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158:1 Human Service; Duties of the Department of Health and Human Services; Preventive and Protective Child Care Services. Amend RSA 161:2, XII to read as follows:
XII. Social Service Programs. Develop a broad range of social and related services aimed at preventing dependency and family breakdown, promoting child development and child care, protecting vulnerable children and enabling them to live in their own homes or foster homes rather than in institutions, assisting individuals to attain and maintain self-support and strengthen family life, develop and operate social service programs within the department of health and human services, receive and distribute such federal funds which are allocated specifically to the state for day care for children and adults, and purchase or contract with other agencies or individuals to provide direct grants from sums appropriated for such purpose to other agencies upon submission of approvable plans within the objectives of this paragraph.
158:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: July 01, 2019
Effective Date: August 30, 2019
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158:1 Human Service; Duties of the Department of Health and Human Services; Preventive and Protective Child Care Services. Amend RSA 161:2, XII to read as follows:
XII. Social Service Programs. Develop a broad range of social and related services aimed at preventing dependency and family breakdown, promoting child development and child care, protecting vulnerable children and enabling them to live in their own homes or foster homes rather than in institutions, assisting individuals to attain and maintain self-support and strengthen family life, develop and operate social service programs within the department of health and human services, receive and distribute such federal funds which are allocated specifically to the state for day care for children and adults, and purchase or contract with other agencies or individuals to provide direct grants from sums appropriated for such purpose to other agencies upon submission of approvable plans within the objectives of this paragraph. Child care provided as a preventive or protective service shall be available to grandparents who are the legal guardians or primary caretakers of their grandchildren. Beginning July 1, 2021, child care providers who contract with the department to provide preventive and protective child care services shall be trained in trauma-informed care.
158:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: July 01, 2019
Effective Date: August 30, 2019