Welfare and Institutions Code section 12002

It is the object and purpose of this chapter to provide persons whose need results from age, blindness or disability with assistance and services which will encourage them to make greater efforts to achieve self-care and self-maintenance, whenever feasible, and to enlarge their opportunities for independence.

Source: Section 12002, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC§ionNum=12002. (updated Jan. 1, 1973; accessed Jun. 30, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/welfare_and_institutions_code_section_12002

Original Source: Section 12002, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC§ionNum=12002. (last accessed May 12, 2025).