235.2 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF STATE DIVISION. - Iowa Statutes

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