to
participate pursuant to this chapter shall submit to the county board
of supervisors a program proposal for the development of a
coordinated system of children's services.