2007 California Welfare and Institutions Code Chapter 2.2. State Adoption Services

CA Codes (wic:16130-16131.5)

16130.  In any county which does not have a county adoption agency
established pursuant to Section 16100, the department may establish
services incident to the relinquishment of children for adoption.
The services shall be provided in such manner as may be deemed
advisable by the department.



16131.  It is the intent of the Legislature to conform state
statutes to recently enacted federal legislation, the Adoption and
Safe Families Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-89), and to reinvest any
incentive payments received through implementation of the federal act
into the child welfare system in order to provide adoption services.




16131.5.  The state shall reinvest any incentive payments received
through the implementation of the federal Adoption Promotion Act of
2003 (Public Law 108-145) for placement of older children, as defined
in that act, into the child welfare system, in order to provide
adoption services for older children.  Nothing in this section shall
be construed to supplant funds currently being spent on programs to
provide adoption services.