California Welfare and Institutions Code CHAPTER 14 - Community Challenge Grant Program

  • Section 18993.
    There is hereby created the Community Challenge Grant Program in the State Department of Health Services to provide community challenge grants to reduce the number...
  • Section 18993.1.
    The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:(a) One in three children in California is born out of wedlock.(b) As many as 70,000 children were...
  • Section 18993.2.
    (a) The State Department of Health Services shall administer grants for purposes of this chapter that shall be awarded pursuant to a request for application process.(b) Grants...
  • Section 18993.3.
    (a) An advisory committee of 10 members shall be appointed to advise and consult with the department regarding the Community Challenge Grant Program in the following...
  • Section 18993.4.
    Grant applications shall include, but not be limited to, the following:(a) Plans for community collaboration with parents, local agencies, businesses, school leaders, community groups, and private...
  • Section 18993.5.
    (a) Criteria for grant selection shall include, but not be limited to, the following:(1) Degree of community input and collaboration in the project.(2) Degree of involvement of parents...
  • Section 18993.6.
    (a) Grantees shall be required to match a portion of the grant awarded under the Community Challenge Grant Program with either dollar or measurable in-kind contributions...
  • Section 18993.7.
    (a) The costs for state administration of the Community Challenge Grant Program may be up to 5 percent of the total appropriation for the program. The...
  • Section 18993.8.
    The department shall conduct a statewide independent evaluation of the program, assessing the program’s effectiveness in achieving stated outcomes as established by the department. The...
  • Section 18993.9.
    The program provided for under this chapter shall be implemented only to the extent that funds are appropriated in the Budget Act.(Repealed and added by...

Last modified: October 22, 2018