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provide access to regulatory information to California citizens and businesses; and facilitate public participation in the Rulemaking process.</p> <p>The聽Department's regulations are divided in two groups, the Manual of Policies and Procedures (MPP), which include all the social service programs regulations, and the California Code of Regulations (CCR), Title 22, Divisions 2, 6,聽and 12,聽which include the Adoptions Program Regulations and the Community Care Licensing Regulations.聽 The MPP is published in-house and the CCR is published by Barclays, the state's official publisher聽of the聽California Code of Regulations. 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however, for information about obtaining the official CCR in print, please contact the State's official publisher, Barclays Official California Code of Regulations, at (800) 888-3600 or visit <a href="http://govt.westlaw.com/calregs/Help">Westlaw's Website</a>.</p> <p>The ORD does not provide advance notification regarding regulation activities; however, if you would like to be notified when rulemaking files are made available for public comment, please email us your email address and specify your request AND/OR if you would like to be notified when updates to the regulations manuals (manual letters) are made available on this website, please email us your email address and specify your request.</p> </div> </div></div> </div></div> </div> <div id="dnn_RightPane" class="main-secondary"><div class="DnnModule DnnModule-DNN_HTML DnnModule-14818 DnnVersionableControl"><a name="14818"></a> <div class="panel panel-standout"> <div class="panel-heading"> <h2><span class="ca-gov-icon-info"></span> <span id="dnn_ctr14818_Title_titleLabel" class="panelTitle">Subscribe to Regulations</span> </h2> </div> <div id="dnn_ctr14818_ContentPane" class="panel-body"><div id="dnn_ctr14818_ModuleContent" class="DNNModuleContent ModDNNHTMLC"> <div id="dnn_ctr14818_HtmlModule_lblContent"><h3>Contact Us:</h3> <p>California Department of Social Services<br> Office of Regulations Development<br> 744 P Street, Mail Station聽8-4-192<br> Sacramento, CA 95814<br>Phone: (916) 657-2586<br> E-mail: <a href="mailto:ord@dss.ca.gov">ord@dss.ca.gov</a> </p> <br> <a class="acc_button" href="http://eepurl.com/gy4vkr">Manual Letters Notifications</a><br> <br> <a class="acc_button" href="http://eepurl.com/ghp4uf">Public Hearing Notifications</a></div> </div></div> </div> </div></div> </div> </div>  <footer id="footer" class="global-footer"> <div style="padding-bottom: 10px; 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