50-27 Children's Trust Fund - North Dakota Statutes

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CHAPTER 50-27CHILDREN'S TRUST FUND50-27-01.Creation and administration of children's trust fund.There is herebycreated in the state treasury a special fund known as the children's trust fund. The children and
family services division of the department of human services shall administer the fund.Allmoneys designated for the fund from whatever source derived must be deposited with the state
treasurer in the children's trust fund.The state treasurer shall invest such funds ininterest-bearing accounts as is designated by the children and family services division, and the
interest earned must be deposited in the children's trust fund. The children and family services
division shall designate the administrator of child protective services as executive secretary of the
children's trust fund.50-27-02.Expenditures from fund - Definition of child abuse prevention.Expenditures from the children's trust fund may only be for the purposes of administering and
maintaining the fund, aiding in the prevention of child abuse and neglect as defined in chapter
50-25.1, and developing child abuse prevention programs.For purposes of this chapter,"prevention of child abuse and neglect" means those activities which seek to:1.Anticipate the occurrence of and act to prevent child abuse and neglect.2.Provide public information and education as to the means by which child abuse and
neglect may be identified, prevented, remedied, or alleviated.50-27-03. Authority of the children and family services division of the departmentof human services. The children and family services division may:1.Create such advisory committees as may be deemed necessary to assure public
involvement in the planning, development, and administration of the children's trust
fund.2.Hire or arrange for appropriate staff, as deemed necessary, to administer and
maintain properly the children's trust fund.3.Develop, implement, and periodically review a written plan to be used in
administering the funds expended from and retained in the children's trust fund. The
written plan must include the types of activities to be funded, the nature of
organizations preferred for funding, the criteria for eligible fund applicants, and the
mechanisms for the monitoring and evaluating of funded activities.4.Award grants from the children's trust fund in accordance with this chapter and any
rules that have been adopted.Page No. 1Document Outlinechapter 50-27 children's trust fund