235.2 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF STATE DIVISION.
235.2 POWERS AND DUTIES OF STATE DIVISION.
The state division, in addition to all other powers and duties
given it by law, shall:
1. Administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter.
2. Join and co-operate with the government of the United States
through its appropriate agency or instrumentality or with any other
officer or agency of the federal government in planning,
establishing, extending and strengthening public and private child
welfare services within the state.
3. Make such investigations and to obtain such information as
will permit the administrator to determine the need for public child
welfare services within the state and within the several county
departments thereof.
4. Apply for and receive any funds which are or may be allotted
to the state by the United States or any agency thereof for the
purpose of developing child welfare services.
5. Make such reports and budget estimates to the governor and to
the general assembly as are required by law or such as are necessary
and proper to obtain the appropriation of state funds for child
welfare services within the state and for all the purposes of this
chapter.
6. Co-operate with the several county departments within the
state, and all county boards of supervisors and other public or
private agencies charged with the protection and care of children, in
the development of child welfare services.
7. Aid in the enforcement of all laws of the state for the
protection and care of children.
8. Co-operate with the juvenile courts of the state and with the
other administrators and divisions of the department of human
services regarding the management and control of state institutions
and the inmates thereof. Section History: Early Form
[C39, § 3661.017; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79,
81, § 235.2] Section History: Recent Form
83 Acts, ch 96, § 157, 159