Article 1 - [General Provisions]

Section 16500 - Generally
Section 16500.1 - Approaches to child protection; county disaster response plan
Section 16500.5 - Family preservation and support services
Section 16500.51 - Expansion of program by Solano and Alameda Counties
Section 16500.55 - Services provided children adjudged wards of court
Section 16500.65 - Family preservation and reunification program in Contra Costa County
Section 16500.8 - Federal revenues to finance activities
Section 16500.9 - Establishment of full-time position within department to assist counties
Section 16501 - Child welfare services provided by counties
Section 16501.01 - Respite care
Section 16501.02 - Alternate caregivers
Section 16501.1 - Case plan
Section 16501.15 - Safe defined
Section 16501.16 - Additional inclusions in case plan
Section 16501.2 - Best practice guidelines for assessment of child and child's family unit
Section 16501.25 - Shared responsibility plan when child of teen parent not subject to jurisdiction of dependency court
Section 16501.26 - Parental support plan developed between nonminor dependent parent and identified responsible adult
Section 16501.27 - Requirements to become identified responsible adult
Section 16501.28 - Development of all-county letter specifying minimum criteria to serve as identified responsible adult
Section 16501.3 - Program of public health nursing in child welfare services
Section 16501.35 - Duties of social workers and probation officers
Section 16501.4 - Requirements for oversight of psychotropic medications
Section 16501.45 - Data collection
Section 16501.5 - Child Welfare Services Case Management System
Section 16501.6 - Study and report on efficient methods of collecting and maintaining data for each child in foster care
Section 16501.7 - Commitments plan
Section 16501.8 - Collection of data regarding child's incarcerated parents
Section 16501.9 - Child Welfare Services-New System
Section 16501.95 - Child welfare contributing agencies
Section 16502 - Certified plan of child welfare services
Section 16502.5 - Receipt of information by county board of supervisors relating to death of child
Section 16503 - Administrative reviews of child in foster care
Section 16503.5 - Caregiver placement agreement
Section 16504 - In-person response to child reported to be endangered
Section 16504.5 - Child welfare agency authorized to secure criminal history information
Section 16504.6 - Exemption of crime for placement in Indian home
Section 16504.7 - Summary information used in making criminal records exemption determination
Section 16506 - Family maintenance services
Section 16507 - Family reunification service
Section 16507.2 - Attempt to keep family together made prior to entering voluntary placement agreement
Section 16507.3 - Time limitation on voluntary placement services
Section 16507.4 - Voluntary family reunification services; out-of-home placement without adjudication
Section 16507.5 - Duty to provide care, supervision, custody, conduct, maintenance, and support when child separated from family under voluntary placement agreement
Section 16507.6 - Duty of department when minor remains out of physical custody of parents or guardians for certain period
Section 16507.7 - Parenting course requirements
Section 16508 - Permanent placement services
Section 16508.1 - Recommendation by social worker for hearing to terminate parental rights
Section 16508.2 - Therapeutic day services
Section 16508.3 - [Repealed]
Section 16509 - Cultural and religious practices and beliefs differing from general community standards
Section 16509.1 - Child under treatment by spiritual means through prayer
Section 16509.2 - Physical or mental incapacity of parent or child
Section 16511 - Chapter not construed to give department law enforcement powers
Section 16512 - Report on operation and progress of program
Section 16513 - Immunity of persons participating in report
Section 16513.2 - Funding of chapter
Section 16513.5 - Motion to remove social worker
Section 16514 - Housing minor in emergency shelter or placing in foster family home or with foster family agency
Section 16515 - [Repealed]
Section 16516 - Social worker or probation officer lobbying for or in business with entity receiving funds from court-ordered child welfare agency
Section 16516.5 - Monthly visit by social worker of foster child placed in group home
Section 16516.6 - Private discussion between foster child and social worker or probation officer during regular visit
Section 16517 - Section 8 housing certificate program
Section 16517.5 - Out-of-home placement with relative of social worker or probation officer; compensation for placement
Section 16518 - Criteria to be used for conducting home study of foster parent
Section 16518.5 - Sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression no basis to decline foster family
Section 16519 - Legislative findings and declaration as to safe foster homes