North Dakota Code 50-27-03 – Authority of the children and family services division of the department of health and human services
The children and family services division may:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 50-27-03
- children: includes children by birth and by adoption. See North Dakota Code 1-01-18
- written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37
1. Create such advisory committees as may be deemed necessary to assure public involvement in the planning, development, and administration of the children’s trust fund.
2. Hire or arrange for appropriate staff, as deemed necessary, to administer and maintain properly the children’s trust fund.
3. Develop, implement, and periodically review a written plan to be used in administering the funds expended from and retained in the children’s trust fund. The written plan must include the types of activities to be funded, the nature of organizations preferred for funding, the criteria for eligible fund applicants, and the mechanisms for the monitoring and evaluating of funded activities.
4. Award grants from the children’s trust fund in accordance with this chapter and any rules that have been adopted.