Nevada Revised Statutes 432.0305 – Duties of Department
The Department, through the Division, shall:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 432.0305
- Administrator: means the Administrator of the Division. See Nevada Revised Statutes 432.010
- Agency which provides child welfare services: has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432B. See Nevada Revised Statutes 432.010
- Child: means a person who is less than 18 years of age or who remains under the jurisdiction of a court pursuant to NRS 432B. See Nevada Revised Statutes 432.010
- county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
- Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See Nevada Revised Statutes 432.010
- Division: means the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department. See Nevada Revised Statutes 432.010
- population: means the number of people in a specified area as determined by the last preceding national decennial census conducted by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce pursuant to Section 2 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States and reported by the Secretary of Commerce to the Governor pursuant to 13 U. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.050
1. Observe and study the changing nature and extent of the need for child welfare services and develop through tests and demonstrations effective ways of meeting those needs.
2. Cooperate with the Federal Government in adopting state plans, in all matters of mutual concern, including the adoption of methods of administration found by the Federal Government to be necessary for the efficient operation of programs for child welfare, and in increasing the efficiency of those programs by prompt and judicious use of new federal grants which will assist the Division in carrying out the provisions of NRS 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive, 432.400, 432.410 and 432.420. The Department shall consider any request for a change in the state plan submitted by an agency which provides child welfare services.
3. Enter into reciprocal agreements with other states relative to services for child welfare and institutional care, when deemed necessary or convenient by the Administrator.
4. Enter into agreements with an agency which provides child welfare services in a county whose population is 100,000 or more when deemed necessary or convenient by the Administrator.
5. Accept money from and cooperate with the United States or any of its agencies in carrying out the provisions of NRS 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive, 432.400, 432.410 and 432.420 and of any federal acts pertaining to public child welfare and youth services, insofar as authorized by the Legislature.