California Welfare and Institutions Code 11469.3 – The performance standards and outcome measures required by Section …
The performance standards and outcome measures required by Section 11469.2 shall meet all of the following requirements:
(a) They shall include indicators of quality of care, including, but not limited to, stability of placement, reduction in recidivism, educational progress, and improvement in social behavior, and shall not consist solely of fiscal indicators, such as cost-avoidance due to reduction or avoidance of out-of-home care.
Terms Used In California Welfare and Institutions Code 11469.3
- Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- County: includes "city and county. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 14
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
(b) They shall apply to providers of services provided either directly by, or under contract with, a county welfare department or county probation department.
(c) They shall be used to develop baseline standards against which to measure future performance and to provide a basis for making comparisons among different programs and placements.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 732, Sec. 94. (AB 404) Effective January 1, 2018.)