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(a) The Attorney General of the Virgin Islands is authorized and directed to identify and review action programs of proven value in other jurisdictions, or such programs as may have been proposed in the Virgin Islands or elsewhere, which give promise of redirecting less fortunate members of the community into a life of social worth for the purpose of adapting such programs to local conditions.
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(b) The Attorney General of the Virgin Islands is authorized and directed to:
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(1) confer, consult and cooperate with governmental agencies, private (profit and nonprofit) organizations of all kinds and other persons to identify action programs which give promise of promoting the goals set forth in this section and section 120 of this title;
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(2) organize and implement such action programs through negotiation and contractual arrangements of any kind with any person or agency;
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(3) utilize, in consultation with the appropriate officials of the Government of the Virgin Islands, the resources and personnel of any agency or department of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands in implementing such program;
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(4) recommend to the Governor, who is hereby authorized to implement by Executive Order such recommendations, the transfer of action programs of proven value in the Virgin Islands to an appropriate Department or agency of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands as permanent and continuing programs, the entire program together with personnel employed therein; and
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(5) take all other actions necessary and proper for the implementation of the purposes set forth in sections 120, 121 and 122 of Title 3, Virgin Islands Code.
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