§ 407. Powers of department of social welfare. The department is\nhereby authorized and required:\n 1. to prepare a plan or plans for such child welfare services and\nupon their approval by such federal authority to execute the same. Such\nplans shall make provision for coordination between the services\nprovided under such plans and the services provided as family assistance\nunder title ten of article five with the view of providing welfare and\nrelated services which will best promote the welfare of children and\ntheir families.\n 2. to allocate and disburse to districts, counties or other local\nsubdivisions of the state such amounts from moneys received by the state\nunder the provisions of this title as are available for payment of part\nof the cost of district, county or other local child welfare services in\naccordance with such approved plans. Such district, county and other\nlocal subdivisions of the state are hereby authorized to receive and\nexpend such allotments but only for the purposes of such plans and\nsubject to the supervision and general direction of the department.\nSuch district, county and other local subdivisions shall, when required\nby the department to comply with the provisions of such approved plan,\nperform the functions required.\n 3. to develop within the department services for the encouragement\nand assistance of adequate methods of community child welfare\norganization in accordance with such approved plans.\n 4. to establish and to alter and amend such regulations as may be\nnecessary for the administration of such plans and the provisions of\nthis title.\n 5. to prepare for inclusion in the annual report required by\nsubdivision (d) of section seventeen of this chapter to be filed with\nthe governor and the legislature prior to the fifteenth day of December\nof each year, a written evaluation report of the delivery of child\nwelfare services in the state. Such evaluation report shall include,\nbut need not be limited to, supervision of foster care and the agencies\nproviding such care, information on the types of problems creating the\nneed for foster care placements, preventive and protective services, the\ntransfer of children in care and the reasons therefor, identification of\ntarget groups not receiving adequate services, and projected plans for\nproviding services to such groups. Such report shall include progress\nmade and problems encountered in the implementation of "the child\nwelfare reform act of 1979", and amendments thereto. Such report shall\nalso include aggregate expenditures; persons receiving services; cost\ncomparisons among social services districts, among types of services and\nservices programs, and among fiscal periods; unit costs; and\ncost-effectiveness of the provision of preventive services pursuant to\ntitle four of this chapter. In developing such evaluation, the\ndepartment shall consult and coordinate with the board of social\nwelfare, the division for youth, and the departments of mental hygiene,\nhealth and education.\n
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