The Department shall assume administrative responsibilities for the statewidesystem. In this capacity, the Department shall establish an office to:
1. Develop a plan for the design and implementation of a statewide humanservices information and referral program;
2. Coordinate and supervise the implementation and operation of theinformation and referral program;
3. Coordinate funding for the system;
4. Select regional providers of information and referral services;
5. Supervise coordination of information management among information andreferral regions across the Commonwealth;
6. Encourage effective relationships between the system and state and localagencies and public and private organizations;
7. Develop and implement a statewide publicity effort;
8. Provide training, technical assistance, research, and consultation forregional and local information and referral centers, and to localitiesinterested in developing information and referral services;
9. Determine a core level of services to be funded from state governmentresources;
10. Coordinate standardization of resource data collection, maintenance anddissemination;
11. Stimulate and encourage the availability of statewide information andreferral services;
12. Develop and implement a program for monitoring and assessing theperformance and success of the information and referral program; and
13. Collect information on child-specific payments made through the TitleIV-E foster care program and submit information, when available, to theOffice of Comprehensive Services for At-Risk Youth and Families.
(1984, c. 402, § 63.1-314.5; 1990, c. 915; 2002, c. 747; 2003, cc. 54, 75;2008, c. 277.)
The Department shall assume administrative responsibilities for the statewidesystem. In this capacity, the Department shall establish an office to:
1. Develop a plan for the design and implementation of a statewide humanservices information and referral program;
2. Coordinate and supervise the implementation and operation of theinformation and referral program;
3. Coordinate funding for the system;
4. Select regional providers of information and referral services;
5. Supervise coordination of information management among information andreferral regions across the Commonwealth;
6. Encourage effective relationships between the system and state and localagencies and public and private organizations;
7. Develop and implement a statewide publicity effort;
8. Provide training, technical assistance, research, and consultation forregional and local information and referral centers, and to localitiesinterested in developing information and referral services;
9. Determine a core level of services to be funded from state governmentresources;
10. Coordinate standardization of resource data collection, maintenance anddissemination;
11. Stimulate and encourage the availability of statewide information andreferral services;
12. Develop and implement a program for monitoring and assessing theperformance and success of the information and referral program; and
13. Collect information on child-specific payments made through the TitleIV-E foster care program and submit information, when available, to theOffice of Comprehensive Services for At-Risk Youth and Families.
(1984, c. 402, § 63.1-314.5; 1990, c. 915; 2002, c. 747; 2003, cc. 54, 75;2008, c. 277.)
The Department shall assume administrative responsibilities for the statewidesystem. In this capacity, the Department shall establish an office to:
1. Develop a plan for the design and implementation of a statewide humanservices information and referral program;
2. Coordinate and supervise the implementation and operation of theinformation and referral program;
3. Coordinate funding for the system;
4. Select regional providers of information and referral services;
5. Supervise coordination of information management among information andreferral regions across the Commonwealth;
6. Encourage effective relationships between the system and state and localagencies and public and private organizations;
7. Develop and implement a statewide publicity effort;
8. Provide training, technical assistance, research, and consultation forregional and local information and referral centers, and to localitiesinterested in developing information and referral services;
9. Determine a core level of services to be funded from state governmentresources;
10. Coordinate standardization of resource data collection, maintenance anddissemination;
11. Stimulate and encourage the availability of statewide information andreferral services;
12. Develop and implement a program for monitoring and assessing theperformance and success of the information and referral program; and
13. Collect information on child-specific payments made through the TitleIV-E foster care program and submit information, when available, to theOffice of Comprehensive Services for At-Risk Youth and Families.
(1984, c. 402, § 63.1-314.5; 1990, c. 915; 2002, c. 747; 2003, cc. 54, 75;2008, c. 277.)
