Section 13300 - Legal services to unaccompanied undocumented minors(a) Subject to the availability of funding in the act that added this chapter or the annual Budget Act, the department shall contract, as described in Section 13301, with qualified nonprofit legal services organizations to provide legal services to unaccompanied undocumented minors who are transferred to the care and custody of the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement and who are present in this state.(b) Legal services provided in accordance with subdivision (a) shall be for the sole purpose of providing legal representation to unaccompanied undocumented minors who are in the physical custody of the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement or who are residing with a family member or other sponsor.(c) For purposes of this chapter, the term "unaccompanied undocumented minors" means unaccompanied children as described in Section 279(g)(2) of Title 6 of the United States Code.(d) For purposes of this chapter, the term "legal services" includes culturally and linguistically appropriate services provided by attorneys, paralegals, interpreters and other support staff for state court proceedings, federal immigration proceedings, and any appeals arising from those proceedings.Ca. Welf. and Inst. Code § 13300
Amended by Stats 2021 ch 296 (AB 1096),s 70, eff. 1/1/2022.Chapter heading amended by Stats 2015 ch 20 (SB 79),s 22, eff. 6/24/2015.Added by Stats 2014 ch 685 (SB 873),s 13, eff. 9/27/2014.