California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 18987.71

WIC § 18987.71 Effective Jan 1, 2008Div. 9 · Part 6 · Ch. 12.87

Statute text

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:

…

Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 466, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.