SB 146: Human services.

The bill aims to improve human services by requiring counties to have written program policies and make them available to the public for certain programs. This includes the CalWORKs Housing Support Program, Home Safe Program, Bringing Families Home Program, and Housing and Disability Income Advocacy Program. Counties must also implement and conduct county-level complaint resolution processes according to minimum requirements developed by the state. The bill also removes the requirement for recipients to make their election verbally or in writing on the welfare-to-work plan for the CalWORKs program. Additionally, it makes technical corrections to the Online CalWORKs Appraisal Tool and the alternative appraisal tool developed by the state. The bill revises the definition of "responsible public agency" for the Adoption Assistance Program to include all county adoption agencies. It also aut…