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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Senator Hurtado</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title>An act to amend Section 18951 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to child abuse.</ns0:Title>
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<html:p>Existing law establishes the Office of Child Abuse Prevention in the State Department of Social Services and requires the office to apply for federal funding for the administration of its functions. Existing law requires the office to use those funds to undertake specified activities, including, among other things, supporting coordination and sharing of best practices implemented by family resource centers with other agencies, when the best practices reflect strategies and outcomes that were achieved and supported by evidence-informed programs and data.</html:p>
<html:p>Existing law authorizes a county to establish a child abuse multidisciplinary personnel team within that county to allow provider agencies to share confidential information in order for provider agencies to
investigate reports of suspected child abuse or neglect, as specified, or for the purpose of child welfare agencies making a detention determination. Existing law specifies that the multidisciplinary personnel team may include a representative of a local child abuse prevention council or family-strengthening organization, including, but not limited to, a family resource center.</html:p>
<html:p>Existing law defines “family resource center,” for purposes of these provisions, to mean an entity providing family-centered and family-strengthening services that are embedded in communities, culturally sensitive, and include cross-system collaboration to assist in transforming families and communities through reciprocity and asset development based on impact-driven and evidence-informed approaches with the goal of preventing child abuse and neglect and strengthening children and families. </html:p>
<html:p>This bill would instead define “family resource center” to
mean a family-friendly entity serving as a hub for multigenerational, family-centered, and family-strengthening support services that are provided at no cost or low cost to participants, embedded in communities, culturally sensitive, reflective of, and responsive to, community needs and interests, build communities of peer support for families, and include cross-system collaboration to assist in transforming families and communities through reciprocity, development of social connections that reduce isolation and stress, and asset development based on impact-driven and evidence-informed approaches with the goal of preventing child abuse and neglect and strengthening children and families.</html:p>
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<html:p>As used in this chapter:</html:p>
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(a)
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“Child” means an individual under 18 years of age.
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(b)
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“Child services” means services for or on behalf of children, and includes the following:
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(1)
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Protective services.
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(2)
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Caretaker services.
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(3)
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Daycare services, including dropoff care.
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(4)
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Homemaker services or family aides.
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(5)
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Counseling services.
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(c)
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“Adult services” means services for or on behalf of a parent of a child, which shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
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(1)
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Access to voluntary placement, long or short term.
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(2)
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Counseling services before and after a crisis.
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(3)
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Homemaker services or family aides.
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(d)
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“Multidisciplinary personnel” means a team of three or more people who are trained in the prevention, identification, management, or treatment of child abuse or neglect cases and who are qualified to provide a broad range of services related to child abuse or neglect. The team may include, but need not be limited to, any of the following:
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(1)
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Psychiatrists, psychologists, marriage and family
therapists, clinical social workers, professional clinical counselors, or other trained counseling personnel.
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(2)
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Police officers or other law enforcement agents.
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(3)
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Medical personnel with sufficient training to provide health services.
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(4)
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Social workers with experience or training in child abuse prevention, identification, management, or treatment.
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(5)
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A public or private school teacher, administrative officer, supervisor of child welfare and attendance, or certificated pupil personnel employee.
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(6)
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A CalWORKs case manager whose primary responsibility is to provide cross program case planning and coordination of CalWORKs and child welfare services for those mutual cases or families that
may be eligible for CalWORKs services and that, with the informed written consent of the family, receive cross program case planning and coordination.
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(7)
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A representative of a local child abuse prevention council or family-strengthening organization, including, but not limited to, a family resource center.
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(8)
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Adult protective services personnel.
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(e)
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“Child abuse” as used in this chapter means a situation in which a child suffers from any one or more of the following:
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(1)
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Serious physical injury inflicted upon the child by other than accidental means.
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(2)
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Harm by reason of intentional neglect or malnutrition or sexual abuse.
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(3)
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Going without necessary and basic physical care.
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(4)
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Willful mental injury, negligent treatment, or maltreatment of a child by a person who is responsible for the child’s welfare under circumstances that indicate that the child’s health or welfare is harmed or threatened thereby, as determined in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Director of Social Services.
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(5)
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Any condition that results in a violation of the rights or physical, mental, or moral welfare of a child or jeopardizes the child’s present or future health, opportunity for normal development, or capacity for independence.
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(f)
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“Parent” means a person who exercises care, custody, and control of the child as established by law.
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(g)
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(1)
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“Family resource center” means a family-friendly entity serving as a hub for multigenerational, family-centered, and family-strengthening support services that meet all of the following conditions:
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(A)
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Provided at no cost or low cost to participants.
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(B)
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Embedded in communities.
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(C)
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Culturally sensitive.
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Reflective of, and responsive to, community needs and interests.
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(E)
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Build communities of peer support for families, including kinship families.
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(F)
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Include cross-system collaboration to assist in transforming families and communities through reciprocity, development of social connections that reduce isolation and stress, and asset development based on impact-driven and evidence-informed approaches with the goal of preventing child abuse and neglect and strengthening children and families.
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(2)
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A family resource center may be located in, or administered by, different entities, including, but not limited to, a local educational agency, a community resource center, or a neighborhood resource center.
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