BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: June 18, 2013
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES
Mark Stone, Chair
SB 602 (Committee on Human Services) - As Amended: April 11,
2013
SENATE VOTE : 36-0
SUBJECT : Child abuse prevention, intervention and treatment
projects
SUMMARY : Deletes obsolete requirements related to training and
fund distribution for Child Abuse Prevention, Intervention and
Treatment (CAPIT) projects.
Specifically, this bill :
1)Deletes the requirement that training and technical assistance
for CAPIT projects be provided by private, nonprofit agencies.
2)Deletes the requirement that unused CAPIT project funds revert
to the State Children's Trust Fund.
3)Deletes provisions related to the allocation of unused CAPIT
funds once those funds have reverted to the State Children's
Trust Fund.
4)Allows the board of supervisors of a county participating in a
CAPIT project to allocate a portion of its funding, on an
annual basis, as a supplement to funds for statewide training
and technical assistance, and allows the specific use of those
funds to be determined by the allocating county and approved
by the State Department of Social Services (DSS).
EXISTING LAW
1)Creates a state Office of Child Abuse and Prevention within
DSS to plan, improve, develop and carry out programs and
activities related to preventing, identifying and treating
child abuse and neglect. (WIC 18950)
2)Requires counties to expend child abuse and neglect prevention
and intervention funding in a manner that maximizes
eligibility for federal financial participation. (WIC
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18960(b))
3)Identifies priority populations for Child Abuse Prevention,
Intervention and Treatment (CAPIT) project funding and
qualifications for providers, as specified. (WIC 18961)
4)Requires that training and technical assistance for agencies
funded to provide CAPIT services be provided by private,
nonprofit agencies and provides parameters for that training
and technical assistance. (WIC 18961(a)(7))
5)Requires that CAPIT project funding allocated to a county be
reverted to the State Children's Trust Fund if the board of
supervisors for that county chooses not to contract or
subcontract for the provision of services. (WIC 18962(a))
6)Realigns state funding and oversight of the CAPIT program to
counties, pursuant to 2012-13 child welfare realignment. (GOV
30025, WIC 18961)
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown
COMMENTS : This bill amends current law related to Child Abuse
Prevention, Intervention and Treatment (CAPIT) projects to
ensure consistency and compliance with the realignment of child
welfare services functions to the counties, pursuant to SB 1013
(Committee on Budget and Fiscal review) Chapter 35, Statutes of
2012.
Child abuse prevention : The office of Child Abuse Prevention
(OCAP), within DSS, is responsible for administering federal
grants, contracts and state programs developed to combat child
abuse through evidence-based practices and innovative abuse
prevention and intervention efforts. In 1982, the state created
the CAPIT program, which is administered within OCAP, to fund
child abuse prevention and intervention projects in all 58
counties. The program's intent was to encourage child abuse and
neglect prevention and intervention programs by funding agencies
that address the needs of children at high risk of abuse or
neglect, and their families. Funding for the CAPIT program
comes solely from General Fund dollars, and is used to fulfill
federal Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention grant matching
and leveraging requirements.
Realignment : The Governor and Legislature realigned $1.6
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billion in state funding for the child welfare system to the
counties as part of the 2011-12 Budget Act, but did not at that
point change state law related to the oversight of child welfare
and adoptions programs. In the 2012-13 budget process, the
Legislature and Governor made a number of statutory changes to
align policy and processes within the child welfare services
system with the new funding structure. Those changes included
additional flexibility for counties to administer programs, a
re-examining of accountability and oversight functions, and
technical and other changes. Among the programs affected were
county foster care, adoptions programs and child abuse
prevention and treatment. Under child welfare services
realignment, counties are allowed to use CAPIT funds for
in-house programs rather than having to contract out for
services, including counseling and home visits, as long as the
funded activities meet federal match requirements.
Need for the bill : This bill deletes current statutory
requirements related to CAPIT programs that conflict with the
removal of state responsibility due to realignment of those
programs to counties.
PRIOR LEGISLATION
SB 1013 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) Chapter 35,
statutes of 2012 realigned many of the functions that had been
the state's responsibility, to correspond with the funding
changes that had been made in 2011.
AB 118 (Committee on Budget) Chapter 40, Statutes of 2011 and
ABX1 16 (Blumenfield), Chapter 13, Statutes of 2011, realigned
DSS funding for Adoption Services, Foster Care, Child Welfare
Services, and Adult Protective Services, and programs from the
state to local governments.
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REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
American Federation of State, county and Municipal Employees
(AFSCME), AFL-CIO
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by : Myesha Jackson / HUM. S. / (916)
319-2089