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California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 19.1

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The purpose of the public social services for which state
grants-in-aid are made to counties are:
   (a) To provide on behalf of the general public, and within the
limits of public resources, reasonable support and maintenance for
needy and dependent families and persons.
   (b) To provide timely and appropriate services to assist
individuals develop or use whatever capacity they can maintain or
achieve for self-care or self-support.
   (c) To provide protective services to handicapped or deprived
persons subject to social or legal disability, and to children and
others subject to exploitation jeopardizing their present or future
health, opportunity for normal development or capacity for
independence.

Last modified: January 12, 2009