Cal. WIC § 4562
This is the official text of Cal. WIC § 4562, part of California’s Welfare and Institutions Code — governs public social services, juvenile justice, and mental health/developmental disability services.
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(a) The state council shall conduct activities necessary to develop and implement the state plan in the various regions of the state.
(b) The state plan and its implementation shall be responsive to the needs of the state’s diverse geographic, racial, ethnic, and language communities.
(c) In preparing this plan, the council may utilize information provided by any regional offices and regional advisory committees of the state council, statewide and local entities, individuals with developmental disabilities, family members, and other interested parties, to help identify and prioritize actions needed to improve California’s system of services and supports for persons with developmental disabilities.
(d) The purpose of the plan shall be to ensure a coordinated and comprehensive system of community services and supports that is consumer and family centered and consumer and family directed, and to enable individuals with developmental disabilities to exercise self-determination, independence, productivity, and to be integrated and included in all facets of community life.
(b) The state plan and its implementation shall be responsive to the needs of the state’s diverse geographic, racial, ethnic, and language communities.
(c) In preparing this plan, the council may utilize information provided by any regional offices and regional advisory committees of the state council, statewide and local entities, individuals with developmental disabilities, family members, and other interested parties, to help identify and prioritize actions needed to improve California’s system of services and supports for persons with developmental disabilities.
(d) The purpose of the plan shall be to ensure a coordinated and comprehensive system of community services and supports that is consumer and family centered and consumer and family directed, and to enable individuals with developmental disabilities to exercise self-determination, independence, productivity, and to be integrated and included in all facets of community life.
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