California Welfare and Institutions Code 4833 – Upon designation by the Department of Developmental Services pursuant …
Upon designation by the Department of Developmental Services pursuant to Section 4831, the designated agency established pursuant to Section 4832 shall:
(a) Design, organize and/or provide services for persons in local communities.
Terms Used In California Welfare and Institutions Code 4833
- Continuum: means a coordinated multicomponent services system within geographic regions of the state whose design shall support the sequential developmental needs of persons so that the pattern of these services provides an unbroken chain of experience, maximum personal growth, and liberty. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 4830
- Designated agency: means the legal entity selected by the State Department of Developmental Services to be responsible for organizing or providing services within each continuum or both. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 4830
- Normalization: means making available programs, methods, and titles that are culturally normative, and patterns and conditions of everyday life that are as close as possible to the norms and patterns of the mainstream of society. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 4830
(b) Seek and utilize funds from all available resources.
(c) Assure that all programs within the community living continuum shall provide all employees with competency-based, pre- and in-service training, which is coordinated with appropriate, public education agencies.
(d) Establish public support and acceptance for community development with full integration of individuals with developmental special needs.
The community living continuums shall be based upon the principle of normalization and shall include provisions for, but not be limited to, individual choice of living in home, in various types of apartments, small group dwellings, or condominiums. The department and these programs shall assure that services are provided in, or as close to, a person’s home community as feasible.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1232.)