California Code, Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 13003

(1) Achieve or maintaining self-support to prevent, reduce, or eliminate dependency.

(2) Achieving or maintaining self-sufficiency, including reduction or prevention of dependency.

(3) Preventing or remedying neglect, abuse, exploitation of children and adults unable to protect their own interests, or reuniting families.

(4) Preventing or reducing inappropriate institutional care by providing community-based care, home-based care, or other forms of less intensive care.

(5) Securing referral or admission for institutional care when other forms of care are not appropriate or providing services to individuals or institutions.