Iowa Code 235A.1 – Child abuse prevention program
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1. a. A program for the prevention of child abuse is established within the state department of human services. Any moneys appropriated by the general assembly for child abuse prevention shall be used by the department of human services solely for the purposes of child abuse prevention and shall not be expended for treatment or other service delivery programs regularly maintained by the department. Moneys appropriated for child abuse prevention shall be used by the department through contract with an agency or organization which shall administer the funds with maximum use of voluntary administrative services for the following:
(1) Matching federal funds to purchase services relating to community-based programs for the prevention of child abuse and neglect.
(2) Funding the establishment or expansion of community-based prevention projects or educational programs for the prevention of child abuse and neglect.
(3) To study and evaluate community-based prevention projects and educational programs for the problems of families and children.
b. Funds for the programs or projects shall be applied for and received by a community-based volunteer coalition or council.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 235A.1
- Child: includes but shall not be limited to a stepchild, foster child, or legally adopted child and means a child actually or apparently under eighteen years of age, and a dependent person eighteen years of age or over who is unable to maintain the person's self and is likely to become a public charge. See Iowa Code 252A.2
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Department: means the department of human services. See Iowa Code 235A.13
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
2. The director of human services may accept grants, gifts, and bequests from any source for the purposes designated in subsection 1. The director shall remit funds so received to the treasurer of state who shall deposit them in the general fund of the state for the use of the child abuse prevention program.