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26-24-3
Section 26-24-3 Duties of secretary. The duties of the secretary shall include, but
not be limited to, all of the following: (1) Advising the Governor and the Legislature in
matters relating to the coordination of services for children under the age of 19. (2) Serving
as a liaison between the Governor and state agencies providing programs or services for children.
(3) Educating and informing legislators and other elected officials about issues affecting
children. (4) Coordinating local effort by creating a network of existing local and community
groups and advocates dedicated to children to enable beneficial organizations throughout the
state to assist and educate each other. (5) Actively seeking and applying for federal and
private grants to fund children's programs. (6) Establishing a repository for information
on programs other than education programs offered by the Department of Education for K-12
in Alabama, which offer services for, or are for the benefit of, or in any way affect...
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16-1-16.1
Section 16-1-16.1 Alabama Council on Family and Children. (a) The Legislature finds
that there is at present a need in Alabama to coordinate, at the state and local level, the
efforts of existing providers of services supporting early childhood development and family
involvement in education. (b) There is hereby established the Alabama Council on Family and
Children to be composed of the Governor, who shall be chairperson; the State Superintendent
of Education; the Commissioner of the Department of Human Resources; the State Health Officer;
the Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation; the Chairman of
the Children's Trust Fund; and the Director of the Department of Youth Services, or their
designated representatives, and one additional member from each congressional district to
be appointed by the Governor. Said council shall exist for the purpose of coordinating existing
services, at the state and local level, supporting early childhood development and...
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38-3-9
Section 38-3-9 Adoption of rules; additional functions. The department shall adopt rules
pursuant to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act to implement and administer this chapter
and may perform all of the following functions: (1) Provide technical assistance and consultation
upon request to public and private nonprofit agencies with respect to programs, services,
and activities for elderly people. (2) Provide assistance upon request to federal agencies,
other state agencies or departments, and private organizations on studies and surveys on the
special problems of the aged in such matters as mental and physical health, housing, transportation,
family relationships, employment, income, vocational rehabilitation, recreation, and education;
make such reports as are appropriate to the Governor and other federal and state agencies;
and develop recommendations for administrative or legislative action to assist the aged. (3)
Develop and strengthen the services available for the aging in...
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41-15B-2.2
Section 41-15B-2.2 Allocation of trust fund revenues. (a) For each fiscal year, beginning
October 1, 1999, contingent upon the Children First Trust Fund receiving tobacco revenues
and upon appropriation by the Legislature, an amount of up to and including two hundred twenty-five
thousand dollars ($225,000), or equivalent percentage of the total fund, shall be designated
for the administration of the fund by the council and the Commissioner of Children's Affairs.
(b) For the each fiscal year, beginning October 1, 1999, contingent upon the Children First
Trust Fund receiving tobacco revenues, the remainder of the Children First Trust Fund, in
the amounts provided for in Section 41-15B-2.1, shall be allocated as follows: (1)
Ten percent of the fund shall be allocated to the Department of Public Health for distribution
to one or more of the following: a. The Children's Health Insurance Program. b. Programs for
tobacco control among children with the purpose being to reduce the consumption...
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26-24-4
Section 26-24-4 Powers of secretary. (a) All functions and duties of the department
shall be exercised by the secretary acting alone or by and through any administrative division
or officer or employee that the secretary may designate. The secretary shall have all power
and authority necessary or convenient to carry out the functions and duties of the department.
(b) The secretary may request any state or local agency or department which administers programs,
other than education programs offered by the Department of Education for K-12, that directly
affect Alabama's children to submit to the secretary information deemed necessary by the secretary
to evaluate and assess the relationship between children's programs and the effectiveness
of those programs, other than education programs offered by the Department of Education for
K-12. (c) The secretary may establish a data base of services offered by the several state
and local agencies, and develop a system to provide for better...
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12-15-508
Section 12-15-508 State Multiple Needs Children Fund established; use; limitations;
accounting system to be maintained; provisions for yearly audit. (a) There is established
in the State Treasury a fund to be known as the State Multiple Needs Children Fund which shall
be administered by the agency designated by the Executive Council of the State Team. This
fund shall consist of all moneys appropriated for these purposes from the State General Fund
, the Alabama Education Trust Fund, or the Children First Trust Fund, donations, grants, bequests,
loans, or any other sources, either public or private, relating to providing services for
children identified as multiple needs children. (b) The State Multiple Needs Children Fund
shall be used to provide services not otherwise provided by state departments or agencies
for multiple needs children. Administrative costs connected with the expenditures of state
multiple needs children funds shall not exceed a percentage amount established by the...
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38-7-2
Section 38-7-2 Definitions. Terms used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise
requires, have the meanings ascribed to them in this section. When not inconsistent
with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the singular
number include the plural number, and words in the plural number include the singular number,
and the word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory: (1) CHILD. Any
person under 19 years of age, a person under the continuing jurisdiction of the juvenile court
pursuant to Section 12-15-117, or a person under 21 years of age in foster care as
defined by the Department of Human Resources. (2) CHILD-CARE INSTITUTION or INSTITUTION FOR
CHILD CARE. A child-care facility where more than 10 children are received and maintained
for the purpose of providing them with care or training or both, or transitional living program
services, but does not include: a. Any institution for child care which is under the ownership
or control,...
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22-5-5
Section 22-5-5 Duties of commission. The commission shall maintain liaison with the
State Department of Education, county and city boards of education, private and parochial
schools, and physical fitness commissions of the several political subdivisions of this state,
now or hereafter created, and comparable agencies in other states or under the federal government,
and it shall consult with and advise the local commissions on their programs of physical fitness.
It shall disseminate information in the interest of physical fitness programs in this state
by publication, advertisement, conferences, workshops, programs, lectures, and other means,
and it shall collect and assemble pertinent information and data available from other state
departments and agencies. The commission is authorized to sponsor the Special Olympics for
mentally retarded and physically handicapped children at the state, national, and international
level and partner with and promote the programs and events of the...
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21-3A-4
Section 21-3A-4 Composition; appointment and duties of members. (a) For the purposes
of implementing this chapter, the Governor shall appoint the Interagency Coordinating Council.
The council shall consist of not less than 15 members nor more than the number allowed by
regulation. (b) The Governor shall designate a member of the council to serve as the chair,
or shall require the council to designate a member to serve as the chair. (c) The council
shall be composed as follows: (1) At least 20 percent of the members shall be parents, including
minority parents, of infants and toddlers with disabilities or children with disabilities
aged 12 or younger. At least one member shall be a parent of an infant or toddler with a disability
or a child with a disability aged 6 or younger. (2) At least 20 percent of the members shall
be public or private providers of early intervention services. (3) One representative from
the Alabama Legislature. (4) One person involved in personnel preparation....
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41-29-2
Section 41-29-2 Powers, duties, and functions of Department of Commerce. (a) The Department
of Commerce shall be the principal staff agency of the executive branch to plan with the other
departments of state government and with other governmental units for the comprehensive development
of the state's human, economic and physical resources and their relevance for programs administered
by the state and the governmental structure required to put such programs into effect. It
shall provide information, assistance and staff support by all appropriate means. The Department
of Commerce shall perform all the duties and exercise all the powers and authority relative
to state regional and local planning and industrial development heretofore vested in the Alabama
Development Office. All books, records, supplies, funds, equipment, and personnel of the Alabama
Development Office are also hereby transferred to the Department of Commerce. (b) All of the
powers and authority heretofore vested in the...
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