§371K-4  General duties of the office of
community services.  The office of community services shall:



(1)  Establish statewide goals and objectives relating
to disadvantaged persons, refugees, and immigrants;



(2)  Study the facts concerning the needs of disadvantaged
persons, refugees, and immigrants in the State through adequate research
studies, such research to be carried on whenever possible through the
departments or agencies of the state and county governments responsible for
providing services in the fields of health, education, social welfare,
employment, and related areas.  Where such research cannot be done within such
established agencies, it shall be carried out by this office or contracted by
this office;



(3)  Review legislation pertaining to programs within
the purview of the office and appropriations made for services to the
disadvantaged, refugees, and immigrants, recommend revisions and additions
needed, and report to the governor regarding such legislation;



(4)  Evaluate the availability, adequacy, and
accessibility of all services for the disadvantaged, refugees, and immigrants
within the State;



(5)  Assist and coordinate the efforts of all public
and private agencies providing services which affect the disadvantaged,
refugees, and immigrants including, without limitation to the generality of the
foregoing, the department of health, the department of human services, the
department of labor and industrial relations, and the department of education,
and report such facts and the office's recommendations to the governor and to
the legislature.  The executive heads of all such departments and agencies
shall make available to the office of community services such information as
the office deems necessary for the effective discharge of its duties under this
chapter;



(6)  Maintain contacts with local, state, and federal
officials and public and private agencies concerned with planning for the
disadvantaged, refugees, and immigrants; and



(7)  Encourage and foster local action in behalf of
the disadvantaged, refugees, and immigrants. [L 1985, c 305, pt of §1; am L
1987, c 339, §4]