[§577E-4]  Duties.  The commission shall
serve in an advisory capacity to state agencies to promote healthy family
relationships between parents and children.  In addition, the commission may
make recommendations on programs, services, and contracts relating to children
and families, and may:



(1)  Act as a central clearinghouse and coordinating
body for governmental and nongovernmental activities and information relating
to the promotion of healthy families;



(2)  Identify promising best practices that support
and engage both parents in the emotional and financial support of their
children;



(3)  Identify obstacles that impede or prevent the
involvement of fathers in the lives of their children;



(4)  Raise public awareness of the consequences that
the absence of the father may cause in a child's life;



(5)  Recommend policies and practices, both within and
without state government, that sustain and reengage fathers in the lives of
their children;



(6)  Promote, foster, encourage, and otherwise support
programs designed to educate and train young men who are both current and
future fathers as to effective parenting skills, behaviors, and attitudes;



(7)  Promote, foster, encourage, and otherwise support
programs that promote fatherhood;



(8)  Promote, foster, encourage, and otherwise support
programs that counter poverty and low income by increasing the capacity of
fathers to overcome personal challenges and become productive, independent, and
financially responsible contributors to their family; and



(9)  Do any and all things necessary to carry out its
duties and the purposes of this chapter. [L 2003, c 156, pt of §2; am L 2005, c
148, §2; ree L 2006, c 232, pt of §1; am L 2007, c 190, §1]