California Codes > Welfare and Institutions Code > Division 9 > Part 1.8 > Chapter 21 – Child Care for Recipients of the CalWORKs Program
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- Alternative payment program: means a local government agency or nonprofit organization that has contracted with the department pursuant to Section 10225. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 10213.5
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Cost: includes , but is not limited to, expenditures that are related to the operation of childcare and development programs. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 10213.5
- County: includes "city and county. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 14
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- 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.
- Parent: means a biological parent, stepparent, adoptive parent, foster parent, caretaker relative, or any other adult living with a child who has responsibility for the care and welfare of the child. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 10213.5
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.