Section 5. Administration and operation of fund.
The department shall have the power and duty to:
(1) Administer the fund.
(2) Determine the annual allocations to counties from the fund.
(3) Make allocations to counties.
(4) Make payments to the various counties based on the limitation of the annual appropriation and the distribution formula set forth in section 7.
(5) Assist the counties in planning.
(6) Promulgate regulations necessary to carry out this act.
(7) Approve annually the county plans for the expenditures of fund moneys and allocations.
(8) Report annually to the General Assembly on the expenditures of fund moneys, how they were used and the categories and numbers of clients served.