California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 16003.5

WIC § 16003.5 Effective Jan 1, 2016Div. 9 · Part 4 · Ch. 1

Statute text

(a)Any state funding allocated to counties for the purpose of recruiting, retaining, and supporting foster parents, relative caregivers, and resource families shall be used to increase the capacity and use of home-based family care and the provision of services and supports to such caregivers. Allowable expenditures of those funds shall include, but not be limited to, and shall be used to supplement and not supplant, resources used by a county for any of the following purposes:

(1)Staffing to provide and improve direct services and supports to licensed foster family homes, approved resource families, and relative caregivers, and to remove any barriers in those areas defined as priorities in the county implementation plan and subsequent reports on outcomes.

(2)Exceptional child needs not covered by the caregiver-specific rate that would normalize the child’s experience, stabilize the placement, or enhance the child’s well-being.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 773, Sec. 107. (AB 403) Effective January 1, 2016.