The Director of Developmental Services may provide 90-day advance funding to the designated agency or community-based programs for the development or provision of continuum services under the jurisdiction of the department.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any contract entered into by the department with a designated agency pursuant to this chapter may provide for periodic advance payments for services to be performed under such contract. No advance payment made pursuant to this section shall exceed 25 percent of the total annual contract amount.

Terms Used In California Welfare and Institutions Code 4837

  • Continuum: means a coordinated multicomponent services system within geographic regions of the state whose design shall support the sequential developmental needs of persons so that the pattern of these services provides an unbroken chain of experience, maximum personal growth, and liberty. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 4830
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Designated agency: means the legal entity selected by the State Department of Developmental Services to be responsible for organizing or providing services within each continuum or both. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 4830
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1232.)

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