California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 16551

WIC § 16551 Effective Jul 10, 2023Div. 9 · Part 4 · Ch. 6

Statute text

(a)The department, jointly with the State Department of Health Care Services, and with input from county child welfare departments, probation departments, tribes, impacted youth and families, youth advocates, service providers, community-based organizations, county behavioral health departments, foster youth, families, and other stakeholders, shall establish the Children’s Crisis Continuum Pilot Program, including guidelines for foster youth eligibility and the selection, operation, and evaluation of the pilots, for the purpose of developing treatment options that are needed to support California’s commitment to keep youth in families to the greatest possible degree based on the best interest of the youth, and to eliminate the placement of foster youth with complex needs in out-of-state facilities whenever possible.

(b)The guidelines for the operation of the pilots shall, at a minimum, include the tracking of the elements required in Section 16555 and provision of each of the following within the structure of the pilot:

(1)Family supports and services to keep youth in family settings from escalating to more restrictive settings whenever possible.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 43, Sec. 78. (AB 120) Effective July 10, 2023.