(1) The division is the child, youth, and family services authority of the state. (2) The division shall: (a) administer services to minors and families, including: (i) child welfare services; (ii) domestic violence services; and (iii) all other responsibilities that the Legislature or the executive director of the department may assign to the division; (b) provide the following services: (i) financial and other assistance to an individual adopting a child with special needs under Sections 80-2-806 through 80-2-809, not to exceed the amount the division would provide for the child as a legal ward of the state; (ii) non-custodial and in-home services in accordance with Section 80-2-306, including: (A) services designed to prevent family break-up; and (B) family preservation services; (iii) reunification services to families whose children are in substitute care in accordance with this chapter, Chapter 2a, Removal and Protective Custody of a Child, and Chapter 3, Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency Proceedings; (iv) protective supervision of a family, upon court order, in an effort to eliminate abuse or neglect of a child in that family; (v) shelter care in accordance with this chapter, Chapter 2a, Removal and Protective Custody of a Child, and Chapter 3, Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency Proceedings; (vi) domestic violence services, in accordance with the requirements of federal law; (vii) protective services to victims of domestic violence and the victims' children, in accordance with this chapter, Chapter 2a, Removal and Protective Custody of a Child, and Chapter 3, Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency Proceedings; (viii) substitute care for dependent, abused, and neglected children; (ix) services for minors who are victims of human trafficking or human smuggling, as described in Sections 76-5-308 through 76-5-317, or who have engaged in prostitution or sexual solicitation, as defined in Sections 76-5d-202 and 76-5d-209; and (x) training for staff and providers involved in the administration and delivery of services offered by the division in accordance with this chapter and Chapter 2a, Removal and Protective Custody of a Child; (c) establish standards for all: (i) contract providers of out-of-home care for minors and families; (ii) facilities that provide substitute care for dependent, abused, or neglected children placed in the custody of the division; and (iii) direct or contract providers of domestic violence services described in Subsection (2)(b)(vi); (d) have authority to: (i) contract with a private, nonprofit organization to recruit and train foster care families and child welfare volunteers in accordance with Section 80-2-405; (ii) approve facilities that meet the standards established under Subsection (2)(c) to provide substitute care for dependent, abused, or neglected children placed in the custody of the division; and (iii) approve an individual to provide short-term relief care to a foster parent if the individual: (A) provides the relief care for less than six consecutive nights; (B) provides the relief care in the short-term relief care provider's home; (C) is direct access qualified, as that term is defined in Section 26B-2-120; and (D) is an immediate family member or relative, as those terms are defined in Section 80-3-102, of the foster parent; (e) cooperate with the federal government in the administration of child welfare and domestic violence programs and other human service activities assigned by the department; (f) in accordance with Subsection (5)(a), promote and enforce state and federal laws enacted for the protection of abused, neglected, or dependent children, in accordance with this chapter and Chapter 2a, Removal and Protective Custody of a Child, unless administration is expressly vested in another division or department of the state; (g) cooperate with the Workforce Development Division within the Department of Workforce Services in meeting the social and economic needs of an individual who is eligible for public assistance; (h) compile relevant information, statistics, and reports on child and family service matters in the state; (i) prepare and submit to the department, the governor, and the Legislature reports of the operation and administration of the division in accordance with the requirements of Sections
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