Louisiana § 36:477 Offices; purposes and functions

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§ 36:477 — Offices; purposes and functions

Louisiana § 36:477

Title 36Organization of the Executive Branch of State Government

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La. Stat. Ann. § 36:477 (2026).

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NOTE: §477 eff. until Oct. 1, 2027. See Acts 2025, No. 477. §477. Office; purposes and functions A. The purposes for which the office of children and family services of the Department of Children and Family Services is created shall be set forth in this Section. B.

(1)The office of children and family services shall perform the services of the state relating to public assistance programs to provide aid to dependent children and to adults, who due to age, disability, or infirmity, are unable to adequately meet their basic needs. It shall also administer child support programs, establishment of paternity programs, disaster relief grant programs for individuals and families, and such other programs as assigned by the secretary. The office is authorized to enter into interagency agreements wit

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NOTE: §477 eff. until Oct. 1, 2027. See Acts 2025, No. 477.
§477. Office; purposes and functions
A. The purposes for which the office of children and family services of the
Department of Children and Family Services is created shall be set forth in this Section.
B.(1) The office of children and family services shall perform the services of the
state relating to public assistance programs to provide aid to dependent children and to
adults, who due to age, disability, or infirmity, are unable to adequately meet their basic
needs. It shall also administer child support programs, establishment of paternity programs,
disaster relief grant programs for individuals and families, and such other programs as
assigned by the secretary. The office is authorized to enter into interagency agreements with
other state agencies to conduct eligibility determinations. The office shall provide for the
public child welfare functions of the state including but not limited to prevention services
that promote, facilitate, and support activities to prevent child abuse and neglect; child
protective services; voluntary family strengthening and support services; making permanent
plans for foster children and meeting their daily maintenance needs of food, shelter, clothing,
necessary physical medical services, school supplies, and incidental personal needs; and
adoption placement services for foster children freed for adoption. It shall also perform the
functions of the state relating to the licensing of facilities regulated under Chapter 14 of Title
46 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. The office shall issue and monitor domestic
violence services contracts.
(2) After July 1, 1999, the office shall not provide for the administration of any
programs related to Aid to Families with Dependent Children, public assistance, or the food
stamp program except as provided under the welfare reform program required in R.S.
36:474(G) if such program is adopted by the legislature.
NOTE: §477 eff. Oct. 1, 2027. See Acts 2025, No. 477.
§477. Offices; purposes and functions
A. The purposes for which the offices of the Department of Children and Family
Services are created shall be set forth in this Section.
B. The executive office of the secretary shall provide for the general oversight and
supervision of the department. The executive office of the secretary includes a bureau of
audit, bureau of general counsel, and a bureau of communications and governmental affairs.
C. The office of child welfare shall provide for the public child welfare functions of
the state including but not limited to centralized intake; child protective services; human
trafficking programs; making permanent plans for foster children and meeting their daily
maintenance needs for food, shelter, clothing, necessary physical medical services, school
supplies, and incidental personal needs; adoption placement services for foster children
freed for adoption; prevention services that promote, facilitate, and support activities to
prevent child abuse and neglect, including but not limited to voluntary family strengthening
and support services; and such other programs as assigned by the secretary. The office shall
also issue and monitor domestic violence services contracts.
D. The office of child support shall provide for the administration of child support
programs pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, including but not limited to
enforcing, collecting, and distributing support obligations; establishing paternity; obtaining
and modifying child and medical support orders; and such other programs as assigned by
the secretary.
NOTE: See Acts 1990, No. 744, §4.

Legislative History

Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §2, eff. Mar. 28, 1988; Acts 1988, No. 858, §2, eff. July 18, 1988; Acts 1989, No. 141, §1, eff. June 22, 1989; Acts 1990, No. 219, §1; Acts 1990, No. 744, §1, eff. July 24, 1990; Acts 1995, No. 1219, §2, eff. June 29, 1995; Acts 1997, No. 390, §1, eff. June 20, 1997; Acts 2001, No. 702, §1, eff. June 25, 2001; Acts 2005, No. 110, §1, eff. June 21, 2005; Acts 2007, No. 166, §1, eff. June 27, 2007; Acts 2009, No. 400, §1, eff. July 7, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 409, §3, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 877, §1, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2014, No. 868, §4, eff. Oct. 1, 2014; Acts 2018, No. 206, §2; Acts 2025, No. 477, §10, eff. Oct. 1, 2025, §§11, 18, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.