234.6 POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR.
The administrator shall be vested with the authority to administer
the family investment program, state supplementary assistance, food
programs, child welfare, and emergency relief, family and adult
service programs, and any other form of public welfare assistance and
institutions that are placed under the administrator's
administration. The administrator shall perform duties, formulate
and adopt rules as may be necessary; shall outline policies, dictate
procedure, and delegate such powers as may be necessary for competent
and efficient administration. Subject to restrictions that may be
imposed by the director of human services and the council on human
services, the administrator may abolish, alter, consolidate, or
establish subdivisions and may abolish or change offices previously
created. The administrator may employ necessary personnel and fix
their compensation; may allocate or reallocate functions and duties
among any subdivisions now existing or later established; and may
adopt rules relating to the employment of personnel and the
allocation of their functions and duties among the various
subdivisions as competent and efficient administration may require.
The administrator shall:
1. Cooperate with the federal social security board created by
Title VII of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. § 901], enacted by
the 74th Congress of the United States and approved August 14, 1935,
or other agency of the federal government for public welfare
assistance, in such reasonable manner as may be necessary to qualify
for federal aid, including the making of such reports in such form
and containing such information as the federal social security board,
from time to time, may require, and to comply with such regulations
as such federal social security board, from time to time, may find
necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports.
2. Furnish information to acquaint the public generally with the
operation of the acts under the jurisdiction of the administrator.
3. With the approval of the director of human services, the
governor, the director of management, and the director of the
department of administrative services, set up from the funds under
the administrator's control and management an administrative fund and
from the administrative fund pay the expenses of operating the
division.
4. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in chapter 239B
relating to the consideration of income and resources of claimants
for assistance, the administrator, with the consent and approval of
the director of human services and the council on human services,
shall make such rules as may be necessary to qualify for federal aid
in the assistance programs administered by the administrator.
5. The department of human services shall have the power and
authority to use the funds available to it, to purchase services of
all kinds from public or private agencies to provide for the needs of
children, including but not limited to psychiatric services,
supervision, specialized group, foster homes and institutional care.
6. Have authority to use funds available to the department,
subject to any limitations placed on the use thereof by the
legislation appropriating the funds, to provide to or purchase, for
families and individuals eligible therefor, services including but
not limited to the following:
a. Child care for children or adult day services, in
facilities which are licensed or are approved as meeting standards
for licensure.
b. Foster care, including foster family care, group homes and
institutions.
c. Family-centered services, as defined in section 232.102,
subsection 10, paragraph "b".
d. Family planning.
e. Protective services.
f. Services or support provided to a child with mental
retardation or other developmental disability or to the child's
family.
g. Transportation services.
h. Any services, not otherwise enumerated in this subsection,
authorized by or pursuant to the United States Social Security Act of
1934, as amended.
7. Administer the food programs authorized by federal law, and
recommend rules necessary in the administration of those programs to
the director for promulgation pursuant to chapter 17A.
8. Provide consulting and technical services to the director of
the department of education, or the director's designee, upon
request, relating to prekindergarten, kindergarten, and before and
after school programming and facilities.
9. Recommend rules for their adoption by the council on human
services for before and after school child care programs, conducted
within and by or contracted for by school districts, that are
appropriate for the ages of the children who receive services under
the programs.
10. In determining the reimbursement rate for services purchased
by the department of human services from a person or agency, the
department shall not include private moneys contributed to the person
or agency unless the moneys are contributed for services provided to
a specific individual.
234.6 POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR.
The administrator shall be vested with the authority to administer
the family investment program, state supplementary assistance, food
programs, child welfare, and emergency relief, family and adult
service programs, and any other form of public welfare assistance and
institutions that are placed under the administrator's
administration. The administrator shall perform duties, formulate
and adopt rules as may be necessary; shall outline policies, dictate
procedure, and delegate such powers as may be necessary for competent
and efficient administration. Subject to restrictions that may be
imposed by the director of human services and the council on human
services, the administrator may abolish, alter, consolidate, or
establish subdivisions and may abolish or change offices previously
created. The administrator may employ necessary personnel and fix
their compensation; may allocate or reallocate functions and duties
among any subdivisions now existing or later established; and may
adopt rules relating to the employment of personnel and the
allocation of their functions and duties among the various
subdivisions as competent and efficient administration may require.
The administrator shall:
1. Cooperate with the federal social security board created by
Title VII of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. § 901], enacted by
the 74th Congress of the United States and approved August 14, 1935,
or other agency of the federal government for public welfare
assistance, in such reasonable manner as may be necessary to qualify
for federal aid, including the making of such reports in such form
and containing such information as the federal social security board,
from time to time, may require, and to comply with such regulations
as such federal social security board, from time to time, may find
necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports.
2. Furnish information to acquaint the public generally with the
operation of the acts under the jurisdiction of the administrator.
3. With the approval of the director of human services, the
governor, the director of management, and the director of the
department of administrative services, set up from the funds under
the administrator's control and management an administrative fund and
from the administrative fund pay the expenses of operating the
division.
4. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in chapter 239B
relating to the consideration of income and resources of claimants
for assistance, the administrator, with the consent and approval of
the director of human services and the council on human services,
shall make such rules as may be necessary to qualify for federal aid
in the assistance programs administered by the administrator.
5. The department of human services shall have the power and
authority to use the funds available to it, to purchase services of
all kinds from public or private agencies to provide for the needs of
children, including but not limited to psychiatric services,
supervision, specialized group, foster homes and institutional care.
6. Have authority to use funds available to the department,
subject to any limitations placed on the use thereof by the
legislation appropriating the funds, to provide to or purchase, for
families and individuals eligible therefor, services including but
not limited to the following:
a. Child care for children or adult day services, in
facilities which are licensed or are approved as meeting standards
for licensure.
b. Foster care, including foster family care, group homes and
institutions.
c. Family-centered services, as defined in section 232.102,
subsection 10, paragraph "b".
d. Family planning.
e. Protective services.
f. Services or support provided to a child with mental
retardation or other developmental disability or to the child's
family.
g. Transportation services.
h. Any services, not otherwise enumerated in this subsection,
authorized by or pursuant to the United States Social Security Act of
1934, as amended.
7. Administer the food programs authorized by federal law, and
recommend rules necessary in the administration of those programs to
the director for promulgation pursuant to chapter 17A.
8. Provide consulting and technical services to the director of
the department of education, or the director's designee, upon
request, relating to prekindergarten, kindergarten, and before and
after school programming and facilities.
9. Recommend rules for their adoption by the council on human
services for before and after school child care programs, conducted
within and by or contracted for by school districts, that are
appropriate for the ages of the children who receive services under
the programs.
10. In determining the reimbursement rate for services purchased
by the department of human services from a person or agency, the
department shall not include private moneys contributed to the person
or agency unless the moneys are contributed for services provided to
a specific individual.
234.6 POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR.
The administrator shall be vested with the authority to administer
the family investment program, state supplementary assistance, food
programs, child welfare, and emergency relief, family and adult
service programs, and any other form of public welfare assistance and
institutions that are placed under the administrator's
administration. The administrator shall perform duties, formulate
and adopt rules as may be necessary; shall outline policies, dictate
procedure, and delegate such powers as may be necessary for competent
and efficient administration. Subject to restrictions that may be
imposed by the director of human services and the council on human
services, the administrator may abolish, alter, consolidate, or
establish subdivisions and may abolish or change offices previously
created. The administrator may employ necessary personnel and fix
their compensation; may allocate or reallocate functions and duties
among any subdivisions now existing or later established; and may
adopt rules relating to the employment of personnel and the
allocation of their functions and duties among the various
subdivisions as competent and efficient administration may require.
The administrator shall:
1. Cooperate with the federal social security board created by
Title VII of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. § 901], enacted by
the 74th Congress of the United States and approved August 14, 1935,
or other agency of the federal government for public welfare
assistance, in such reasonable manner as may be necessary to qualify
for federal aid, including the making of such reports in such form
and containing such information as the federal social security board,
from time to time, may require, and to comply with such regulations
as such federal social security board, from time to time, may find
necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports.
2. Furnish information to acquaint the public generally with the
operation of the acts under the jurisdiction of the administrator.
3. With the approval of the director of human services, the
governor, the director of management, and the director of the
department of administrative services, set up from the funds under
the administrator's control and management an administrative fund and
from the administrative fund pay the expenses of operating the
division.
4. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in chapter 239B
relating to the consideration of income and resources of claimants
for assistance, the administrator, with the consent and approval of
the director of human services and the council on human services,
shall make such rules as may be necessary to qualify for federal aid
in the assistance programs administered by the administrator.
5. The department of human services shall have the power and
authority to use the funds available to it, to purchase services of
all kinds from public or private agencies to provide for the needs of
children, including but not limited to psychiatric services,
supervision, specialized group, foster homes and institutional care.
6. Have authority to use funds available to the department,
subject to any limitations placed on the use thereof by the
legislation appropriating the funds, to provide to or purchase, for
families and individuals eligible therefor, services including but
not limited to the following:
a. Child care for children or adult day services, in
facilities which are licensed or are approved as meeting standards
for licensure.
b. Foster care, including foster family care, group homes and
institutions.
c. Family-centered services, as defined in section 232.102,
subsection 10, paragraph "b".
d. Family planning.
e. Protective services.
f. Services or support provided to a child with mental
retardation or other developmental disability or to the child's
family.
g. Transportation services.
h. Any services, not otherwise enumerated in this subsection,
authorized by or pursuant to the United States Social Security Act of
1934, as amended.
7. Administer the food programs authorized by federal law, and
recommend rules necessary in the administration of those programs to
the director for promulgation pursuant to chapter 17A.
8. Provide consulting and technical services to the director of
the department of education, or the director's designee, upon
request, relating to prekindergarten, kindergarten, and before and
after school programming and facilities.
9. Recommend rules for their adoption by the council on human
services for before and after school child care programs, conducted
within and by or contracted for by school districts, that are
appropriate for the ages of the children who receive services under
the programs.
10. In determining the reimbursement rate for services purchased
by the department of human services from a person or agency, the
department shall not include private moneys contributed to the person
or agency unless the moneys are contributed for services provided to
a specific individual.
