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2007 California Welfare and Institutions Code Chapter 12.86. Childrens Services Program Development .. 18987.6-18987.62
CA Codes (wic:18987.6-18987.62)
WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODESECTION 18987.6-18987.62
18987.6. It is the intent of the Legislature to do all of the following: (a) Permit all counties to provide children with service alternatives to group home care through the development of expanded family-based services programs and to expand the capacity of group homes to provide services appropriate to the changing needs of children in their care. (b) Encourage collaboration among persons and entities including, but not limited to, parents, county welfare departments, county mental health departments, county probation departments, county health departments, special education local planning agencies, school districts, and private service providers for the purpose of planning and providing individualized services for children and their birth or substitute families. (c) Ensure local community participation in the development of innovative delivery of services by county placing agencies and service providers and the use of the service resources and expertise of nonprofit providers to develop family-based and community-based service alternatives. 18987.61. (a) Each county may enter into performance agreements with private, nonprofit agencies to encourage innovation in the delivery of children's services, to develop services not available in the community, and to promote change in the child welfare services system. (b) In developing the agreements, counties and service providers shall pursue services that enhance the ability of children to remain in the least restrictive, most family-like setting possible and promote services that address the needs and strengths of individual children and their families. (c) Programs developed pursuant to this section shall operate within the county, or in another county with the approval of that county. (d) Agreements pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be for a period of up to three years. (e) A county shall provide a report to the director within three months of the end of each agreement to report on the details of the agreement, the results achieved during its operation, and the applicability of the approach to a wider population. The director shall make these reports available to the Legislature upon request. 18987.62. (a) Upon request from a county, the director may waive regulations governing foster care payments or the operation of group homes to enable counties to implement the agreements established pursuant to Section 18987.61. Waivers granted by the director shall be applicable only to services provided under the terms of the agreement and for the duration of the agreement. A waiver shall only be granted when all of the following apply: (1) The agreement promises to offer a worthwhile test of an innovative approach or to encourage the development of a new service for which there is a recognized need. (2) The regulatory requirement prevents the implementation of the agreement. (3) The requesting county proposes to monitor the agreement through performance measures that ensure that the purposes of the waived regulation will be achieved. (b) The director shall take steps that are necessary to prevent the loss of any substantial amounts of federal funds as a result of the waivers granted under this section. The waiver may specify the extent to which the requesting county shall share in any cost resulting from any loss of federal funding. (c) The director shall not waive regulations that apply to the health and safety of children served by participating private agencies. (d) The director shall notify the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature whenever waivers are granted and when a waiver of regulations was required for the implementation of the county's proposed agreement. The director shall identify the reason why the development of the services outlined by the agreement between the county and the service provider are hindered by the regulations to be waived.
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