Administration of Child Welfare

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Section
43-15-1

Title of article

Section
43-15-3

Powers and duties of Department of Human Services; appeal to Director of Division of Family and Children's Services for denial of foster care and/or adoption assistance

Section
43-15-5

Administration of child welfare services

Section
43-15-6

Criminal background checks and child abuse registry checks for providers of children's services in residential setting; authority to exclude certain crimes as disqualifying from providing child care; penalties; administrative immunity

Section
43-15-7

County department authorized to provide protective services; appropriation of funds

Section
43-15-9

Article inapplicable to orphans' homes, etc.

Section
43-15-11

Expenditure of county and municipal moneys for support and maintenance of homeless and destitute children

Section
43-15-13

Foster care placement program; objectives; system of individualized plans and reviews; training program for persons who provide foster care and relative care; placement priorities and goals; changes in placement; notice to families; rights and responsibilities of persons who provide foster care and relative care

Section
43-15-14

Emergency placement of children in home care; performance of federal name-based criminal history records check of all adults residing in placement home

Section
43-15-15

Registry of children in custody of State Department of Public Welfare and public or private agencies

Section
43-15-17

Payments for supportive services; relative care payments

Section
43-15-19

Adoption resource exchange registry

Section
43-15-21

Penalty for releasing confidential information

Section
43-15-23

"Placing Out"; defined

Section
43-15-25

Elected officials as foster parents; payments on behalf of foster child