Adoption Assistance Program Rate Increase

May 20, 2011 - State law defines eligible children as those who, without assistance, would likely be unadoptable because of their age, racial or ethnic background, or handicap; because they are a member of a sibling group that should remain intact; or because they come from an “adverse parental background. ” The state ’s inclusion of adverse parental background as an eligibility factor allows
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/416

^[PDF] 1969 Budget Analysis: Local Assistance

Development Centers for Handicapped Children Chapter 1248, Statutes of 1965, established the development center program for handicapped minors to provide day care and treatment for children who are not able to attend public school programs due to severe mental retardation or physical impairment.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1969/21_local%20_assistance_1969.pdf

^[PDF] Supplemental Report of the 2017-18 Budget Act

Supplemental Report of the 2017-18 Budget Act
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2017/3696/2017-18-supplemental-report.pdf

Child Abuse and Neglect in California - Part IV

The reduction in the number of new cases with adoption as a goal may be partly due to an incr ease in the number of children who are considered "difficult to adopt, " due to factors such as age, ethnicity, and mental or physical handicaps.
https://lao.ca.gov/1996/010596_child_abuse/cw11096d.html

^[PDF] Special Education: Study of Incidence of Disabilities Final Report

The social policy construction of special education: The impact of state characteristics on identification and integration of handicapped children. Remedial and Special Education, 6(3), 27-35. Singer, J.
https://lao.ca.gov/1998/special_education_0998/special_ed_incidence_by_air.pdf

Special Education Facilities Funding Report

As shown in the figure, the number of pupils per classroom ranged from fi ve for multiple handicap pupils to 12 for orthopedically impaired pupils. Classrooms ranged from 1,080 square feet to 2,000 square feet and included special needs such as toilet fa cilities, extra storage space, and daily living skills development areas.
https://lao.ca.gov/2000/010399_special_ed_facilities/010399_special_ed_facilities.html

LAO Analysis of the 1997-98 Budget BillCapital Outlay Departmental Issues, Part I

This facility would be for those wards who are severely emotionally disturbed, developmentally dis abled, psychotic, mentally disordered, or have severe physical handicaps. The additional 50 beds are needed because the Youth Authority has a substantial waiting list for wards nee ding such treatment and, given the characteristics of these wards, it is difficult to overcrowd in this program.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1997/cap_outlay_depts1-b_anal97.html

LAO Analysis of the 1998-99 Budget Bill Health and Social Services Departmental Issues 2

Department of Developmental Services (4300) A developmental disability is defined as a disability, related to certain mental or neurological impairments, that originates before a person's eighteenth birthday, constitutes a s ubstantial handicap, and is expected to continue indefinitely.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1998/health_ss_depts2_anl98.html

LAO Analysis of the 1998-99 Budget Bill Health and Social Services Departmental Issues 5

State law defines these children as those who, without assistance, would likely be unadoptable because of their age, racial or ethnic background, handicap, or because they are a member of a sibling group that should remain intact.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1998/health_ss_depts5_anl98.html

LAO Analysis of the 1999-00 Budget Bill Health and Social Services Departmental 1 Issues

Department of Developmental Services (4300) A developmental disability is defined as a disability, related to certain mental or neurological impairments, that originates before a person's eighteenth birthday, constitutes a substantial handicap, and is expected to continue indefinitely.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1999/health_ss/health_ss_depts1_anl99.html