CA Welf & Inst Code Section 18999.1

(a)

Subject to an appropriation of funds for this purpose in the annual Budget Act, the State Department of Social Services shall administer the Housing and Disability Income Advocacy Program to provide state matching grant funds to participating counties for the provision of outreach, case management, and advocacy services and housing assistance to individuals in need.

(b)

Funds appropriated pursuant to this chapter shall be awarded to counties by the department according to criteria developed by the department, in consultation with the County Welfare Directors Association of California and advocates for clients, subject to the following restrictions:

(1)

State funds appropriated pursuant to this chapter shall be used only for the purposes specified in this chapter.

(2)

A county that receives state funds under this chapter shall match that funding on a dollar-for-dollar basis. The county matching funds used for this purpose shall supplement, and not supplant, other county funding for these purposes.

(3)

A county receiving state funds pursuant to this chapter shall, at a minimum, maintain a level of county funding for the outreach, active case management, advocacy, and housing assistance services described in this chapter that is at least equal to the total of the amounts expended by the county for those services in the 2015–16 fiscal year.

(4)

As part of its application to receive state funds under this chapter, a county shall identify how it will collaborate locally among, at a minimum, the county departments that are responsible for health, including behavioral health, and human or social services in carrying out the activities required by this chapter. This collaboration shall include, but is not limited to, the sharing of information among these departments as necessary to carry out the activities required by this chapter.