2005 West Virginia Code - §5-26-3. — Duties of cabinet generally.

§5-26-3. Duties of cabinet generally.
In addition to all other duties and responsibilities assigned to the cabinet in this article and elsewhere by law, the cabinet shall:
(1) Establish, oversee, evaluate and provide technical assistance, and such moneys as may be made available by legislative appropriation to family resource networks, starting points centers, early parent education programs and other community based initiatives;
(2) Develop a cross-agency multi-year state plan consistent with priorities established by local plans developed by family resource networks, which includes provisions for regular updates of the plan and which requires the cabinet to:
(A) Articulate core results desired by the state for its children and families;
(B) Choose indicators to measure progress in reaching core results;
(C) Establish baseline data for measuring progress by examining current conditions and trends;
(D) Set targets and explore strategies for improving the lives of children and families;
(E) Put selected strategies into action to achieve core results;
(F) Monitor progress and make course corrections as necessary; and
(G) Identify tools to achieve articulated goals, including:
(i) Shifting focus from process to core results;
(ii) Increasing flexibility to remove barriers, encourage innovation and provide incentives for achieving results;
(iii) Providing flexible financing to reinvest savings and decategorize, pool, redeploy or reinstate funding;
(iv) Employing results-based budgeting; and
(v) Improving accountability through results-based decision making.
(3) Prepare a proposed budget for the operation of the cabinet and recommend it to the governor for inclusion in the executive budget to be submitted to the Legislature;
(4) Promote the work of the governor's cabinet on children and families in order to engender strong support from the community, the Legislature and business leaders;
(5) Report annually to the joint committee on government and finance on its progress in implementing the comprehensive multi-year state plan required under subdivision (2) of this section; and
(6) Submit an annual electronic report before the first day of January to the Legislature and a written copy of the report to the legislative librarian on its financial transactions for the preceding year, minutes of its meetings, narrative descriptions of any training sessions, conferences or other events, and a progress report on its implementation of the comprehensive multi-year state plan required under subdivision (2) of this section.