If authorized by regulations adopted by the department and if not available through other state or local programs, the continuum services may with respect to the designated agency, include, but shall not be limited to:

(a) Family subsidy programs.

Terms Used In California Welfare and Institutions Code 4845

  • 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
  • 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

(b) In-home support services.

(c) Subsidized adoptive and quasi-adoptive foster care services.

(d) Alternative respite services.

(e) Crisis assistance.

(f) Independent and semi-independent living.

(g) Group living for six or fewer persons.

(h) Programs to meet the special needs of individuals who are medically fragile.

(i) Services to persons requiring maximum supervision due to intensive behavioral and severe developmental special needs.

It is not the intent of this section to release any other state or local agency of its program responsibilities.

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

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