2005 Vermont Code - § 1101. — Powers and responsibilities of the commissioner regarding juvenile services

§ 1101. Powers and responsibilities of the commissioner regarding juvenile services

The commissioner is charged with the following powers and responsibilities regarding the administration of juvenile services:

(1) To provide appropriate, separate facilities for the custody and treatment of children committed to his custody in accordance with the laws of the state;

(2) To supervise and administer and oversee the maintenance of the facilities, in accordance with the various powers and responsibilities established in the office of commissioner by this title, by chapter 55 of Title 33 and by sections 3052 and 3053 of Title 3;

(3) To advise, upon request and in his discretion, local, state and federal officials and public and private agencies and lay groups on the needs for and possible methods of the reduction and prevention of delinquency and the treatment of delinquents;

(4) To cooperate with other agencies whose services deal with the care and treatment of delinquents to the end that children who are committed to the custody of the commissioner may wherever possible be assisted to a successful adjustment outside of institutional care;

(5) To cooperate with other agencies in surveying, developing and utilizing the resources of a community as a means of combatting the problem of juvenile delinquency and of effectuating rehabilitation;

(6) To hold community and state conferences from time to time in order to acquaint the public with current issues of juvenile delinquency;

(7) To assemble and distribute information relating to delinquency and report on studies relating to community conditions which affect the problem of delinquency. (Added 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 20.)