California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 10900

WIC § 10900Div. 9 · Part 2 · Ch. 6

Statute text

The department shall, within the limits of funds made available, provide welfare personnel training courses and services, including in-service training, educational leaves or stipends, traineeships, internships, and the expansion of fieldwork training facilities within county departments for the use of colleges and universities in preparing students for employment in the administration of public social services programs. The training courses and services provided pursuant to this section shall be designed to promote welfare personnel training in every county in this state, which will provide the quality and quantity of trained personnel required to eliminate or reduce the circumstances or conditions which impede or prevent an individual or a family from making progress toward proper social adjustment, self-support, and self-direction. In-service training for county employees who engage in the determination of eligibility for public social services shall include special training in techniques designed to enable such employees to identify applications for public social services which require special investigation pursuant to Section 11055.

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1688.