Title 4 — Public Care Systems.
24 chapters · 633 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 4-101 Board of Charities, Board of Children’s Guardians, and National Training School for Girls abolished
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D.C. Code § 4-102 Board of Public Welfare — Created; successor to abolished Boards; employees transferred
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D.C. Code § 4-103 Board of Public Welfare — Composition; appointment; term of office; vacancies; residency requirement; removal; compensation
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D.C. Code § 4-104 Board of Public Welfare — Officers; meetings; authority to make rules, regulations, and orders
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D.C. Code § 4-105 Director of Public Welfare
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The Mayor of the District of Columbia, upon the nomination of the Board, is hereby authorized to appoint a Director of Public Welfare, which position is hereby authorized and created, who shall be the chief executive officer of the Board and shall be charged, subject to its gener…
D.C. Code § 4-106 Institutions placed under control of Board
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The Board shall have complete and exclusive control and management of the following institutions of the District of Columbia: (1) The workhouse at Occoquan in the State of Virginia; (2) The reformatory at Lorton in the State of Virginia; (3) The Washington Asylum and Jail; (4) Th…
D.C. Code § 4-107 Institutional personnel under supervision of Board; duties of superintendent; appointment and discharge of personnel
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The superintendents and all other employees engaged in the operation of the institutions enumerated in § 4-106 shall be subject to the supervision of the Board. Each superintendent shall have the management and control of the institution to which he is appointed and shall be subo…
D.C. Code § 4-108 Rules and regulations relating to admissions of persons and administration of institutions
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It shall be the duty of the Council of the District of Columbia to make such rules and regulations relating to the admission of persons to, and it shall be the duty of the Mayor to make such rules and regulations relating to the administration of, the institutions hereinbefore re…
D.C. Code § 4-109 Registration records; system of accounts
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Under the authority herein granted, the Board may prescribe forms of record keeping to secure accuracy and completeness in the registration of persons under care and the services rendered in their behalf. The Board may recommend to the Comptroller General of the United States, an…
D.C. Code § 4-110 Powers of Board of Charities transferred
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The following powers and duties prior to March 16, 1926, imposed by law upon the Board of Charities shall be vested in the Board, and the unexpended balance of all appropriations made for the purpose of discharging such powers and duties shall become available to the Board: (1) T…
D.C. Code § 4-111 Supervision over institutions supported by congressional appropriations
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The said Board of Public Welfare shall visit, inspect, and maintain a general supervision over all institutions, societies, or associations of a charitable, eleemosynary, correctional, or reformatory character which are supported in whole or in part by appropriations of Congress,…
D.C. Code § 4-112 Submission of plans for new institutions; investigation of institutions
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All plans for new institutions shall, before adoption of the same, be submitted to the Board of Public Welfare for suggestion and criticism. The Mayor of the District of Columbia may at any time order an investigation by the Board, or a committee of its members, of the management…
D.C. Code § 4-113 Members and employees to have no interest in contracts
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No member or employee of said Board shall be either directly or indirectly interested in any contract for building, repairing, or furnishing any institution which by this chapter the Board of Public Welfare is authorized to investigate and supervise.
D.C. Code § 4-114 Powers of Mayor over dependent children
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(a) The Mayor of the District of Columbia (hereinafter referred to as the “Mayor”) may: (1) Make temporary provision for the care of children pending investigation of their status; (2) Have the care and legal guardianship, including the power to consent to or arrange for adoption…
D.C. Code § 4-115 Limitation in number of dependent children
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(a) The number of children who have been in care pursuant to § 4-114(a)(2) for a period of 2 years or more, should be: (1) Not more than 1,283 children as of September 30, 1984; (2) Not more than 965 children as of September 30, 1985; (3) Not more than 1,113 children as of Septem…
D.C. Code § 4-116 Children over whom Board shall have supervision
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Said Board of Public Welfare shall have the care and supervision of the following classes of children: (1) All children committed under § 44-1509; (2) All children who are destitute of suitable homes and adequate means of earning an honest living, all children abandoned by their …
D.C. Code § 4-117 Investigation of children; confidentiality of records; study of physical and mental conditions
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The antecedents, character, and condition of life of each child received by the Board shall be investigated as fully as possible, and the facts learned entered in permanent records, in which shall also be noted the subsequent history of each child, so far as it can be ascertained…
D.C. Code § 4-118 Commitments by Family Division of Superior Court; placement by Board
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The judges of the Family Division of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized and empowered, at their discretion, to commit to the custody and care of the Board of Public Welfare of the District of Columbia children under 17 years of age who shall be c…
D.C. Code § 4-119 Commitment of children under 17 years of age
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No court shall commit a child under 17 years of age, charged with or convicted of a petty crime or misdemeanor punishable by a fine or imprisonment, to a jail, workhouse, or police station, but if such child be unable to give bail or pay a fine, it may be committed to the Board o…
D.C. Code § 4-120 Duties of Trustees of National Training School for Girls transferred
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The duties prior to March 16, 1926, imposed by law upon the Board of Trustees of the National Training School for Girls concerning the admission, care, parole, and discharge of inmates shall be vested in the Board.
D.C. Code § 4-121 Annual budget; report of activities; recommendations; study of social and environmental conditions
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It shall be the duty of the Board to prepare and submit to the Mayor of the District of Columbia, in such manner as he shall require, an annual budget itemizing the appropriations necessary to the proper discharge of the duties imposed by law upon the Board and for the support an…
D.C. Code § 4-122 Visitation of wards
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A ward placed outside the District of Columbia and the States of Virginia and Maryland shall be visited not less than once a year by a voluntary agent or correspondent of the Board of Public Welfare.
D.C. Code § 4-123 Discharge from guardianship
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The Board of Public Welfare shall have power, upon proper showing, in its discretion, to discharge from guardianship any child committed to its care.
D.C. Code § 4-124 Duties and responsibilities of Board
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The Board of Public Welfare of the District of Columbia [abolished; see now the Department of Human Services] established by § 4-102 [omitted], shall, in addition to the other duties and responsibilities imposed upon it by law, have the following duties and responsibilities: (1) …
D.C. Code § 4-125 Assisting child to leave institution without authority; concealing such child; duty of police
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Any person who shall entice or attempt to entice, away from any home or institution, any child legally committed to the Board of Public Welfare and placed by said Board in such home or institution, or any person who shall assist or attempt to assist any such child to leave withou…
D.C. Code § 4-126 Assistance application form standardization
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(a) All District government assistance application forms (“AAF”) for assistance from the District government, or leading to federal or private assistance, shall: (1) Require the applicant to state whether he or she is a veteran; and (2) Provide contact information for the Office …