§ 31-26-3.5-2 — Authority to establish and fund program; purposes of program

Indiana § 31-26-3.5-2

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 26: CHILD SERVICES: PROGRAMS
• Ch. 3.5: Child Welfare Programs

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A child welfare program may be established
and funded by the department for any of the following purposes:
(1) Protecting and promoting the welfare of children in a
community who are, or are likely to be, at risk of becoming
homeless, neglected, or abused due to lack of adequate or
appropriate parental support or supervision, in order to reduce the
likelihood that the children will become wards of a juvenile court
or the department.
(2) Preventing, remedying, or assisting in the solution of problems
that may result in the neglect, abuse, exploitation, or delinquency
of children.
(3) Preventing unnecessary separation of children from their
families by identifying family problems, assisting in the resolution
of family problems, and preventing the breakup of families
whenever prevention of child removal is possible and desirable.
(4) Providing services targeted to the assistance of children who
are developmentally or physically disabled and their families, for
the purposes of prevention of potential abuse, neglect, or
abandonment of those children, and enabling the children to
receive adequate family support and preparation to become
self-supporting to the extent feasible.
(5) Providing family preservation services or family support
services (both as defined in 42 U.S.C. 629a) for families and
children who are not currently receiving individually designed
services provided or funded by the department through an open
juvenile court child in need of services or delinquency case.
(6) Providing child welfare substance abuse treatment services for
families and children who have an open child welfare or
delinquency case with the juvenile court.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.146-2008, SEC.570. Amended by P.L.243-2017, SEC.7.