2011 California Code
Welfare and Institutions Code
DIVISION 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES [10000 - 18996]
CHAPTER 1.7. Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary Assistance for Needy Family Programs
Section 10545

(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the State Department of Social Services shall pay counties for base year costs of the county, in accordance with Section 2101 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5), which establishes the Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs, to provide for both of the following:

(A) Wage subsidy programs for purposes of public or private subsidized employment.

(B) Nonrecurrent short-term benefit programs, as defined in subdivision (e).

(2) After consultation with the County Welfare Directors Association of California, the State Department of Social Services shall develop a methodology for allocating the funds provided in paragraph (1) among counties.

(3) The payment described in paragraph (1) shall be in addition to the single allocation required in Section 15204.2 and shall not exceed the amount budgeted by the State Department of Social Services for purposes of Section 11322.63 in the 2008 09 fiscal year and CalWORKs grant savings accomplished via subsidized employment programs.

(b) (1) Notwithstanding Section 15204.2 or any other law, the State Department of Social Services, in accordance with Section 2101 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5), shall reimburse a county for 80 percent of the amounts that exceed the base year costs that are paid to the county under subdivision (a) and are expended by that county for the benefit of needy families, as defined in subdivision (c), for either of the following purposes:

(A) Wage subsidy programs for purposes of public or private subsidized employment.

(B) Nonrecurrent short-term benefit programs, as defined in subdivision (e).

(2) Notwithstanding Section 15204.2 or any other law, the State Department of Social Services, in accordance with Section 2101 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5), shall reimburse a community college district for 80 percent of the amounts expended in excess of base year costs by that community college district for wage subsidy programs conducted in accordance with Article 5 (commencing with Section 79200) of Chapter 9 of Part 48 of Division 7 of Title 3 of the Education Code.

(3) Notwithstanding Section 15204.2 or any other law, the State Department of Social Services, in accordance with Section 2101 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5), shall reimburse a county for 80 percent of the amounts expended by that county for basic assistance for families receiving assistance under the CalWORKs program, provided that the reimbursement shall only be provided for basic assistance to which the family is not otherwise entitled under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 11250 or any other law, exclusively for purposes of funds provided under this section and exclusively for purposes of providing nonassistance services pursuant to Section 601(a)(1) and (2) of Title 42 of the United States Code, needy families also includes a family in which the income of the family is less than 200 percent of the current federal poverty level guidelines applicable to a family of the size involved if the family is any of the following:

(1) A family in which a minor child is living with a parent or adult relative caregiver, including a noncustodial parent who does not reside with the minor child.

(2) A woman in the third trimester of pregnancy.

(3) A family in which a minor child is temporarily absent for a period of time, not to exceed 12 months, due to child abuse and neglect, and the parent or parents of the child are engaged in family reunification services.

(d) (1) Notwithstanding Section 11250 or any other law, exclusively for purposes of funds provided under this section and exclusively for purposes of providing nonassistance services pursuant to Section 601(a)(1), (3), and (4) of Title 42 of the United States Code, services may be provided to needy youth.

(2) For the purposes of this section, needy youth are individuals 18 to 24 years of age in which the income for their family, which may include the youth living alone, is less than 200 percent of the current federal poverty level guidelines applicable to a family of the size involved.

(e) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of this section, nonrecurrent short-term benefits means benefits that meet all of the following requirements:

(1) The benefits are designed to deal with a specific crisis situation or episode of need.

(2) The benefits are not intended to meet recurrent or ongoing needs.

(3) The benefits will not extend beyond four months.

(f) The funds paid or reimbursed to counties pursuant to this section shall be used only for purposes for which federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (42 U.S.C. Sec. 601 et seq.) block grant funds may be used.

(g) A county that receives payment for a welfare-to-work participant s wage subsidy in accordance with Section 11322.63 may not also receive reimbursement for that same wage subsidy expense under this section.

(h) The reimbursement authorized in this section shall only be available to the extent that funds are provided to the state in accordance with Section 2101 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5), and to the extent that those funds are appropriated for the purposes of this section by the Legislature.

(i) (1) The reimbursement authorized in subdivision (b) shall be provided to counties to the extent that the state receives funding under Section 2101 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5) that is based on county expenditures described in subdivision (b).

(2) If the state receives advance funding under Section 2101 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5) based on expenditures described in subdivision (b), the state shall provide that advance funding to counties and community colleges based on the most current projected expenditures of the State Department of Social Services.

(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 725, Sec. 10. Effective October 19, 2010. Repealed conditionally as prescribed in Section 10545.2.)