§ 18962 Child Welfare Expenditure Report

• •Every year, the county must tell the state how much money they spent on helping kids and families.
• •They also have to say which groups of people got help from these programs.
• •The report is due by October 1st each year.
• •The state will decide what other details need to be included in the report.

Your county runs programs to help kids who are having a hard time at home. They spend money on things like counseling, food, and safe places to stay.

Every year, your county has to send a report to the state by October 1st. This report says how much money they spent on these programs and which kids and families got help. The state might ask for more details, like how many kids were helped or what kinds of problems they had.