Welfare and Institutions Code section 1991
(a)
There shall be an allocation to the county for use by the county to provide appropriate rehabilitative housing and supervision services for the population specified in subdivision (b) of Section 1990. In making allocations, the county board of supervisors shall consider the plan required in Section 1995. Any entity receiving a direct allocation of funding from the county board of supervisors under this section for any secure residential placement for court-ordered detention will be subject to and shall comply with existing law and regulations, including, but not limited to, Section 209. A county board of supervisors shall not allocate funding to any juvenile hall, camp, ranch, or secure youth treatment facility that is, or at any time during the prior fiscal year was, unsuitable and used for the confinement of youth on any day when the facility was prohibited by law from being used for the confinement of youth pursuant to Section 209. A county board of supervisors may withhold funding from any entity that is, or at any time during the prior fiscal year was, operating an unsuitable juvenile hall, camp, ranch, or secure youth treatment facility and is confining or did confine one or more youth in the unsuitable facility on any day when the facility was prohibited by law from being used for confinement of youth pursuant to Section 209. This section does not preclude a county board of supervisors from allocating funding to an entity if either the entity ceases confining youth in an unsuitable facility, or the unsuitable facility, after reinspection, is found to have remedied the conditions that rendered the facility unsuitable and is found to be a suitable place for confinement of youth. With the exception of county probation departments, a local public agency that has primary responsibility for prosecuting or making arrests or detentions shall not provide rehabilitative and supervision services for the population specified in subdivision (b) of Section 1990 or receive funding pursuant to this section:(1)
For the 2021–22 fiscal year, thirty-nine million nine hundred forty-nine thousand dollars ($39,949,000) shall be appropriated from the General Fund to provide appropriate rehabilitative and supervision services for the population specified in subdivision (b) of Section 1990 based on a projected average daily population of 177.6 wards. The by-county distribution shall be based on 30 percent of the per-county percentage of the average number of wards committed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice, as of December 31, 2018, June 30, 2019, and December 31, 2019, 50 percent of the by-county distribution of juveniles adjudicated for certain violent and serious felony crime categories per 2018 Juvenile Court and Probation Statistical System data, updated annually based on the most recently available data, and 20 percent of the by-county distribution of all individuals between 10 and 17 years of age, inclusive, from the preceding calendar year.(2)
For the 2022–23 fiscal year, one hundred eighteen million three hundred thirty-nine thousand dollars ($118,339,000) shall be appropriated from the General Fund to provide appropriate rehabilitative and supervision services for the population specified in subdivision (b) of Section 1990. The by-county distribution is based on the per-county percentage referenced in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) and a projected average daily population of 526 wards.(3)
For the 2023–24 fiscal year, one hundred ninety-two million thirty-seven thousand dollars ($192,037,000) shall be appropriated from the General Fund to provide appropriate rehabilitative and supervision services for the population specified in subdivision (b) of Section 1990. The by-county distribution is based on the per-county percentage referenced in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) and a projected average daily population of 853.5 wards.(4)
For the 2024–25 fiscal year, two hundred eight million eight hundred thousand dollars ($208,800,000) shall be appropriated from the General Fund to provide appropriate rehabilitative and supervision services for the population specified in subdivision (b) of Section 1990. The by-county distribution is based on the per-county percentage referenced in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) and a projected average daily population of 928 wards.(5)
For the 2025–26 fiscal year, two hundred eight million eight hundred thousand dollars ($208,800,000) shall be appropriated from the General Fund to provide appropriate rehabilitative and supervision services for the population specified in subdivision (b) of Section 1990. The by-county distribution is based on the per-county percentage referenced in paragraph (1) and a projected average daily population of 928 wards.(6)
For the 2026–27 fiscal year, two hundred eight million eight hundred thousand dollars ($208,800,000) shall be appropriated from the General Fund to provide appropriate rehabilitative and supervision services for the population specified in subdivision (b) of Section 1990 and the by-county distribution shall be based on the following:(A)
Twenty-five percent of the per-county percentage of the total number of wards adjudicated for an offense listed in subdivision (b) of Section 707, per county data submissions to the Office of Youth and Community Restoration pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (g) of Section 2200, from the preceding calendar year.(B)
Twenty percent of the per-county percentage of the total number of wards adjudicated for an offense listed in subdivision (b) of Section 707 who were not committed to a secure youth treatment facility, per county data submissions to the Office of Youth and Community Restoration pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (g) of Section 2200, from the preceding calendar year.(C)
Thirty-five percent of the per-county percentage of all individuals between 10 and 17 years of age, inclusive, from the preceding calendar year.(D)
Twenty percent of the per-county percentage of the total number of wards adjudicated for an offense listed in subdivision (b) of Section 707 who were committed to a secure youth treatment facility and then transferred to a less restrictive program, per county data submissions to the Office of Youth and Community Restoration pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (g) of Section 2200.(7)
For the 2027–28 fiscal year, two hundred eight million eight hundred thousand dollars ($208,800,000) shall be appropriated from the General Fund to provide appropriate rehabilitative and supervision services for the population specified in subdivision (b) of Section 1990 and the by-county distribution shall be based on the following:(A)
Twenty percent of the per-county percentage of the total number of wards adjudicated for an offense listed in subdivision (b) of Section 707, per county data submissions to the Office of Youth and Community Restoration pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (g) of Section 2200, from the preceding calendar year.(B)
Twenty percent of the per-county percentage of the total number of wards adjudicated for an offense listed in subdivision (b) of Section 707 who were not committed to a secure youth treatment facility, per county data submissions to the Office of Youth and Community Restoration pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (g) of Section 2200, from the preceding calendar year.(C)
Thirty-five percent of the per-county percentage of all individuals between 10 and 17 years of age, inclusive, from the preceding calendar year.(D)
Ten percent of the per-county percentage of the total number of wards adjudicated for an offense listed in subdivision (b) of Section 707 who were committed to a secure youth treatment facility and then transferred to a less restrictive program, per county data submissions to the Office of Youth and Community Restoration pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (g) of Section 2200.(E)
Fifteen percent of the per-county percentage of the total number of wards adjudicated for an offense listed in subdivision (b) of Section 707 who were committed to a secure youth treatment facility and then transferred to a less restrictive program that is not in a facility regulated by Subchapter 5 (commencing with Section 1300) of Chapter 1 of Division 1 of Title 15 of the California Code of Regulations, per county data submissions to the Office of Youth and Community Restoration pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (g) of Section 2200.(8)
For the 2028–29 fiscal year and ongoing, two hundred eight million eight hundred thousand dollars ($208,800,000) shall be appropriated from the General Fund to provide appropriate rehabilitative and supervision services for the population specified in subdivision (b) of Section 1990 and the by-county distribution shall be based on the following:(A)
Twenty percent of the per-county percentage of the total number of wards adjudicated for an offense listed in subdivision (b) of Section 707, per county data submissions to the Office of Youth and Community Restoration pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (g) of Section 2200, from the preceding calendar year.(B)
Twenty percent of the per-county percentage of the total number of wards adjudicated for an offense listed in subdivision (b) of Section 707 who were not committed to a secure youth treatment facility, per county data submissions to the Office of Youth and Community Restoration pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (g) of Section 2200, from the preceding calendar year.(C)
Thirty-five percent of the per-county percentage of all individuals between 10 and 17 years of age, inclusive, from the preceding calendar year.(D)
Five percent of the per-county percentage of the total number of wards adjudicated for an offense listed in subdivision (b) of Section 707 who were committed to a secure youth treatment facility and then transferred to a less restrictive program, per county data submissions to the Office of Youth and Community Restoration pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (g) of Section 2200.(E)
Twenty percent of the per-county percentage of the total number of wards adjudicated for an offense listed in subdivision (b) of Section 707 who were committed to a secure youth treatment facility and then transferred to a less restrictive program that is not in a facility regulated by Subchapter 5 (commencing with Section 1300) of Chapter 1 of Division 1 of Title 15 of the California Code of Regulations, per county data submissions to the Office of Youth and Community Restoration pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (g) of Section 2200.(9)
By January 10, 2030, the Office of Youth and Community Restoration shall review the formula described in this section and report to the Legislature with an assessment of the formula’s efficacy in meeting the Legislature’s intent to implement public health approaches to support positive youth development and outcomes, build the capacity of a continuum of community-based approaches, and reduce recidivism. This assessment may be included in the annual report required pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) of Section 2200.(10)
The Department of Finance shall increase to no more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) the award amount for any county whose allocation as calculated pursuant to paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), and (8) totals less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000). The appropriation in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), and (8) shall be increased by the amounts needed to bring each county’s allocation to two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000).(b)
Commencing with the 2024–25 fiscal year, the allocations determined by paragraphs (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), and (10) of subdivision (a) shall be adjusted annually by a rate commensurate with any applicable growth in the Juvenile Justice Growth Special Account in the prior fiscal year. Each year, this growth shall become additive to the next year’s base allocation. Any applicable growth amounts pursuant to this subdivision shall be allocated based on a schedule provided by the Department of Finance, as described in subdivision (c), to the Controller consistent with the timelines for other 2011 Public Safety Realignment growth allocations.(c)
By July 1, 2021, and by July 31 annually thereafter, the Department of Finance shall allocate the amount calculated in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), and (10) of subdivision (a) from the General Fund and provide a schedule for the allocation of funds among counties to the Controller. The controller shall allocate these funds no later than August 31 each year, consistent with the schedule provided by the Department of Finance.
Source:
Section 1991, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC§ionNum=1991. (updated Jun. 27, 2025; accessed Aug. 18, 2025).
