California Welfare and Institutions Code CHAPTER 5 - The Domestic Violence Shelter-Based Programs Act

• Section 18290.
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that there is a present and growing need to develop innovative strategies and services to ameliorate and reduce the...
• Section 18291.
  For purposes of this chapter:(a) “Domestic violence” means abuse committed against an adult or a minor who is a spouse, former spouse, cohabitant, former cohabitant, or...
• Section 18293.
  (a) In order to be eligible for funding pursuant to this chapter, a domestic violence shelter-based program shall demonstrate its ability to receive and make use...
• Section 18294.
  Domestic violence shelter-based programs shall provide all of the following basic services to victims of domestic violence and their children:(a) Shelter on a 24 hours a...
• Section 18295.
  In addition to the services required in Section 18294, to the extent possible, and in conjunction with already existing community services, the domestic violence shelter-based...
• Section 18296.
  The staff of the domestic violence shelter-based program shall work with social service agencies, schools, and law enforcement agencies in an advocacy capacity for those...
• Section 18297.
  The staff of each domestic violence shelter-based program shall attempt to achieve community support and acceptance of the program by advocating the program to community...
• Section 18298.
  Inasmuch as domestic violence shelter-based programs are to serve a variety of cultural backgrounds, to the extent feasible, a portion of the domestic violence shelter-based...
• Section 18299.
  A domestic violence shelter-based program shall maintain annual fiscal reports in a form to be prescribed by the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).(Repealed and added...
• Section 18300.
  An annual report shall be prepared by each domestic violence shelter-based program for submission to the county board of supervisors. The report shall be made...
• Section 18301.
  In addition to any other provisions of law concerning the confidentiality of personal information collected by domestic violence shelters, a county shall not require a...
• Section 18304.
  A county may establish a program for reducing the incidence of domestic violence in the county by establishing or funding domestic violence shelter-based programs that...
• Section 18305.
  (a) At the time of issuance of a marriage license pursuant to Section 26840 of the Government Code, twenty-three dollars ($23) of each fee paid shall...
• Section 18305.5.
  Notwithstanding the availability of funds in either the county domestic violence programs special fund, or the availability of community resources, the county may finance domestic...
• Section 18306.
  The county board of supervisors shall consult with the local regional domestic violence coalition, consisting of representatives from existing domestic violence shelter-based programs, in planning...
• Section 18307.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 18305, a county may carry over funds deposited in a county domestic violence shelter-based programs special fund until the time that a domestic...
• Section 18308.
  The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors shall direct the local registrar, county recorder, and county clerk to deposit fees collected pursuant to Section 103626...
• Section 18309.
  (a)  The Alameda County Board of Supervisors shall direct the local registrar, county recorder, and county clerk to deposit fees collected pursuant to Section 26840.10...
• Section 18309.5.
  The Solano County Board of Supervisors shall direct the local registrar, county recorder, and county clerk to deposit fees collected pursuant to Section 26840.11 of...
• Section 18309.8.
  (a) The Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors shall direct the local registrar, county recorder, and county clerk to deposit fees collected pursuant to Section 103628.6 of...

Last modified: October 22, 2018