2005 Vermont Code - § 4901. — Statement of purposes

§ 4901. Statement of purposes

The department may cooperate with the appropriate federal agency for the purpose of establishing, extending and strengthening services which supplement or substitute for parental care and supervision including:

(1) Preventing, remedying or assisting in the solution of problems which may result in neglect, abuse, exploitation or delinquency of children.

(2) Protecting and caring for homeless, dependent or neglected children.

(3) Protecting and promoting the welfare of children of working parents.

(4) Otherwise protecting and promoting the welfare of children, including the strengthening of their homes where possible or, where needed, providing adequate care away from their homes in child-care facilities. (Added 1967, No. 147, § 5; amended 2005, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 117.)