(a) The department shall notify each county board of supervisors of the availability of funds described in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 13276.
(b) (1) Any county administering refugee employment social services funds shall designate an agency which shall be responsible for implementing a plan for the provision of services funded by refugee employment social services funds.
(2) Until October 1, 1990, paragraph (1) does not apply to any county on whose behalf the department is administering the refugee employment social services funds.
(c) Any county which receives funds pursuant to the Refugee Targeted Assistance program shall designate an agency which shall be responsible for implementing a plan for the provision of services funded by those funds.
(d) The plans required by subdivisions (b) and (c) shall be in accordance with subdivisions (e) and (f) and Sections 13278 and 13279.
(e) (1) Each county shall administer refugee employment social services funds and funds received pursuant to the Refugee Targeted Assistance program according to a plan or plans developed by the county and approved by the department.
(2) The plan or plans developed pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be developed in accordance with guidelines which are issued by the department and which reflect the full intent of this chapter that the funding for, and provision of, services shall lead to the earliest possible self-sufficiency for all refugee recipients of aid.
(3) Any plan or plans developed pursuant to paragraph (1) shall, at a minimum, meet all of the following requirements:
(A) Each county board of supervisors shall ensure that the county planning process is designed in such a way as to facilitate refugee participation and public input in that process.
(B) The plan or plans shall include a description of how social services and target assistance funds derived from the federal Refugee Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-212), as amended, and allocated to the county by the department will be used to provide services to refugees.
(C) The plan or plans shall specifically address how services will be delivered to refugees receiving aid in each county.
(D) (i) The plan or plans shall provide for the priority consideration for funding refugee community-based organizations if they demonstrate the capacity to implement the proposed programs, which capacity shall be comparable to that of other competitors who qualify for funding.
(ii) Clause (i) does not apply to any county which uses those funds to pay for services for refugees participating in the program authorized under Article 3.2 (commencing with Section 11320) of Chapter 2 of the supplemental services component authorized by subdivision (c) of Section 13280.
(f) Any plan or plans approved pursuant to Section 11320.2 which is developed by any county which elects to utilize these funds to pay for any service provided to, or any activity performed on behalf of, any refugee participating in the program authorized by Article 3.2 (commencing with Section 11320) of Chapter 2 shall meet the requirements of subdivision (e) and Section 13280.
(g) (1) Prior to October 1, 1990, the department shall discontinue administering refugee employment social services funds for a county pursuant to the request of the county.
(2) Commencing October 1, 1990, the department shall discontinue administering refugee employment social services funds on behalf of the county.
(h) For purposes of this section, “refugee employment social services funds” means social services funds derived from the federal Refugee Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-212), as amended, which are required to be used for employment-related training for eligible refugees.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 379, Sec. 4. Effective July 20, 1990.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018