California Welfare and Institutions Code 18250 – (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that all counties be …
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that all counties be authorized to provide children with service alternatives to out-of-home care through the development of expanded family-based services programs. These programs shall include individualized or “wraparound” services, where services are wrapped around a child living with his or her birth parent, relative, nonrelative extended family member as defined in Section 362.7, adoptive parent, licensed or certified foster parent, resource family, or guardian. The wraparound services developed under this section shall build on the strengths of each eligible child and family and be tailored to address their unique and changing needs.
(b) It is further the intent of the Legislature that the county wraparound services program include the following elements:
Terms Used In California Welfare and Institutions Code 18250
- County: means each county participating in an individualized or wraparound services program. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 18251
- Eligible child: means a child or nonminor dependent, as described in subdivision (v) of Section 11400, who is any of the following:
California Welfare and Institutions Code 18251
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- Wraparound services: means community-based intervention services that emphasize the strengths of the child and family and includes the delivery of coordinated, highly individualized unconditional services to address needs and achieve positive outcomes in their lives. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 18251
(1) Enabling the county to access all possible sources of federal funds for the purpose of developing family-based service alternatives.
(2) Encouraging 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.
(3) Ensuring local community participation in the development and implementation of wraparound services by county placing or referring agencies and service providers.
(4) Preserving and using the service resources and expertise of nonprofit providers to develop family-based and community-based service alternatives.
(c) Beginning in the 2011-12 fiscal year, and for each fiscal year thereafter, funding and expenditures for programs and activities under this section shall be in accordance with the requirements provided in Sections 30025 and 30026.5 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 732, Sec. 122. (AB 404) Effective January 1, 2018.)