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California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 100

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The Judicial Council shall establish a planning and advisory
group consisting of appropriate professional and program specialists
to recommend on the development of program guidelines and funding
procedures consistent with this chapter.  At a minimum, the council
shall adopt program guidelines consistent with the guidelines
established by the National Court Appointed Special Advocate
Association, and with California law; but the council may require
additional or more stringent standards.  State funding shall be
contingent on a program adopting and adhering to the program
guidelines adopted by the council.
   The program guidelines adopted by the council shall be adopted and
incorporated into local rules of court by each participating
superior court as a prerequisite to funding pursuant to this chapter.

   The council shall adopt program guidelines and criteria for
funding which encourage multicounty CASA programs where appropriate,
and shall in no case provide for funding more than one program per
county.
   The council shall establish in a timely fashion a
request-for-proposal process to establish, maintain, or expand local
CASA programs and require local matching funds or in-kind funds equal
to the proposal request.  The maximum state grant per county program
per year shall not exceed seventy thousand dollars ($70,000) in
counties in which the population is less than 700,000 and shall not
exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in counties in which
the population is 700,000 or more, according to the annual population
report provided by the Department of Finance.

Last modified: January 12, 2009