(a) The Division of Children and Family Services shall perform the following functions and have the authority and responsibility to: (1) Coordinate communication between various components of the child welfare system; (2) Provide services to dependent-neglected children and their families; (3) Investigate reports of child maltreatment and assess the health, safety, and well-being of the child during the investigation; (4) Provide services, when appropriate, designed to allow a maltreated child to safely remain in his or her home; (5) Protect a child when remaining in the home presents an immediate danger to the health, safety, or well-being of the child; (6) Ensure child placements support the goal of permanency for children when the division is responsible for the placement and care of a child; and (7) Ensure the health, safety, and well-being of children when the division is responsible for the placement and care of a child. (b) The division may promulgate rules necessary to administer this subchapter. Acts 2011, No. 591, § 1 (a) The Division of Children and Family Services shall perform the following functions and have the authority and responsibility to: (1) Coordinate communication between various components of the child welfare system; (2) Provide services to dependent-neglected children and their families; (3) Investigate reports of child maltreatment and assess the health, safety, and well-being of the child during the investigation; (4) Provide services, when appropriate, designed to allow a maltreated child to safely remain in his or her home; (5) Protect a child when remaining in the home presents an immediate danger to the health, safety, or well-being of the child; (6) Ensure child placements support the goal of permanency for children when the division is responsible for the placement and care of a child; and (7) Ensure the health, safety, and well-being of children when the division is responsible for the placement and care of a child. (b) The division may promulgate rules necessary to administer this subchapter. Acts 2011, No. 591, § 1 (a) The Division of Children and Family Services shall perform the following functions and have the authority and responsibility to: (1) Coordinate communication between various components of the child welfare system; (2) Provide services to dependent-neglected children and their families; (3) Investigate reports of child maltreatment and assess the health, safety, and well-being of the child during the investigation; (4) Provide services, when appropriate, designed to allow a maltreated child to safely remain in his or her home; (5) Protect a child when remaining in the home presents an immediate danger to the health, safety, or well-being of the child; (6) Ensure child placements support the goal of permanency for children when the division is responsible for the placement and care of a child; and (7) Ensure the health, safety, and well-being of children when the division is responsible for the placement and care of a child. (b) The division may promulgate rules necessary to administer this subchapter. Acts 2011, No. 591, § 1 (a) The Division of Children and Family Services shall perform the following functions and have the authority and responsibility to: (1) Coordinate communication between various components of the child welfare system; (2) Provide services to dependent-neglected children and their families; (3) Investigate reports of child maltreatment and assess the health, safety, and well-being of the child during the investigation; (4) Provide services, when appropriate, designed to allow a maltreated child to safely remain in his or her home; (5) Protect a child when remaining in the home presents an immediate danger to the health, safety, or well-being of the child; (6) Ensure child placements support the goal of permanency for children when the division is responsible for the placement and care of a child; and (7) Ensure the health, safety, and well-being of children when the division is responsible for the placement and care of a child. (1) Coordinate communication between various components of the child welfare system; (2) Provide services to dependent-neglected children and their families; (3) Investigate reports of child maltreatment and assess the health, safety, and well-being of the child during the investigation; (4) Provide services, when appropriate, designed to allow a maltreated child to safely remain in his or her home; (5) Protect a child when remaining in the home presents an immediate danger to the health, safety, or well-being of the child; (6) Ensure child placements support the goal of permanency for children when the division is responsible for the placement and care of a child; and (7) Ensure the health, safety, and well-being of children when the division is responsible for the placement and care of a child. (b) The division may promulgate rules necessary to administer this subchapter. Acts 2011, No. 591, § 1
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