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22-5B-4
Section 22-5B-4 Alabama Lifespan Respite Resource Network. There is created the Alabama
Lifespan Respite Resource Network as the statewide entity that shall do the following: (1)
Address issues relating to respite care in our state. (2) Maintain a statewide system that
facilitates the availability and use of high quality, cost-effective lifespan respite services
that provide caregivers the break they need from caring for a loved one with disability or
chronic illness. (3) Develop and coordinate the Alabama Lifespan Respite Coalition. (4) Work
in collaboration with the eligible state agency and the Governor's Office to access funding
through the federal Lifespan Respite Care Act of 2006 (PL109-442). (5) Identify statewide
respite care providers. (6) Maintain a directory of respite services in Alabama and link family
caregivers with respite care providers and other types of respite-related programs. (7) Provide
technical assistance to community-based organizations and other entities that...
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38-7-7
Section 38-7-7 License to operate or conduct child-care facility - Department to establish
minimum standards for licensing; factors to be considered; children in need of special treatment;
department to offer consultation. (a) The department shall prescribe and publish minimum standards
for licensing and for approving all child-care facilities, as defined in this chapter. In
establishing such standards the department shall seek the advice and assistance of persons
representative of the various types of child-care facilities. The standards prescribed and
published under this chapter shall include regulations pertaining to: (1) The operation and
conduct of the child-care facility and the responsibility it assumes for child care; (2) The
character, suitability and qualifications of the applicant and other persons directly responsible
for the care and welfare of children served; (3) The general financial ability and competence
of the applicant to provide necessary care for children and to...
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26-24-23
Section 26-24-23 Duties of office. The Office of School Readiness shall do all of the
following: (1) Establish criteria and administer such programs and services as may be necessary
for the operation and management of a voluntary prekindergarten program. (2) Administer such
programs and services as may be necessary for the operation and management of preschool and
certain child development programs coordinating with the Department of Education for the inclusion
of preschool special education. (3) Ensure that the prekindergarten program provides a developmentally
appropriate preschool program emphasizing growth in language and literacy, math concepts,
science, arts, physical development, and personal and social competence. (4) Receive and disperse
any funds appropriated to the office from the Legislature for the establishment, operation,
and administration of the prekindergarten program. The budget of the office shall be part
of the Department of Early Childhood Education. (5) Assist...
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22-5B-5
Section 22-5B-5 Alabama Lifespan Respite Coalition. (a) There is created the Alabama
Lifespan Respite Coalition composed of members who shall be culturally, economically, and
geographically diverse and representative of the state demographics and appointed by the Governor
or his or her designee. The membership may include, but is not limited to, the following:
(1) The Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee on Education. (2) The Chair of the Senate
Judiciary Committee. (3) The Chair of the House of Representatives Health Committee. (4) The
Chair of the Senate Health Committee. (5) A member from the Governor's Office on Disability.
(6) A member from the Department of Senior Services. (7) A member from the Department of Medicaid.
(8) A member from the Department of Rehabilitation Services. (9) A member from the Department
of Human Resources. (10) A member from the Alabama Health Department. (11) A member from the
Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention. (12) A member from...
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38-9-2
Section 38-9-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall
have the following meanings: (1) ABUSE. The infliction of physical pain, injury, or the willful
deprivation by a caregiver or other person of services necessary to maintain mental and physical
health. (2) ADULT IN NEED OF PROTECTIVE SERVICES. A person 18 years of age or older whose
behavior indicates that he or she is mentally incapable of adequately caring for himself or
herself and his or her interests without serious consequences to himself or herself or others,
or who, because of physical or mental impairment, is unable to protect himself or herself
from abuse, neglect, exploitation, sexual abuse, or emotional abuse by others, and who has
no guardian, relative, or other appropriate person able, willing, and available to assume
the kind and degree of protection and supervision required under the circumstances. (3) CAREGIVER.
An individual who has the responsibility for the care of a protected...
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38-12A-2
Section 38-12A-2 Enumeration of rights. The Department of Human Resources shall ensure
that each foster parent shall have all of the following rights: (1) The right to be treated
with dignity, respect, trust, value, and consideration as a primary provider of foster care
and a member of the professional team caring for foster children. (2) The right to receive
information concerning the rights enumerated in this section. (3) The right to a concise
written explanation of their role as foster parents in partnership with children and their
families, the department, and other providers, the role of the department, and the rights
and role of the members of the birth family of a child in foster care. (4) The right to training
and support for the purpose of improving skills in providing daily care and meeting the needs
of the child in foster care. (5) The right to training, consultation, and assistance in evaluating,
identifying, and accessing services to meet their needs related to their role...
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38-2-6
Section 38-2-6 Duties, powers, and responsibilities of state department. The aim of
the state department shall be the promotion of a unified development of welfare activities
and agencies of the state and of the local governments so that each agency and each governmental
institution shall function as an integral part of a general system. In order to carry out
effectively these aims, it shall be the duty and responsibility of the state department to:
(1) Administer or supervise all forms of public assistance including general home relief,
outdoor and indoor care for persons in need of assistance, also including those duties that
have to do primarily with the determination of need and authorization of relief. (2) Exercise
all the powers, duties, and responsibilities previously vested by law in the State Child Welfare
Department. (3) Provide services to county or municipal governments including the organization
and supervision of counties for the effective carrying out of welfare...
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26-10-22
Section 26-10-22 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words shall have
the following meanings unless the context indicates otherwise: (1) ADOPTION SUBSIDY. A money
payment, services, deferred payment, or any combination thereof that is provided to a child
with special needs or circumstances after submission of an application to the department.
(2) AGENCY. The department or a child welfare agency which is authorized in its license issued
by the department to place children for adoption. (3) APPLICATION. The submission to the department
of a complete application as defined by the department with documentation of the child's special
needs. (4) CHILD. An individual under 19 years of age, or an individual 19 or 20 years of
age and eligible for Title IV-E Federal Funding, who is: a. in the care or custody, or both,
of the department, or a public or voluntary licensed child-placing agency, b. legally free
for adoption and c. in special need or circumstances because he or she is...
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21-1-17
Section 21-1-17 Bureau of Information for aid of blind or deaf; powers and duties of
Adult Department as to training, etc., of blind or deaf persons; development of policies,
etc. It shall be the duty of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, through its Adult Department,
to maintain a Bureau of Information, the object of which shall be to aid the blind or deaf
whose training is not otherwise provided for in finding employment, in developing home industries,
and in marketing their products. It shall, in its discretion, enter into a cooperative agreement
with the State Board of Education to expend funds under the Vocational Rehabilitation Act
and any other applicable state or federal law for special vocational training, materials,
tools, and books for use as a means in rehabilitating blind or deaf persons who may be in
need of such services; and it may, through the employment of teachers, give home instruction
to blind persons; provided, that it shall not undertake the permanent...
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38-15-4
Section 38-15-4 Registration of certain youth residential institutions or organizations;
staff training plans; rights of children; licensing and inspection of food preparation areas;
access by law enforcement agencies. (a) Commencing on January 1, 2018, the department shall
register any religious, faith-based, or church nonprofit, other nonprofit, or for profit affiliated
youth residential facility, youth social rehabilitation facility, community treatment facility
for youths, youth transitional care facility, long term youth residential facility, private
alternative boarding school, private alternative outdoor program, and any organization entrusted
with the residential care of children in any organizational form or combination defined by
this section, whenever children are housed at the facility or location of the program
for a period of more than 24 hours. At a minimum, registered youth residential institution
or organization under this section shall do all of the following: (1) Be...
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