Cal. WIC § 13701
This is the official text of Cal. WIC § 13701, part of California’s Welfare and Institutions Code — governs public social services, juvenile justice, and mental health/developmental disability services.
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Official statutory text
Each homeless youth project established under this chapter shall provide services which shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
(a) Food and access to an overnight shelter.
(b) Counseling to address immediate emotional crises or problems.
(c) Outreach services to locate homeless youth and link them with services, and drop-in facilities to make the services accessible to the street population.
(d) Screening for basic health needs and referral to public and private agencies for health care.
(e) Linkage to other services offered by public and private agencies.
(f) Long-term stabilization planning so that the youth may be returned to the parental home under circumstances favoring long-term reunification with the family, or so that the youth can be suitably placed in a situation outside the family when family reunification is not possible.
(g) Followup services to ensure that the return to the family or the placement outside the family is stable.
(a) Food and access to an overnight shelter.
(b) Counseling to address immediate emotional crises or problems.
(c) Outreach services to locate homeless youth and link them with services, and drop-in facilities to make the services accessible to the street population.
(d) Screening for basic health needs and referral to public and private agencies for health care.
(e) Linkage to other services offered by public and private agencies.
(f) Long-term stabilization planning so that the youth may be returned to the parental home under circumstances favoring long-term reunification with the family, or so that the youth can be suitably placed in a situation outside the family when family reunification is not possible.
(g) Followup services to ensure that the return to the family or the placement outside the family is stable.
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