It is the purpose of the Children's Trust Fund Act to: A. be a statewide resource that advocates for and educates about the prevention of child abuse and neglect; B. provide the means to develop innovative children's projects and programs that address one or more of the following: (1) preventing abuse and neglect of children; (2) providing medical, psychological and other appropriate treatment for children who are victims of abuse or neglect; and (3) developing community-based services aimed at the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect; and C. manage the next generation fund projects and programs. History: Laws 1986, ch. 15, § 2; 2005, ch. 65, § 2; 2013, ch. 25, § 1. The 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, expanded the function of the Children's Trust Fund Act to make the fund a statewide resource for the prevention of child abuse and neglect; added Subsection A and renumbered subsequent subsections; in Subsection B, after "children's projects", added "and programs"; and in Subsection C, after "next generation fund projects", added "and programs". The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, added the purpose of managing next generation fund projects.
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