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2006 Georgia Code - 49-5-2
49-5-2. The purpose of this article is to promote,
safeguard, and protect the well-being and general welfare of
children and youth of this state through a comprehensive and
coordinated program of public child welfare and youth services,
providing for: (1) Social
services and facilities for children and youths who require care,
control, protection, treatment, or rehabilitation and for the
parents of such children; (2)
Setting of standards for social services and facilities for
children and youths; (3)
Cooperation with public and voluntary agencies, organizations, and
citizen groups in the development and coordination of programs and
activities in behalf of children and youth; and (4) Promotion of community conditions and
resources that help parents to discharge their responsibilities for
the care, development, and well-being of their children.
It is the further purpose of this
article to provide for a qualified group of citizens and leading
professionals who will identify and study the problems of youth,
recommend and effect possible solutions, and work actively for
state and local action to prevent children and youths from becoming
inmates of our prisons, patients in our mental hospitals, and
persons dependent upon public assistance programs.
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