2007 California Health and Safety Code Article 5.7. Out-of-home Placement Pilot Program

CA Codes (hsc:1559.110-1559.115)

1559.110.  (a) Except as specified in subdivision (e), the State
Department of Social Services shall license community care facilities
participating in transitional housing placement programs, as
designated in Sections 11400 and 16522 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code.
   (b) Transitional housing placement programs shall provide
supervised housing services to persons who are at least 16 years of
age and not more than 18 years of age, except as provided in Section
11403 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and who meet all of the
following conditions:
   (1) Meet the requirements of Section 11401 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code.
   (2) Are in out-of-home placement under the supervision of the
county department of social services or the county probation
department.
   (3) Are participating in, or have successfully completed, an
independent living program.
   (c) A transitional housing placement program may also serve any
person less than 21 years of age pursuant to paragraph (2) of
subdivision (a) of Section 11403.2 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code.
   (d) Transitional housing placement program services shall include
any of the following:
   (1) Programs in which one or more participants in the program live
in an apartment, single-family dwelling, or condominium with an
adult employee of the provider.
   (2) Programs in which a participant lives independently in an
apartment, single-family dwelling, or condominium rented or leased by
the provider located in a building in which one or more adult
employees of the provider reside and provide supervision.
   (3) Programs in which a participant lives independently in an
apartment, single-family dwelling, or condominium rented or leased by
a provider under the supervision of the provider if the State
Department of Social Services provides approval.
   (e) A transitional housing placement facility that serves only
eligible youth over 18 years of age who have emancipated from the
foster care system shall not be subject to subdivision (a), provided
the facility has been certified to provide transitional housing
services by the appropriate county social services or probation
department, and has obtained a local fire clearance.  No later than
June 30, 2002, the department shall establish certification standards
and procedures in consultation with the County Welfare Directors
Association, the California Youth Connection, the county probation
departments, and provider representatives.  The certification
standards shall include, but not be limited to, a criminal background
check of transitional housing providers and staff.
   (f) (1) The department shall adopt regulations to govern
transitional housing placement facilities licensed pursuant to this
section.
   (2) The regulations shall be age-appropriate and recognize that
youth who are about to emancipate from the foster care system should
be subject to fewer restrictions than those who are younger.  At a
minimum, the regulations shall provide for both of the following:
   (A) Require programs that serve youth who are both in and out of
the foster care system to have separate rules and program design, as
appropriate, for these two groups of youth.
   (B) Allow youth who have emancipated from the foster care system
to have the greatest amount of freedom possible in order to prepare
them for self-sufficiency.



1559.115.  No applicant shall be issued a license pursuant to this
article unless the county department of social services or the county
probation department, in the county where the license will be
issued, has certified the program as described in Section 16522.1 of
the Welfare and Institutions Code.