SB 347, as amended, Beall. Youth shelters: funding.
The Youth Center and Youth Shelter Bond Act of 1988 makes funds from specified bond proceeds available for allocation to recipients of contracts with the Division of Juvenile Justice, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, for the purpose of acquiring, renovating, constructing, or purchasing equipment for a youth center or youth shelter. The act requires that the department treat funding for youth centers and youth shelters as separate programs and fund each separately. The act further requires the department to award at least 70% of the funding for youth shelters to shelters for runaway youths, and a maximum of 30% to shelters for abused and neglected children. Under the act, the state is entitled to recapture a portion of state funds from the recipient of a contract if the facility ceases to be used for youth center or youth shelter activities within a certain period of time.
This bill would authorize a county to use any unexpended funds awarded to a shelter for abused and neglected children for the purpose of acquiring, renovating, constructing, or purchasing equipment for a shelter for runaway or homeless youth, and would direct the department to revise any contracts as necessary to implement this provision. The bill would also specify that, under these circumstances, a county would not be required to repay these funds. The bill would also authorize a county that is the recipient of a contract to use funds received under the contract to provide grant awards to private nonprofit entities for the acquisition, renovation, construction, or purchase of equipment for abegin delete youth center orend delete youth shelter.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 2013 of the Welfare and Institutions Code
2 is amended to read:
(a) The State of California shall be entitled to recapture
4a portion of state funds from the recipient of a contract if, within
510 years after acquisition, 20 years after completion of
6construction, or 3 to 10 years after renovation, as provided in
7paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 2012, either
8of the following occurs:
9(1) The recipient of a contract ceases to be a public or nonprofit
10agency.
11(2) (A) The facility is no longer used for youth center or youth
12shelter activities.
13(B) A
county shall not be required to repay funds that were
14initially allocated for shelters for abused and neglected children
15under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of
16Section 2020, but were expended for shelters for runaway or
17homeless youth pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 2020.
18(b) The amount recovered shall be that proportion of the current
19value of the facility equal to the proportion of state funds
20contributed to the original cost. The current value of the facility
21shall be determined by an agreement between the owner of the
22facility and the State of California, or by an action in the court in
23the jurisdiction in which the facility is located.
Section 2020 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
25amended to read:
(a) For purposes of administering this chapter and the
27allocation of bond proceeds, the department shall treat funding for
28the youth centers and youth shelters as separate programs and shall
29fund each separately.
30(b) (1) Funding for youth shelters shall be awarded as follows:
31(A) At least 70 percent to shelters for runaway youths.
P3 1(B) A maximum of 30 percent to shelters for abused and
2neglected children. Funds allocated for shelters for abused and
3neglected children shall be prioritized among no more than three
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counties of the 1st to 10th class, inclusive, as defined by Section
528020 of the Government Code. The criteria for selection of these
6counties shall be given to applicants in the following order of
7priority:
8(i) Counties with existing youth shelters, as defined in
9subdivision (f) of Section 4496.04 of the Penal Code, with
10demonstrated overcrowding problems.
11(ii) Counties which have a demonstrated need for additional
12youth shelter beds and which have initiated planning and the permit
13process for construction of a new shelter.
14(2) Any money that has been awarded to shelters for abused or
15neglected children pursuant to Section 2011, and has not been
16encumbered by July 1, 1992, shall be reallocated according to a
17supplemental
process to be developed by the department. The
18department shall establish this reallocation process only when the
19unspent funds accumulated under this section equals five hundred
20thousand dollars ($500,000) or more. The department shall accept
21new applications pursuant to this process from all counties which
22have demonstrated a need for additional youth shelter beds for
23abused and neglected children, and which have initiated planning
24for construction of a new shelter.
25(c) A county may use any unexpended funds awarded to a shelter
26for abused and neglected children under subparagraph (B) of
27paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) for the purpose of acquiring,
28renovating, constructing, or purchasing equipment for a shelter
29for runaway or homeless youth. The department shall revise any
30contracts as necessary to implement this subdivision.
31(d) In addition to its advisory committee, the department shall
32seek the cooperation and advice of the Office of Criminal Justice
33Planning and other appropriate agencies in the administration of
34the youth shelter program.
Section 2025 is added to the Welfare and Institutions
36Code, to read:
A county that is the recipient of a contract pursuant to
38this chapter may use funds received under the contract to provide
39grant awards to private nonprofit entities for the acquisition,
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