AB 2591, as amended, Weber. Homeless youth: basic material needs assistance.
Existing law establishes various public social services programs to providebegin delete forend delete protection, care, and assistance to the people of the state in need of those services, by providing appropriate aid and services to the needy and distressedbegin delete, including CalWORKs and CalFreshend delete. Existing law establishes homeless youth emergency service pilot projects in the Counties of Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Clara, and San Francisco.
This bill would create the Homeless Youth Basicbegin delete Materialsend deletebegin insert Materialend insert Needs
Assistance Program and would require that moneys appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of the program be allocated proportionally to counties by the State Department of Social Services based on the number of homeless youth in the countybegin insert to be used to establish a program in the countyend insert.begin insert The bill would authorize a county to join with one or more other counties for the purpose of pooling their respective allocations and establishing a program for those counties and would also require the department to retain the moneys allocated to a county and establish a program for that county if a county elects not to establish a program or requests the department to administer its program.end insert The bill would requirebegin delete a county that elects to establish aend deletebegin insert
eachend insert program to solicit proposals from and contract with nonprofit organizations for the purpose of providing basicbegin delete materialsend deletebegin insert materialend insert needs assistance to homeless youth in the countybegin insert or countiesend insert as directed by thebegin delete countyend deletebegin insert entity administering the programend insert and would require contracted nonprofit organizations to consult with thebegin delete county’send delete children and family commissionbegin insert
of the county or countiesend insert, as specified, if thebegin delete countyend deletebegin insert entity administering the programend insert elects to include homeless youth from birth to 5 years of age, inclusive, in its program.begin delete The bill would require the department to retain the moneys allocated to a county and
act in the place of a county if a county elects not to establish a program or requests the department to administer its program.end delete The bill would enact other related provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Chapter 6.1 (commencing with Section 13710)
2is added to Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions
3Code, to read:
4
This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the
9Homeless Youth Basic Material Needs Assistance Program.
For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions
11apply:
12(a) “Administering entity” means one of the following:
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13(1) A county that elects to establish a program and does not
14join with another county as described in subdivision (c) of Section
1513714.
16(2) The department, in the case of a county that elects not to
17establish a program or requests the department to administer its
18program.
P3 1(3) The counties that elect to establish a program jointly under
2subdivision (c) of Section 13714.
3(a)
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4begin insert(b)end insert “Basic material needs assistance” means school supplies,
5dental supplies and other hygienic products, shoes, clothes,
6blankets, and other basic material needs.
7(b)
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8begin insert(c)end insert “Department” means the State Department of Social
9Services.
10(c)
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11begin insert(d)end insert “Homeless” has the same meaning as that term is defined
12in Section 11302 of Title 42 of the United States Code.
13(d)
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14begin insert(e)end insert “Nonprofit organization” means a nonprofit corporation
15qualified to do business in California and qualified under Section
16501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code.
17(e)
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18begin insert(f)end insert “Program” means the Homeless Youth Basic Material Needs
19Assistance Program.
begin insert(a)end insertbegin insert end insert From moneys appropriated by the Legislature for
21the purpose of this chapter, the department shall allocate a
22proportional amount to each county based on that county’s
23respective number of homeless youth. The moneys allocated to
24the county shall be used to establish a Homeless Youth Basic
25Material Needs Assistance Program for the county.
26(b) If a county elects not to establish a program or requests the
27department to
administer its program, the department shall retain
28the moneys allocated to the county pursuant to subdivision (a) and
29shall directly administer a program for homeless youth in that
30county.
31(c) A county may join with one or more other counties for the
32purpose of pooling the allocations made to the counties under this
33section and establishing a Homeless Youth Basic Material Needs
34Assistance Program for those counties.
begin delete(a)end deletebegin delete end deleteEachbegin delete county that elects to establish a programend delete
36begin insert program established under this chapterend insert shallbegin delete solicitend deletebegin insert do all of the
37following:end insert
38begin insert(a)end insertbegin insert end insertbegin insertSolicitend insert proposals from nonprofit organizations for the purpose
39of providing basic material needs assistance to homeless youth in
P4 1the manner directed by thebegin delete countyend deletebegin insert administering entityend insert, subject to
2any requirements imposed by this chapter.
3(b) begin deleteThe county shall contract end deletebegin insertContract end insertwith one or more
4nonprofit organizations to participate in the program based on the
5proposals solicited under subdivision (a). Selection shall be based
6on the nonprofit organization’s demonstrated
ability to meet the
7goals of the program, including, but not limited tobegin insert,end insert an ability to
8form partnerships with local education agencies (LEAs).
9(c) begin deleteThe county shall require end deletebegin insertRequire end inserteachbegin delete contractedend delete nonprofit
10organizationbegin insert contracted under subdivision (b)end insert to do all of the
11following:
12(1) Assist homeless youth through partnerships with LEAs,
13which shall be
formed to provide basic material needs assistance
14to homeless youth.
15(2) Give priority to providing school supplies and dental supplies
16and other hygienic products to homeless youth.
17(3) Consult with thebegin delete county’send delete children and family commission
18begin insert of the county or counties served by the programend insert to determine how
19to best provide basic material needs assistance to homeless youth
20from birth to 5 years of age, inclusive, if thebegin delete countyend deletebegin insert
administering
21entityend insert elects to include homeless youth of that age in its program.
22(d) begin deleteThe county shall encourage end deletebegin insertEncourage end inserteachbegin delete contractedend delete
23 nonprofit organizationbegin insert contracted under subdivision (b)end insert to do both
24of the following:
25(1) Provide at least a 20-percent match for all moneys received
26from thebegin delete countyend deletebegin insert
administering entity under this chapterend insert.
27(2) Work with the homeless liaison or liaisons of each LEA
28pursuant to the federal Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance
29Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11301 et seq.), or his, her, or their
30LEA-employed designee.
31(e) If a county elects not to establish a program or a county
32requests the department to administer its program, the department
33shall retain the moneys allocated to the county pursuant to Section
3413714 and shall directly administer a program for homeless youth
35in that county and perform the tasks assigned to the county under
36this section.
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