Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 11333
Cal-Learn Program
Redline — January 1, 2011 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2019
As of January 1, 2011
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), counties shall contract for the provision of case management services, as described in subdivision (b) of Section 11331.7 and in Section 11332.5, with public or nonprofit agencies or school districts that administer services under the Adolescent Family Life Program (Article 1 (commencing with Section 124175) of Chapter 4 of Part 2 of Division 106 of the Health and Safety Code).
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), counties shall contract for the provision of intensive case management services, as described in subdivision (b) of Section 11331.7 and in Section 11332.5, with public or nonprofit agencies or school districts that administer services pursuant to one or more of the following intensive case management models: (1) The Adolescent Family Life Program (Article 1 (commencing with Section 124175) of Chapter 4 of Part 2 of Division 106 of the Health and Safety Code). (2) A home visiting model approved by the department for the CalWORKs Home Visiting Program established pursuant to Article 3.4 (commencing with Section 11330.6), with priority on models that have demonstrated relevance serving the Cal-Learn population. (3) Evidence-based home visiting models as identified by the United States Department of Health and Human Services that serve the specific demographic of Cal-Learn.
(b) Counties may contract with other public or nonprofit agencies or school districts for case management services or provide case management services directly in cases where services from contractors under the Adolescent Family Life Program are not available or cost-effective, or where the county has an existing teen services program, and if all the following conditions are met: (1) The Director of Health Services has determined that the services conform to the standards and scope of services provided through the Adolescent Family Life Program. (2) The county plan includes a justification for not contracting with the Adolescent Family Life Program. (3) The services are designed with the cooperation of the local health agency.
(b) In cases where services from contractors administering one or more of the models specified in subdivision (a) are not available or cost effective, counties may contract with other public or nonprofit agencies or school districts for intensive case management services or provide intensive case management services directly if all the following conditions are met: (1) The department has determined that the proposed intensive case management model conforms with the standards and scope of services of an evidence-based model of the Adolescent Family Life Program, meets the same criteria as an evidence-based model identified by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, HomVEE review, or conforms to an intensive case management model specified or required by the department. (2) The submitted county plan is determined by the department to sufficiently document that a model specified in subdivision (a) is not available or cost effective. (3) The county has consulted with applicable local health agencies to assist in the implementation of the provision of services provided in the intensive case management model.
(c) Counties shall include Adolescent Family Life Program contractors in their planning of Cal-Learn implementation.
(c) Counties shall include approved contractors pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) in their planning of the Cal-Learn Program to ensure participation in the county’s planning and implementation of the Cal-Learn program.
(d) In implementing this section and developing model contracts, the department shall consult with the State Department of Health Services so as to promote the purposes of this program.
(d) The department shall consult with the State Department of Public Health to implement the purposes of this program.
(e) It is the intent of the Legislature to review the implementation of the changes to this section enacted by the act that added this subdivision during the course of the 2020–21 fiscal year to determine how these changes impact service delivery and counties’ ability to maintain service levels as they existed in 2019–20 and prior to these changes.
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