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Statutes > California > Edc > 8803-8804.5

EDUCATION CODE
SECTION 8803-8804.5



8803.  In order to encourage the integration of children's services,
it is the intent of the Legislature to promote interagency
coordination and collaboration among the state agencies responsible
for the provision of support services to children and their families.
   Therefore, the Legislature hereby establishes the Healthy Start
Support Services for Children Program Council, as follows:
   (a) Members of the council shall include the superintendent, the
agency secretary, the secretary, and the directors of the State
Department of Health Services, the State Department of Social
Services, the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, and the
State Department of Mental Health.
   (b) Duties of the council shall include:
   (1) Developing, promoting, and implementing policy supporting the
Healthy Start Support Services for Children Grant Program.
   (2) Assisting the lead agency in reviewing grant applications
submitted to the lead agency and providing the lead agency with
recommendations for awarding grants pursuant to Section 8804.
   (3) Soliciting input regarding program policy and direction from
individuals and entities with experience in the integration of
children's services.
   (4) Assisting the lead agency in fulfilling its responsibilities
under this chapter.
   (5) Providing recommendations to the Governor, the Legislature,
and the lead agency regarding the Healthy Start Support Services for
Children Grant Program.
   (6) At the request of the superintendent, assisting the local
educational agency or consortium in planning and implementing this
program, including assisting with local technical assistance, and
developing agency collaboration.



8804.  The superintendent shall award grants to a local educational
agency or consortium to pay the costs of planning and operating, on
behalf of one or more qualifying schools within the local educational
agency or consortium, programs that provide support services to
pupils and their families at or near the school, as follows:
   (a) Grants shall be awarded by the superintendent based upon the
recommendations of the council and pursuant to this section.
   (b) Two types of grants may be awarded to applicant local
educational agencies or consortia, depending upon the level of
readiness of that applicant to implement a program pursuant to this
chapter. The superintendent shall issue requests for applications for
awarding the grants, which shall specify maximum dollar amounts for
which each type of grant may be awarded. The requests for
applications also shall specify other criteria, as required by this
article. The superintendent shall award those grants as follows:
   (1) Planning grants may be awarded to local educational agencies
or consortia that have demonstrated a need to implement a program,
but that are not ready to begin the operation of the program, or that
are in need of additional planning to expand existing support
services programs. Planning grants shall be no more than fifty
thousand dollars ($50,000) and shall be awarded for a period not to
exceed two years. Upon completion of the planning phase, the local
educational agency or consortium shall be eligible to apply for and
may receive an operational grant.
   (2) Operational grants may be awarded to local educational
agencies or consortia that have demonstrated readiness to begin
operation of a program or to expand existing support services
programs. Operational grants shall supplement, not supplant, existing
services and funds, and shall be awarded for a period not to exceed
five years.
   (A) Operational grants shall be awarded for no more than three
hundred thousand dollars ($300,000). No more than 50 percent of each
grant shall be available for expenditure on direct services, as long
as the grant application contains a three-year plan to significantly
reduce or to eliminate agency reliance on funding provided under this
article for direct services. Direct services do not include salaries
for staff who are developing or implementing the program.
   (B) Recipients of operational grants may also receive one-time
startup grants, which may be used, among other things, for purchasing
equipment, hiring staff, designing a program evaluation, or hiring a
consultant. Startup grants shall be awarded for not more than one
hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
   (3) If a local educational agency or consortium submits an
application for an operational grant on behalf of a school that does
not meet the criteria specified in subdivision (g), (h), (i), or (j),
the superintendent may offer the applicant a planning grant,
provided that the local educational agency or consortium has not
received previously a planning grant on behalf of that school.
   (c) All grants awarded under this article shall be matched by the
participating local educational agency or consortium and its
cooperating agencies with one dollar ($1) for each four dollars ($4)
awarded. The match shall be contributed in cash or as services or
resources of comparable value. It is the intent of the Legislature
that participants seek and utilize private funds or resources for
this purpose. The superintendent may waive the match requirement upon
verifying that the local educational agency or consortium made a
substantial effort to secure a match but was unable to secure the
required match.
   (d) The superintendent shall award grants pursuant to this article
to local educational agencies or consortia in northern, central, and
southern California, in urban, suburban, and rural areas. To the
extent possible, the grants shall be awarded for programs
representative of the ethnic and linguistic diversity of schoolage
pupils and their families. Further, to the extent possible, 50
percent of the grants shall be awarded to schools serving elementary
school pupils and 50 percent to schools serving junior and senior
high school pupils.
   (e) Of the schools that receive grants each year, not more than 10
percent may be selected based on the criteria identified in
paragraph (3) of subdivision (g) of Section 8802.
   (f) A local educational agency or consortium is eligible for a
grant under this article, on behalf of one or more schools operated
by the agency or consortium, if it demonstrates in its program plan
that it:
   (1) Will give priority for services provided under this chapter to
pupils from low-income families.
   (2) Will assist families in responding to support services needs
of pupils.
   (3) Has established the local agency collaboration process
described in Article 4 (commencing with Section 8806), including a
mechanism for sharing governance with cooperating agencies and
entities, and for integrating or redirecting existing resources and
other school support services.
   (4) Has submitted or is submitting an application to the State
Department of Education and the State Department of Health Services
for certification as a Medi-Cal provider, pursuant to Section 14000,
and following, of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
   (5) Involves parents or guardians and teachers in the process of
identifying pupils' service needs and in the planning for and
provision of support services.
   (g) For purposes of this chapter, support services shall include
case-managed health, mental health, social, and academic support
services benefiting children and their families, and may include, but
are not limited to:
   (1) Health care, including:
   (A) Immunizations.
   (B) Vision and hearing testing and services.
   (C) Dental services.
   (D) Physical examinations, diagnostic, and referral services.
   (E) Prenatal care.
   (2) Mental health services, including primary prevention, crisis
intervention, assessments, and referrals, and training for teachers
in the detection of mental health problems.
   (3) Substance abuse prevention and treatment services.
   (4) Family support and parenting education, including child abuse
prevention and schoolage parenting programs.
   (5) Academic support services, including tutoring, mentoring,
employment, and community service internships, and inservice training
for teachers and administrators. However, grants for these purposes
shall supplement, not supplant, existing resources in these areas.
   (6) Counseling, including family counseling and suicide
prevention.
   (7) Services and counseling for children who experience violence
in their communities.
   (8) Nutrition services.
   (9) Youth development services, including tutoring, mentoring,
recreation, career development, and job placement.
   (10) Case management services.
   (11) Provision of onsite Medi-Cal eligibility workers.
   (h) A local educational agency or consortium may contract with
other entities, including county agencies and private nonprofit
organizations or private partners, to provide services to pupils and
their families.
   (i) Each local educational agency or consortium seeking a grant
under this article shall submit an application to the superintendent
at a time and manner, and with any appropriate information, as the
superintendent may reasonably require.
   Each grant application submitted shall include all of the
following:
   (1) A description of the proposed programs, including four or more
support services expected to be provided at the schoolsite or at a
site near, or adjacent to, the school.
   (2) Documentation of need for participation in the Healthy Start
Support Services for Children Grant Program.
   (3) Documentation of need for planning assistance, program
operation support, or both.
   (4) As to any operational grant application, a description of the
objectives of the program, the amount and sources of required
funding, the existing resources to be used or redirected, the
priorities for development and timing of the program, the agencies
responsible for the implementation of the program, and the procedures
for the evaluation of the program.
   The program plan submitted with an operational grant application
shall include all of the following:
   (A) Provisions for data collection and recordkeeping, including
records of the population served, the components of the service, the
results of the service, and costs, including startup, direct, and
indirect costs, including those to other agencies, and cost savings.
   (B) A service evaluation component, including input, process, and
outcome indicators, quality assessment, and the process by which
these measures will be taken. In addition, the plan shall include
specific targets and outcome measures.
   (C) A specific governing mechanism by which the plan will be
implemented, including local decisionmaking responsibilities,
organizational needs, anticipated problems and procedures to solve
them, and incentives for collaboration and participation incentives
to personnel.
   (D) A specific system for the provision of case management
services, including procedures for implementation, identification of
the target population, anticipated outcomes, and a list of existing
services, resources, and programs that will be used as components of
the program.
   (5) In the case of a consortium, a list of its members.
   (6) The grant application also shall document any procedures that
have been, or will be, taken to designate the local educational
agency as a Medi-Cal provider pursuant to Section 14000, and
following, of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
   (7) A description of technical assistance, professional growth,
and development needs, if any.
   (8) A description of the proposed plan for family involvement in
the program.
   (9) A description of the population anticipated to be served.
   (10) As to any planning grant application, a plan describing how
the proposed program will be implemented after the grant has expired.
   (j) Grants awarded pursuant to this article may be used for
salaries of staff responsible for developing or implementing the
program plan and administrative support staff, equipment and
supplies, training, and insurance, pursuant to subdivision (b).
   (k) No more than 10 percent of the amount appropriated in a fiscal
year for the purposes of this chapter may be used by the
superintendent for state-level administration of this chapter,
including evaluation and technical assistance. Technical assistance
includes, but is not limited to, establishing interagency
collaboration, providing information dissemination and referrals,
including information about appropriate program models, conducting
site visits, and convening workshops to assist in the implementation
of a program developed pursuant to this chapter.
   (1) Of the amount provided in the annual Budget Act for
state-level administration, up to 75 percent may be used for the
purpose of outreach and technical assistance to local educational
agencies. The remainder shall be used for state-level program
administration.
   (2) The superintendent shall ensure that adequate resources are
available to conduct an evaluation pursuant to subdivision (b) of
Section 8805.
   (l) Commencing in the 1992 calendar year, and each subsequent year
for which funding is available, grants shall be awarded according to
the following schedule:
   (1) The superintendent shall issue requests for applications on or
before November 1.
   (2) Grant applications shall be submitted to the superintendent on
or before March 1.
   (3) The superintendent shall award grants on or before May 15.



8804.5.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that, as the number
of planning and operational grants awarded pursuant to this chapter
increases, additional local planning and coordinating efforts will be
necessary among school districts, county offices of education,
county governments, community organizations, and nonprofit
organizations for all of the following reasons:
   (1) To avoid the duplication of efforts among agencies that
administer the grants.
   (2) To develop linkages between several school districts,
individual county agencies, statewide organizations, or nonprofit
organizations.
   (3) To disseminate training and technical assistance materials
developed by the department and other involved organizations.
   (4) To plan for, and ensure, the continued ability of local
educational agencies or consortia to provide support services with an
operational grant, including planning and supporting the funding of
those services beyond the three-year grant period through such means
as Medi-Cal.
   (5) To plan for, and ensure, the expansion of support services
provided with an operational grant through creative refinancing
options and the provision of comprehensive, integrated school-linked
services to sites that do not receive planning or operational grants.
   (b) From funds appropriated in the annual Budget Act for the
Healthy Start Support Services for Children Act, the department may
award county or regional planning and coordinating grants to no more
than 11 local educational agencies or consortia each year, to be used
for the purposes enumerated in subdivision (a). Each grant shall be
for an amount not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). The
total amount of grants awarded annually pursuant to this section
shall not exceed five hundred fifty thousand dollars ($550,000). The
duration of each grant shall be mutually agreed upon by the grantee
and the department.
   (c) In awarding grants for the purposes of this section, the
department shall give priority to local educational agencies or
consortia that possess one or more of the following:
   (1) An established capacity for leadership in the community and an
ability to engage in local problem solving and to creatively
approach the restructuring of service delivery methods.
   (2) A demonstrated ability to work with and among service delivery
agencies and systems, including county mental health, health,
probation, and social service systems.
   (3) The capacity to support county and regional planning and
coordination efforts to be more responsive to the needs of children
and their families in providing support services.
   (4) Knowledge of the most effective strategies for refinancing
grants and for integrating services between and among agencies.
   (d) A local educational agency or consortia shall collaborate with
local service delivery agencies and existing collaborative councils
in implementing a grant received pursuant to this section.

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > California > Edc > 8803-8804.5

EDUCATION CODE
SECTION 8803-8804.5



8803.  In order to encourage the integration of children's services,
it is the intent of the Legislature to promote interagency
coordination and collaboration among the state agencies responsible
for the provision of support services to children and their families.
   Therefore, the Legislature hereby establishes the Healthy Start
Support Services for Children Program Council, as follows:
   (a) Members of the council shall include the superintendent, the
agency secretary, the secretary, and the directors of the State
Department of Health Services, the State Department of Social
Services, the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, and the
State Department of Mental Health.
   (b) Duties of the council shall include:
   (1) Developing, promoting, and implementing policy supporting the
Healthy Start Support Services for Children Grant Program.
   (2) Assisting the lead agency in reviewing grant applications
submitted to the lead agency and providing the lead agency with
recommendations for awarding grants pursuant to Section 8804.
   (3) Soliciting input regarding program policy and direction from
individuals and entities with experience in the integration of
children's services.
   (4) Assisting the lead agency in fulfilling its responsibilities
under this chapter.
   (5) Providing recommendations to the Governor, the Legislature,
and the lead agency regarding the Healthy Start Support Services for
Children Grant Program.
   (6) At the request of the superintendent, assisting the local
educational agency or consortium in planning and implementing this
program, including assisting with local technical assistance, and
developing agency collaboration.



8804.  The superintendent shall award grants to a local educational
agency or consortium to pay the costs of planning and operating, on
behalf of one or more qualifying schools within the local educational
agency or consortium, programs that provide support services to
pupils and their families at or near the school, as follows:
   (a) Grants shall be awarded by the superintendent based upon the
recommendations of the council and pursuant to this section.
   (b) Two types of grants may be awarded to applicant local
educational agencies or consortia, depending upon the level of
readiness of that applicant to implement a program pursuant to this
chapter. The superintendent shall issue requests for applications for
awarding the grants, which shall specify maximum dollar amounts for
which each type of grant may be awarded. The requests for
applications also shall specify other criteria, as required by this
article. The superintendent shall award those grants as follows:
   (1) Planning grants may be awarded to local educational agencies
or consortia that have demonstrated a need to implement a program,
but that are not ready to begin the operation of the program, or that
are in need of additional planning to expand existing support
services programs. Planning grants shall be no more than fifty
thousand dollars ($50,000) and shall be awarded for a period not to
exceed two years. Upon completion of the planning phase, the local
educational agency or consortium shall be eligible to apply for and
may receive an operational grant.
   (2) Operational grants may be awarded to local educational
agencies or consortia that have demonstrated readiness to begin
operation of a program or to expand existing support services
programs. Operational grants shall supplement, not supplant, existing
services and funds, and shall be awarded for a period not to exceed
five years.
   (A) Operational grants shall be awarded for no more than three
hundred thousand dollars ($300,000). No more than 50 percent of each
grant shall be available for expenditure on direct services, as long
as the grant application contains a three-year plan to significantly
reduce or to eliminate agency reliance on funding provided under this
article for direct services. Direct services do not include salaries
for staff who are developing or implementing the program.
   (B) Recipients of operational grants may also receive one-time
startup grants, which may be used, among other things, for purchasing
equipment, hiring staff, designing a program evaluation, or hiring a
consultant. Startup grants shall be awarded for not more than one
hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
   (3) If a local educational agency or consortium submits an
application for an operational grant on behalf of a school that does
not meet the criteria specified in subdivision (g), (h), (i), or (j),
the superintendent may offer the applicant a planning grant,
provided that the local educational agency or consortium has not
received previously a planning grant on behalf of that school.
   (c) All grants awarded under this article shall be matched by the
participating local educational agency or consortium and its
cooperating agencies with one dollar ($1) for each four dollars ($4)
awarded. The match shall be contributed in cash or as services or
resources of comparable value. It is the intent of the Legislature
that participants seek and utilize private funds or resources for
this purpose. The superintendent may waive the match requirement upon
verifying that the local educational agency or consortium made a
substantial effort to secure a match but was unable to secure the
required match.
   (d) The superintendent shall award grants pursuant to this article
to local educational agencies or consortia in northern, central, and
southern California, in urban, suburban, and rural areas. To the
extent possible, the grants shall be awarded for programs
representative of the ethnic and linguistic diversity of schoolage
pupils and their families. Further, to the extent possible, 50
percent of the grants shall be awarded to schools serving elementary
school pupils and 50 percent to schools serving junior and senior
high school pupils.
   (e) Of the schools that receive grants each year, not more than 10
percent may be selected based on the criteria identified in
paragraph (3) of subdivision (g) of Section 8802.
   (f) A local educational agency or consortium is eligible for a
grant under this article, on behalf of one or more schools operated
by the agency or consortium, if it demonstrates in its program plan
that it:
   (1) Will give priority for services provided under this chapter to
pupils from low-income families.
   (2) Will assist families in responding to support services needs
of pupils.
   (3) Has established the local agency collaboration process
described in Article 4 (commencing with Section 8806), including a
mechanism for sharing governance with cooperating agencies and
entities, and for integrating or redirecting existing resources and
other school support services.
   (4) Has submitted or is submitting an application to the State
Department of Education and the State Department of Health Services
for certification as a Medi-Cal provider, pursuant to Section 14000,
and following, of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
   (5) Involves parents or guardians and teachers in the process of
identifying pupils' service needs and in the planning for and
provision of support services.
   (g) For purposes of this chapter, support services shall include
case-managed health, mental health, social, and academic support
services benefiting children and their families, and may include, but
are not limited to:
   (1) Health care, including:
   (A) Immunizations.
   (B) Vision and hearing testing and services.
   (C) Dental services.
   (D) Physical examinations, diagnostic, and referral services.
   (E) Prenatal care.
   (2) Mental health services, including primary prevention, crisis
intervention, assessments, and referrals, and training for teachers
in the detection of mental health problems.
   (3) Substance abuse prevention and treatment services.
   (4) Family support and parenting education, including child abuse
prevention and schoolage parenting programs.
   (5) Academic support services, including tutoring, mentoring,
employment, and community service internships, and inservice training
for teachers and administrators. However, grants for these purposes
shall supplement, not supplant, existing resources in these areas.
   (6) Counseling, including family counseling and suicide
prevention.
   (7) Services and counseling for children who experience violence
in their communities.
   (8) Nutrition services.
   (9) Youth development services, including tutoring, mentoring,
recreation, career development, and job placement.
   (10) Case management services.
   (11) Provision of onsite Medi-Cal eligibility workers.
   (h) A local educational agency or consortium may contract with
other entities, including county agencies and private nonprofit
organizations or private partners, to provide services to pupils and
their families.
   (i) Each local educational agency or consortium seeking a grant
under this article shall submit an application to the superintendent
at a time and manner, and with any appropriate information, as the
superintendent may reasonably require.
   Each grant application submitted shall include all of the
following:
   (1) A description of the proposed programs, including four or more
support services expected to be provided at the schoolsite or at a
site near, or adjacent to, the school.
   (2) Documentation of need for participation in the Healthy Start
Support Services for Children Grant Program.
   (3) Documentation of need for planning assistance, program
operation support, or both.
   (4) As to any operational grant application, a description of the
objectives of the program, the amount and sources of required
funding, the existing resources to be used or redirected, the
priorities for development and timing of the program, the agencies
responsible for the implementation of the program, and the procedures
for the evaluation of the program.
   The program plan submitted with an operational grant application
shall include all of the following:
   (A) Provisions for data collection and recordkeeping, including
records of the population served, the components of the service, the
results of the service, and costs, including startup, direct, and
indirect costs, including those to other agencies, and cost savings.
   (B) A service evaluation component, including input, process, and
outcome indicators, quality assessment, and the process by which
these measures will be taken. In addition, the plan shall include
specific targets and outcome measures.
   (C) A specific governing mechanism by which the plan will be
implemented, including local decisionmaking responsibilities,
organizational needs, anticipated problems and procedures to solve
them, and incentives for collaboration and participation incentives
to personnel.
   (D) A specific system for the provision of case management
services, including procedures for implementation, identification of
the target population, anticipated outcomes, and a list of existing
services, resources, and programs that will be used as components of
the program.
   (5) In the case of a consortium, a list of its members.
   (6) The grant application also shall document any procedures that
have been, or will be, taken to designate the local educational
agency as a Medi-Cal provider pursuant to Section 14000, and
following, of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
   (7) A description of technical assistance, professional growth,
and development needs, if any.
   (8) A description of the proposed plan for family involvement in
the program.
   (9) A description of the population anticipated to be served.
   (10) As to any planning grant application, a plan describing how
the proposed program will be implemented after the grant has expired.
   (j) Grants awarded pursuant to this article may be used for
salaries of staff responsible for developing or implementing the
program plan and administrative support staff, equipment and
supplies, training, and insurance, pursuant to subdivision (b).
   (k) No more than 10 percent of the amount appropriated in a fiscal
year for the purposes of this chapter may be used by the
superintendent for state-level administration of this chapter,
including evaluation and technical assistance. Technical assistance
includes, but is not limited to, establishing interagency
collaboration, providing information dissemination and referrals,
including information about appropriate program models, conducting
site visits, and convening workshops to assist in the implementation
of a program developed pursuant to this chapter.
   (1) Of the amount provided in the annual Budget Act for
state-level administration, up to 75 percent may be used for the
purpose of outreach and technical assistance to local educational
agencies. The remainder shall be used for state-level program
administration.
   (2) The superintendent shall ensure that adequate resources are
available to conduct an evaluation pursuant to subdivision (b) of
Section 8805.
   (l) Commencing in the 1992 calendar year, and each subsequent year
for which funding is available, grants shall be awarded according to
the following schedule:
   (1) The superintendent shall issue requests for applications on or
before November 1.
   (2) Grant applications shall be submitted to the superintendent on
or before March 1.
   (3) The superintendent shall award grants on or before May 15.



8804.5.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that, as the number
of planning and operational grants awarded pursuant to this chapter
increases, additional local planning and coordinating efforts will be
necessary among school districts, county offices of education,
county governments, community organizations, and nonprofit
organizations for all of the following reasons:
   (1) To avoid the duplication of efforts among agencies that
administer the grants.
   (2) To develop linkages between several school districts,
individual county agencies, statewide organizations, or nonprofit
organizations.
   (3) To disseminate training and technical assistance materials
developed by the department and other involved organizations.
   (4) To plan for, and ensure, the continued ability of local
educational agencies or consortia to provide support services with an
operational grant, including planning and supporting the funding of
those services beyond the three-year grant period through such means
as Medi-Cal.
   (5) To plan for, and ensure, the expansion of support services
provided with an operational grant through creative refinancing
options and the provision of comprehensive, integrated school-linked
services to sites that do not receive planning or operational grants.
   (b) From funds appropriated in the annual Budget Act for the
Healthy Start Support Services for Children Act, the department may
award county or regional planning and coordinating grants to no more
than 11 local educational agencies or consortia each year, to be used
for the purposes enumerated in subdivision (a). Each grant shall be
for an amount not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). The
total amount of grants awarded annually pursuant to this section
shall not exceed five hundred fifty thousand dollars ($550,000). The
duration of each grant shall be mutually agreed upon by the grantee
and the department.
   (c) In awarding grants for the purposes of this section, the
department shall give priority to local educational agencies or
consortia that possess one or more of the following:
   (1) An established capacity for leadership in the community and an
ability to engage in local problem solving and to creatively
approach the restructuring of service delivery methods.
   (2) A demonstrated ability to work with and among service delivery
agencies and systems, including county mental health, health,
probation, and social service systems.
   (3) The capacity to support county and regional planning and
coordination efforts to be more responsive to the needs of children
and their families in providing support services.
   (4) Knowledge of the most effective strategies for refinancing
grants and for integrating services between and among agencies.
   (d) A local educational agency or consortia shall collaborate with
local service delivery agencies and existing collaborative councils
in implementing a grant received pursuant to this section.


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > California > Edc > 8803-8804.5

EDUCATION CODE
SECTION 8803-8804.5



8803.  In order to encourage the integration of children's services,
it is the intent of the Legislature to promote interagency
coordination and collaboration among the state agencies responsible
for the provision of support services to children and their families.
   Therefore, the Legislature hereby establishes the Healthy Start
Support Services for Children Program Council, as follows:
   (a) Members of the council shall include the superintendent, the
agency secretary, the secretary, and the directors of the State
Department of Health Services, the State Department of Social
Services, the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, and the
State Department of Mental Health.
   (b) Duties of the council shall include:
   (1) Developing, promoting, and implementing policy supporting the
Healthy Start Support Services for Children Grant Program.
   (2) Assisting the lead agency in reviewing grant applications
submitted to the lead agency and providing the lead agency with
recommendations for awarding grants pursuant to Section 8804.
   (3) Soliciting input regarding program policy and direction from
individuals and entities with experience in the integration of
children's services.
   (4) Assisting the lead agency in fulfilling its responsibilities
under this chapter.
   (5) Providing recommendations to the Governor, the Legislature,
and the lead agency regarding the Healthy Start Support Services for
Children Grant Program.
   (6) At the request of the superintendent, assisting the local
educational agency or consortium in planning and implementing this
program, including assisting with local technical assistance, and
developing agency collaboration.



8804.  The superintendent shall award grants to a local educational
agency or consortium to pay the costs of planning and operating, on
behalf of one or more qualifying schools within the local educational
agency or consortium, programs that provide support services to
pupils and their families at or near the school, as follows:
   (a) Grants shall be awarded by the superintendent based upon the
recommendations of the council and pursuant to this section.
   (b) Two types of grants may be awarded to applicant local
educational agencies or consortia, depending upon the level of
readiness of that applicant to implement a program pursuant to this
chapter. The superintendent shall issue requests for applications for
awarding the grants, which shall specify maximum dollar amounts for
which each type of grant may be awarded. The requests for
applications also shall specify other criteria, as required by this
article. The superintendent shall award those grants as follows:
   (1) Planning grants may be awarded to local educational agencies
or consortia that have demonstrated a need to implement a program,
but that are not ready to begin the operation of the program, or that
are in need of additional planning to expand existing support
services programs. Planning grants shall be no more than fifty
thousand dollars ($50,000) and shall be awarded for a period not to
exceed two years. Upon completion of the planning phase, the local
educational agency or consortium shall be eligible to apply for and
may receive an operational grant.
   (2) Operational grants may be awarded to local educational
agencies or consortia that have demonstrated readiness to begin
operation of a program or to expand existing support services
programs. Operational grants shall supplement, not supplant, existing
services and funds, and shall be awarded for a period not to exceed
five years.
   (A) Operational grants shall be awarded for no more than three
hundred thousand dollars ($300,000). No more than 50 percent of each
grant shall be available for expenditure on direct services, as long
as the grant application contains a three-year plan to significantly
reduce or to eliminate agency reliance on funding provided under this
article for direct services. Direct services do not include salaries
for staff who are developing or implementing the program.
   (B) Recipients of operational grants may also receive one-time
startup grants, which may be used, among other things, for purchasing
equipment, hiring staff, designing a program evaluation, or hiring a
consultant. Startup grants shall be awarded for not more than one
hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
   (3) If a local educational agency or consortium submits an
application for an operational grant on behalf of a school that does
not meet the criteria specified in subdivision (g), (h), (i), or (j),
the superintendent may offer the applicant a planning grant,
provided that the local educational agency or consortium has not
received previously a planning grant on behalf of that school.
   (c) All grants awarded under this article shall be matched by the
participating local educational agency or consortium and its
cooperating agencies with one dollar ($1) for each four dollars ($4)
awarded. The match shall be contributed in cash or as services or
resources of comparable value. It is the intent of the Legislature
that participants seek and utilize private funds or resources for
this purpose. The superintendent may waive the match requirement upon
verifying that the local educational agency or consortium made a
substantial effort to secure a match but was unable to secure the
required match.
   (d) The superintendent shall award grants pursuant to this article
to local educational agencies or consortia in northern, central, and
southern California, in urban, suburban, and rural areas. To the
extent possible, the grants shall be awarded for programs
representative of the ethnic and linguistic diversity of schoolage
pupils and their families. Further, to the extent possible, 50
percent of the grants shall be awarded to schools serving elementary
school pupils and 50 percent to schools serving junior and senior
high school pupils.
   (e) Of the schools that receive grants each year, not more than 10
percent may be selected based on the criteria identified in
paragraph (3) of subdivision (g) of Section 8802.
   (f) A local educational agency or consortium is eligible for a
grant under this article, on behalf of one or more schools operated
by the agency or consortium, if it demonstrates in its program plan
that it:
   (1) Will give priority for services provided under this chapter to
pupils from low-income families.
   (2) Will assist families in responding to support services needs
of pupils.
   (3) Has established the local agency collaboration process
described in Article 4 (commencing with Section 8806), including a
mechanism for sharing governance with cooperating agencies and
entities, and for integrating or redirecting existing resources and
other school support services.
   (4) Has submitted or is submitting an application to the State
Department of Education and the State Department of Health Services
for certification as a Medi-Cal provider, pursuant to Section 14000,
and following, of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
   (5) Involves parents or guardians and teachers in the process of
identifying pupils' service needs and in the planning for and
provision of support services.
   (g) For purposes of this chapter, support services shall include
case-managed health, mental health, social, and academic support
services benefiting children and their families, and may include, but
are not limited to:
   (1) Health care, including:
   (A) Immunizations.
   (B) Vision and hearing testing and services.
   (C) Dental services.
   (D) Physical examinations, diagnostic, and referral services.
   (E) Prenatal care.
   (2) Mental health services, including primary prevention, crisis
intervention, assessments, and referrals, and training for teachers
in the detection of mental health problems.
   (3) Substance abuse prevention and treatment services.
   (4) Family support and parenting education, including child abuse
prevention and schoolage parenting programs.
   (5) Academic support services, including tutoring, mentoring,
employment, and community service internships, and inservice training
for teachers and administrators. However, grants for these purposes
shall supplement, not supplant, existing resources in these areas.
   (6) Counseling, including family counseling and suicide
prevention.
   (7) Services and counseling for children who experience violence
in their communities.
   (8) Nutrition services.
   (9) Youth development services, including tutoring, mentoring,
recreation, career development, and job placement.
   (10) Case management services.
   (11) Provision of onsite Medi-Cal eligibility workers.
   (h) A local educational agency or consortium may contract with
other entities, including county agencies and private nonprofit
organizations or private partners, to provide services to pupils and
their families.
   (i) Each local educational agency or consortium seeking a grant
under this article shall submit an application to the superintendent
at a time and manner, and with any appropriate information, as the
superintendent may reasonably require.
   Each grant application submitted shall include all of the
following:
   (1) A description of the proposed programs, including four or more
support services expected to be provided at the schoolsite or at a
site near, or adjacent to, the school.
   (2) Documentation of need for participation in the Healthy Start
Support Services for Children Grant Program.
   (3) Documentation of need for planning assistance, program
operation support, or both.
   (4) As to any operational grant application, a description of the
objectives of the program, the amount and sources of required
funding, the existing resources to be used or redirected, the
priorities for development and timing of the program, the agencies
responsible for the implementation of the program, and the procedures
for the evaluation of the program.
   The program plan submitted with an operational grant application
shall include all of the following:
   (A) Provisions for data collection and recordkeeping, including
records of the population served, the components of the service, the
results of the service, and costs, including startup, direct, and
indirect costs, including those to other agencies, and cost savings.
   (B) A service evaluation component, including input, process, and
outcome indicators, quality assessment, and the process by which
these measures will be taken. In addition, the plan shall include
specific targets and outcome measures.
   (C) A specific governing mechanism by which the plan will be
implemented, including local decisionmaking responsibilities,
organizational needs, anticipated problems and procedures to solve
them, and incentives for collaboration and participation incentives
to personnel.
   (D) A specific system for the provision of case management
services, including procedures for implementation, identification of
the target population, anticipated outcomes, and a list of existing
services, resources, and programs that will be used as components of
the program.
   (5) In the case of a consortium, a list of its members.
   (6) The grant application also shall document any procedures that
have been, or will be, taken to designate the local educational
agency as a Medi-Cal provider pursuant to Section 14000, and
following, of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
   (7) A description of technical assistance, professional growth,
and development needs, if any.
   (8) A description of the proposed plan for family involvement in
the program.
   (9) A description of the population anticipated to be served.
   (10) As to any planning grant application, a plan describing how
the proposed program will be implemented after the grant has expired.
   (j) Grants awarded pursuant to this article may be used for
salaries of staff responsible for developing or implementing the
program plan and administrative support staff, equipment and
supplies, training, and insurance, pursuant to subdivision (b).
   (k) No more than 10 percent of the amount appropriated in a fiscal
year for the purposes of this chapter may be used by the
superintendent for state-level administration of this chapter,
including evaluation and technical assistance. Technical assistance
includes, but is not limited to, establishing interagency
collaboration, providing information dissemination and referrals,
including information about appropriate program models, conducting
site visits, and convening workshops to assist in the implementation
of a program developed pursuant to this chapter.
   (1) Of the amount provided in the annual Budget Act for
state-level administration, up to 75 percent may be used for the
purpose of outreach and technical assistance to local educational
agencies. The remainder shall be used for state-level program
administration.
   (2) The superintendent shall ensure that adequate resources are
available to conduct an evaluation pursuant to subdivision (b) of
Section 8805.
   (l) Commencing in the 1992 calendar year, and each subsequent year
for which funding is available, grants shall be awarded according to
the following schedule:
   (1) The superintendent shall issue requests for applications on or
before November 1.
   (2) Grant applications shall be submitted to the superintendent on
or before March 1.
   (3) The superintendent shall award grants on or before May 15.



8804.5.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that, as the number
of planning and operational grants awarded pursuant to this chapter
increases, additional local planning and coordinating efforts will be
necessary among school districts, county offices of education,
county governments, community organizations, and nonprofit
organizations for all of the following reasons:
   (1) To avoid the duplication of efforts among agencies that
administer the grants.
   (2) To develop linkages between several school districts,
individual county agencies, statewide organizations, or nonprofit
organizations.
   (3) To disseminate training and technical assistance materials
developed by the department and other involved organizations.
   (4) To plan for, and ensure, the continued ability of local
educational agencies or consortia to provide support services with an
operational grant, including planning and supporting the funding of
those services beyond the three-year grant period through such means
as Medi-Cal.
   (5) To plan for, and ensure, the expansion of support services
provided with an operational grant through creative refinancing
options and the provision of comprehensive, integrated school-linked
services to sites that do not receive planning or operational grants.
   (b) From funds appropriated in the annual Budget Act for the
Healthy Start Support Services for Children Act, the department may
award county or regional planning and coordinating grants to no more
than 11 local educational agencies or consortia each year, to be used
for the purposes enumerated in subdivision (a). Each grant shall be
for an amount not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). The
total amount of grants awarded annually pursuant to this section
shall not exceed five hundred fifty thousand dollars ($550,000). The
duration of each grant shall be mutually agreed upon by the grantee
and the department.
   (c) In awarding grants for the purposes of this section, the
department shall give priority to local educational agencies or
consortia that possess one or more of the following:
   (1) An established capacity for leadership in the community and an
ability to engage in local problem solving and to creatively
approach the restructuring of service delivery methods.
   (2) A demonstrated ability to work with and among service delivery
agencies and systems, including county mental health, health,
probation, and social service systems.
   (3) The capacity to support county and regional planning and
coordination efforts to be more responsive to the needs of children
and their families in providing support services.
   (4) Knowledge of the most effective strategies for refinancing
grants and for integrating services between and among agencies.
   (d) A local educational agency or consortia shall collaborate with
local service delivery agencies and existing collaborative councils
in implementing a grant received pursuant to this section.