§ 16100 (a) Any county may perform the home-finding and placement …
§ 16101 (a) Prior to the 2011-12 fiscal year, the cost of administering …
§ 16105 If any grants-in-aid are made by the federal government for the cost …
§ 16106 The state shall reimburse each county for the cost of care of any …

Terms Used In California Codes > Welfare and Institutions Code > Division 9 > Part 4 > Chapter 2 - County Adoption Agencies

  • 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.
  • County: includes "city and county. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 14
  • custody: means the legal right to custody of the child unless that right is held jointly by two or more persons, in which case "custody" means the physical custody of the child by one of the persons sharing the right to custody. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 17.1
  • 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.