California Welfare and Institutions Code PART 3.9 - The No Place Like Home Program

• Section 5849.1.
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that this part is consistent with and furthers the purposes of the Mental Health Services Act, enacted by Proposition 63...
• Section 5849.2.
  As used in this part, the following definitions shall apply:(a) “At risk of chronic homelessness” includes, but is not limited to, persons who are at high...
• Section 5849.3.
  (a) There is hereby established the No Place Like Home Program Advisory Committee. Membership on the committee shall be as follows:(1) The Director of Housing and Community...
• Section 5849.35.
  (a) The authority may do all of the following:(1) Consult with the commission and the State Department of Health Care Services concerning the implementation of the No...
• Section 5849.4.
  (a) The No Place Like Home Fund is hereby created within the State Treasury and, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, continuously appropriated to the...
• Section 5849.5.
  The department may adopt guidelines or regulations, including emergency regulations to expedite the award of moneys pursuant to this part, in consultation with the California...
• Section 5849.6.
  For the purpose of administering Sections 5849.7 and 5849.8, the department shall organize counties into the following competitive groupings based on population:(a) The County of Los...
• Section 5849.7.
  (a) In order to finance permanent supportive housing for the target population, the department may enter into one or more contracts with the authority as authorized...
• Section 5849.8.
  (a) Under any service contract entered into pursuant to Section 5849.35, the department may allocate an amount not to exceed one billion eight hundred million dollars...
• Section 5849.9.
  (a) Under any service contract entered into under Section 5849.35, in addition to the competitive program established by Section 5849.8, the department may distribute an amount...
• Section 5849.10.a.
  (a) The sum of six million two hundred thousand dollars ($6,200,000) is hereby appropriated from the Mental Health Services Fund to the department to provide technical...
• Section 5849.11.
  (a) The counties shall annually report to the department on activities funded under this part, including information on the funded supportive housing development. Reported information shall...
• Section 5849.12.
  (a) Upon an appropriation of funds for the purpose of this section, the department shall contract with a public or private research university in this state...
• Section 5849.13.
  An action to determine the validity of any contract or loan authorized pursuant to Section 5849.35 or of any bond authorized to be issued pursuant...
• Section 5849.14.
  The Department of Finance may authorize one or more loans from the General Fund to the No Place Like Home Fund for cashflow purposes in...

Last modified: October 22, 2018