(a) On or before the 27th day of the month, the Controller shall allocate to the family support account in the local health and welfare trust fund of each county and city and county the amounts deposited and remaining unexpended and unreserved on the 15th day of the month in the Family Support Subaccount of the Local Revenue Fund, pursuant to schedules developed by the Department of Finance in conjunction with the appropriate state departments and in consultation with the California State Association of Counties.
(b) All of the funds deposited in the family support account shall be used by each county and city and county that receives an allocation of those funds to pay an increased county contribution toward the costs of CalWORKs grants, a county contribution toward the costs of the CalWORKs single allocation described in Section 15204.2, or both, as determined by the Department of Finance. Each county’s total annual contribution pursuant to this section shall equal the total amount of funds deposited in each county’s and city and county’s family support account during that fiscal year. The family support account shall not be subject to the transferability provisions of Section 17600.20. Each county’s contribution pursuant to this section and Section 17601.25 shall be in addition to the shares of cost required pursuant to Section 15200.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 24, Sec. 52. (SB 89) Effective June 27, 2017.)