Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:2123 – Program functions; duties
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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:2123
- Family violence: means any assault, battery, or other physical abuse which occurs between family or household members, who reside together or who formerly resided together. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:2121.1
The office of community services shall develop and administer the program to do the following:
(1) Establish full-time, community-based, family-oriented shelters for the victims of family violence and their children.
(2) Increase, improve, and coordinate the delivery of comprehensive services to the victims of domestic or family violence.
(3) Provide the types of innovative approaches and methods in services designed to reduce the problems of domestic and family violence.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 746, §1; Acts 1985, No. 772, §2, eff. July 19, 1985; Acts 1997, No. 1156, §7; Acts 2009, No. 409, §5, eff. July 1, 2009.