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NRS 428.285 Levy of tax ad valorem for remittance to fund and Intergovernmental Transfer Account; certain smaller counties to remit certain amount of money to allow State Plan for Medicaid to include payment of certain expenditures relating to long-term care; certain counties to …

NRS 428.295 Allocation of money in budget; payment of excess from fund. 1. For each fiscal year the board of county commissioners shall, in the preparation of its final budget, allocate money for assistance to indigents pursuant to this chapter. 2. In a county whose population is…

NRS 428.355 Definitions. As used in this section and NRS 428.365 and 428.375, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Community Services Block Grant Act” means the federal act set forth in 42 U.S.C. §§ 9901 et seq. 2. “Director” means the Director of the Department of Human Se…

NRS 428.365 Director to administer allotment; expenditure of allotment; money not obligated for expenditure. 1. The Director shall administer any federal allotment received by this State pursuant to the Community Services Block Grant Act for the amelioration of the causes of pove…

NRS 428.375 Plan for statewide use and distribution of money; public hearings on proposed plans; preparation and filing of final plan; distribution of allotment; applications for grants. 1. The Director, after consulting with eligible entities, shall develop a plan for the statew…

NRS 430A.010 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 430A.015 to 430A.080, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1995, 2765; A 2005, 467)

NRS 430A.015 “Action plan” defined. “Action plan” means a plan established by a family resource center, with input from the family resource center council, which describes the services to be offered by the family resource center in an at-risk community. (Added to NRS by 2005, 467…

NRS 430A.020 “At-risk community” defined. “At-risk community” means a geographic area that the Director has declared to be in need of social and economic assistance and social service programs because of the number of families who reside there who: 1. Have low incomes; 2. Are tra…

NRS 430A.030 “Director” defined. “Director” means the Director of the Department of Human Services. (Added to NRS by 1995, 2766)

NRS 430A.040 “Family resource center” defined. “Family resource center” means a facility within an at-risk community where families may obtain: 1. An assessment of their eligibility for social services; 2. Social services directly from the family resource center; and 3. Referrals…

NRS 430A.045 “Family resource center council” defined. “Family resource center council” means an organization of people who reside in an at-risk community who assist and advise the family resource center which serves their community. (Added to NRS by 1995, 2766; A 2005, 467)

NRS 430A.080 “Social service agency” defined. “Social service agency” means any public agency or organization of this State that provides social services for families, including, without limitation, services relating to employment, child care, health care, substance use disorders…

NRS 430A.100 Solicitation and acceptance of gifts and grants by Director; accounting; grants of money to family resource centers; duties of Grants Management Advisory Committee concerning allocation of money. 1. The Director may solicit and accept gifts and grants of money and ot…

NRS 430A.110 Power of Director to enter into contracts. The Director may enter into a contract with any person, association, government, governmental agency or political subdivision of a government to assist the Director in carrying out the provisions of this chapter. (Added to N…

NRS 430A.120 Director to adopt regulations. The Director shall adopt such regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The regulations must provide: 1. Criteria for evaluating and determining the geographic boundaries for at-risk communities. 2. A met…

NRS 430A.130 Solicitation and acceptance of gifts and grants by family resource centers and family resource center councils. Each family resource center and family resource center council may solicit and accept gifts and grants of money and other property, including real property…

NRS 430A.140 Family resource center required to submit action plan to Director for approval. 1. Before a family resource center may obtain a grant from the Director, the family resource center: (a) Must submit to the Director an action plan created by the family resource center w…

NRS 430A.150 Establishment of family resource center council required; compliance with Open Meeting Law. 1. Each family resource center shall establish a family resource center council. The composition of the family resource center council must be consistent with the criteria set…

NRS 430A.160 Services provided. 1. Each family resource center shall provide referrals to obtain, if available, the following services: (a) Education on caring for infants and day care services for infants; (b) Education on parenting; (c) Health care services for children, includ…

NRS 430A.170 Case manager and administrative staff; training of case managers; duties of case manager. 1. Each family resource center must have a case manager and may have a coordinator to handle administrative matters. If a family resource center does not employ a separate perso…

NRS 430A.180 Prohibited services and procedures; exception. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, when providing services on behalf of a family resource center which has received a grant from the Director pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, an employee or volun…

NRS 430A.190 Privileged communications. Except as otherwise provided by a specific statute, any communications made to or documents received by an employee or volunteer at a family resource center from a person to obtain the services of the center are privileged and may not be di…

NRS 430A.200 Reports by family resource centers; reports by Director. 1. On or before August 1 of each year, each family resource center shall submit a report to the Director summarizing its achievements and accounting for the expenditure of any money provided to it by the Direct…

NRS 430A.210 Social service agencies required to cooperate with family resource centers. All social service agencies shall cooperate with family resource centers in carrying out the provisions of this chapter, to the extent that doing so does not conflict with federal law or a sp…

NRS 432.010 Definitions. As used in this chapter, except as otherwise defined by specific statute or unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Division. 2. “Agency which provides child welfare services” has the meaning ascribed to it…

NRS 432.011 Division: Purposes; duties. 1. The purposes of the Division are to: (a) Provide a comprehensive state system for the coordination and provision of services to children and families who need assistance relating to juvenile justice and the care, welfare and mental healt…

NRS 432.0115 Division: Composition. The Division consists of an Administrator and: 1. The Nevada Youth Training Center Bureau; 2. The Caliente Youth Center Bureau; 3. The Youth Parole Bureau; and 4. Within the limits of legislative appropriation, such additional administrative se…

NRS 432.012 Appointment and qualifications of Administrator of Division. The Administrator must be appointed on the basis of his or her education, training, experience, demonstrated abilities and interest in the provision of services to children and families and related programs.…

NRS 432.0125 Appointment of chiefs of bureaus of Division; powers and duties of Administrator of Division. 1. The Administrator shall appoint, with the approval of the Director, a chief of each of the bureaus in the Division. The chiefs are designated respectively as: (a) The Sup…

NRS 432.013 Classifications of superintendents of youth centers and facilities for detention of children; classification of Chief of Youth Parole Bureau. 1. The Superintendents of the Nevada Youth Training Center, the Caliente Youth Center and any other state facility for the det…

NRS 432.0135 Duties of chiefs of bureaus of Division; restrictions on other employment. The chief of each bureau of the Division shall: 1. Administer the provisions of law relating to the bureau, subject to the administrative supervision of the Administrator. 2. Except as otherwi…

NRS 432.014 Fees for services rendered through programs of Division. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and by specific statute: (a) The Division shall: (1) Establish and impose a schedule of fees for services rendered through each of its programs. The highest fee es…

NRS 432.0145 Gifts and grants to Division: Deposit in Division of Child and Family Services’ Gift and Cooperative Account; use; approval of claims by Administrator. 1. Except for gifts or grants specifically accounted for in another account, any gifts or grants of money which the…

NRS 432.015 Issuance and enforcement of subpoenas for certain hearings. 1. The Department may issue a subpoena to compel the attendance of witnesses, the giving of testimony and the production of books and papers at an administrative hearing conducted pursuant to the provisions o…

NRS 432.0155 Establishment and enforcement of standards for receipt of federal money for programs concerning juveniles and child welfare and child welfare services; development and enforcement of state plans by Administrator of Division; deposit of money. 1. The Department, throu…

NRS 432.016 Nevada Children’s Gift Account. 1. All gifts of money that the Division is authorized to accept must be deposited in the Nevada Children’s Gift Account in the Department of Human Services’ Gift Fund. 2. Money in the Gift Account may be used to benefit the children to …

NRS 432.0165 Nevada Children’s Gift Revolving Account. 1. The Nevada Children’s Gift Revolving Account is hereby created. All money in the Nevada Children’s Gift Revolving Account must be deposited in a financial institution qualified to receive deposits of public money and must …

NRS 432.017 Account to Assist Persons Formerly in Foster Care; regulations. 1. The Account to Assist Persons Formerly in Foster Care is hereby created in the State General Fund. 2. The Account must be administered by the Administrator. 3. The money in the Account must be used to …

NRS 432.0175 Contract for provision of shelter and care for certain children: Limitations; regulations. 1. The Department may enter into a contract with a person for the provision of shelter and care to children who are placed in the custody of an agency which provides child welf…

NRS 432.0177 Transfer of child to out-of-state facility: Initial inspection of facility; annual inspection, review of services and interview of child. 1. Before or at the time the Division transfers a child who has been committed to the custody of the Division to a facility locat…

NRS 432.020 Duties of agencies which provide child welfare services; limitation on the number of children assigned to certain caseworkers; exceptions. 1. An agency which provides child welfare services shall: (a) Provide, to the extent that support is not otherwise required by co…

NRS 432.025 Limitations on use of federal payments for maintenance of children in foster care. Not more than 60 percent of the total number of children for whom maintenance is provided pursuant to Part E of Title IV of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 670 et seq., may have b…

NRS 432.027 Agency which provides child welfare services to provide notice of whether person will be considered for approval as adoptive parent or provider of foster care. As soon as practicable after an agency which provides child welfare services receives an application by a pe…

NRS 432.028 Authority of director of agency which provides child welfare services to request education records; confidentiality of education records disclosed to agency; memorandum of understanding. 1. The director of an agency which provides child welfare services or a designee …

NRS 432.030 Restriction on provision of maintenance and special services by employee of agency which provides child welfare services. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an employee of an agency which provides child welfare services may, if otherwise qualified, provi…

NRS 432.0305 Duties of Department. The Department, through the Division, shall: 1. Observe and study the changing nature and extent of the need for child welfare services and develop through tests and demonstrations effective ways of meeting those needs. 2. Cooperate with the Fed…