[ Text of section effective until July 8, 2008. For text effective July 8, 2008, see below.]
Section 2. The department shall provide and administer a comprehensive social service program, including the following services:
(1) casework or counseling including social services to families, foster families or individuals;
(2) protective services for children, unmarried mothers, the aging and other adults;
(3) legal services for families, children or individuals as they relate to social problems;
(4) foster family care and specialized foster family care for children, the aging, the disabled and the handicapped;
(5) adoption services;
(6) homemaker services;
(7) day care facilities and services for children, the aging, the disabled and the handicapped;
(8) residential care for children with special needs or aging persons not suited to foster family care, or specialized foster family care;
(9) informal education and group activities as needed for families, children, the aging, the disabled and the handicapped;
(10) training in parenthood and home management for parents, foster parents and prospective parents;
(11) social services for newcomers to an area or community to assist in adjustment to a new environment and new resources;
(12) camping services;
(13) family services intended to prevent the need for foster care and services to children in foster care;
(14) temporary residential programs providing counseling and supportive assistance for women in transition and their children who because of domestic violence, homelessness, or other situations require temporary shelter and assistance;
(15) information and referral services.
(16) provide social services for families and individuals in emergency and transitional housing.
Chapter 18B: Section 2. Services enumerated
[ Text of section as amended by 2008, 176, Sec. 26 effective July 8, 2008. For text effective until July 8, 2008, see above.]
Section 2. The department shall provide and administer a comprehensive child welfare program for children and families, including the following services:--
(1) casework or counseling, including services to families, foster families or individuals;
(2) protective services for children;
(3) legal services for families, children or individuals who are clients of the department;
(4) adoption services;
(5) information and referral services;
(6) foster family care for children and specialized foster family care for children with special needs;
(7) residential care for children with special needs who are not suited for foster family care or specialized foster family care;
(8) informal education and group activities;
(9) training in parenthood and home management for parents, foster parents and prospective parents;
(10) family services intended to prevent the need for foster care and services to children in foster care;
(11) temporary residential programs providing counseling and supportive assistance for families in transition and their children who, because of domestic violence, homelessness, or other situations, require temporary shelter and assistance;
(12) camping services;
(13) information and referral services;
(14) services for families and individuals in emergency and transitional housing;
(15) comprehensive youth development services;
(16) access to and coordination of medical, dental and mental health services for children in foster care whose families are receiving services from other state agencies; and
(17) child care placements for children whose families have an open case with the department.