{"id":5955,"date":"2022-05-23T18:35:08","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T18:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/california-statutes\/?page_id=5955"},"modified":"2022-05-24T16:34:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T16:34:16","slug":"welfare-and-institutions-code-wic-4685","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/california-statutes\/california-statutes\/welfare-and-institutions-code-wic-4685\/","title":{"rendered":"Welfare and Institutions Code &#8211; WIC 4685"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l3j2hmml-90657ec005fedf0171f75e9aae8f9510\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-l3j2hmml-90657ec005fedf0171f75e9aae8f9510{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-l3j2hmml-90657ec005fedf0171f75e9aae8f9510 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-l3j2hmml-90657ec005fedf0171f75e9aae8f9510 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developmental disabilities most often have greater opportunities for educational and social growth when they live with their families. \u2002The Legislature further finds and declares that the cost of providing necessary services and supports which enable a child with developmental disabilities to live at home is typically equal to or lower than the cost of providing out-of-home placement. \u2002The Legislature places a high priority on providing opportunities for children with developmental disabilities to live with their families, when living at home is the preferred objective in the child&#8217;s individual program plan.<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(b)\u2002It is the intent of the Legislature that regional centers provide or secure family support services that do all of the following:<\/p>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(1)\u2002Respect and support the decisionmaking authority of the family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(2)\u2002Be flexible and creative in meeting the unique and individual needs of families as they evolve over time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(3)\u2002Recognize and build on family strengths, natural supports, and existing community resources.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(4)\u2002Be designed to meet the cultural preferences, values, and lifestyles of families.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(5)\u2002Focus on the entire family and promote the inclusion of children with disabilities in all aspects of school and community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(c)\u2002In order to provide opportunities for children to live with their families, the following procedures shall be adopted:<\/p>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(1)\u2002The department and regional centers shall give a very high priority to the development and expansion of services and supports designed to assist families that are caring for their children at home, when that is the preferred objective in the individual program plan. \u2002This assistance may include, but is not limited to specialized medical and dental care, special training for parents, infant stimulation programs, respite for parents, homemaker services, camping, day care, short-term out-of-home care, child care, counseling, mental health services, behavior modification programs, special adaptive equipment such as wheelchairs, hospital beds, communication devices, and other necessary appliances and supplies, and advocacy to assist persons in securing income maintenance, educational services, and other benefits to which they are entitled.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(2)\u2002When children with developmental disabilities live with their families, the individual program plan shall include a family plan component which describes those services and supports necessary to successfully maintain the child at home. \u2002Regional centers shall consider every possible way to assist families in maintaining their children at home, when living at home will be in the best interest of the child, before considering out-of-home placement alternatives. \u2002When the regional center first becomes aware that a family may consider an out-of-home placement, or is in need of additional specialized services to assist in caring for the child in the home, the regional center shall meet with the family to discuss the situation and the family&#8217;s current needs, solicit from the family what supports would be necessary to maintain the child in the home, and utilize creative and innovative ways of meeting the family&#8217;s needs and providing adequate supports to keep the family together, if possible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(3)<span class=\"added-material\">(A)<\/span>\u2002To ensure that these services and supports are provided in the most cost-effective and beneficial manner, regional centers may utilize innovative service-delivery mechanisms, including, but not limited to, vouchers; \u2009alternative respite options such as foster families, vacant community facility beds, crisis child care facilities; \u2009<span class=\"added-material\">group training for parents on behavioral intervention techniques in lieu of some or all of the in-home parent training component of the behavioral intervention services; \u2009purchase of neighborhood preschool services and needed qualified personnel in lieu of infant development programs;<\/span>\u00a0\u2009and alternative child care options such as supplemental support to generic child care facilities and parent child care cooperatives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span class=\"added-material\">(B)\u2002Effective July 1, 2009, at the time of development, review, or modification of a child&#8217;s individualized family service plan or individual program plan, the regional center shall consider both of the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><span class=\"added-material\">(i)\u2002The use of group training for parents on behavioral intervention techniques in lieu of some or all of the in-home parent training component of the behavioral intervention services.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><span class=\"added-material\">(ii)\u2002The purchase of neighborhood preschool services and needed qualified personnel in lieu of infant development programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(4)\u2002If the parent of any child receiving services and supports from a regional center believes that the regional center is not offering adequate assistance to enable the family to keep the child at home, the parent may initiate a request for fair hearing as established in this division. \u2002A family shall not be required to start a placement process or to commit to placing a child in order to receive requested services.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(5)\u2002Nothing in this section shall be construed to encourage the continued residency of adult children in the home of their parents when that residency is not in the best interests of the person.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(6)\u2002When purchasing or providing a voucher for day care services for parents who are caring for children at home, the regional center may pay only the cost of the day care service that exceeds the cost of providing day care services to a child without disabilities. \u2002The regional center may pay in 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