§ 121. Adoption of Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children
The Virgin Islands hereby enacts into law and enters into the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children with all other jurisdictions which have enacted or shall hereafter enact the Compact in the form substantially as follows: Article I. Purpose and Policy It is the purpose and policy of the party states to cooperate with […]
§ 122. Financial responsibility
Financial responsibility for any child placed pursuant to the provisions of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Article V thereof in the first instance. However, in the event of partial or complete default of performance thereunder, the provisions of any other laws fixing responsibility […]
§ 123. Appropriate public authorities
The “appropriate public authorities” as used in Article III of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children shall, with reference to the Virgin Islands, mean the Department of Human Services with reference to placement in foster care or as a preliminary to a possible adoption and the Youth Services Administration with reference to institutional […]
§ 124. Appropriate authority in receiving state
As used in paragraph (a) of Article V of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, the phrase “appropriate authority in receiving state” shall mean the Department of Human Services with reference to placement in foster care or as a placement to a possible adoption and the Department of Human Services with reference to […]
§ 105. Duration of custody
All children committed to the Department of Human Services or accepted into its custody upon application from parents or guardians shall remain in the custody of the Department of Human Services and subject to placement in its discretion, until released by order of the Department of Human Services or until they arrive at the age […]
§ 106. Instruction and training of children
The Department of Education shall provide necessary and desirable academic instruction and instruction in manual and industrial arts for the children of the training schools, on plans and programs developed with and approved by the Department of Human Services. In all such instruction, emphasis shall be placed on meeting the needs of the individual child […]
§ 107. Title
This Act may be cited as the Family Preservation Services Act.
§ 108. Purpose
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to make available, within available funds, intensive services to children and families that are designed to prevent the unnecessary and imminent placement of children in foster care and to facilitate the reunification of children with their families. These services shall be known as family preservation services and […]
§ 104. Care and placement of juveniles; boarding or foster homes; fees
(a) The Department of Human Services shall receive such children as may be committed to it by the District Court or the Superior Court, or upon application from parents or guardians; shall determine the type of care and placement needed by the individual child; and shall provide such care and placement, as facilities are available, […]
§ 44. Length of certification; reapplication
(a) Each individual certified to participate in the Program under section 43, subsection (b) of this chapter, shall remain so for a period of one (1) year from the date of such certification. (b) Any individual certified to participate in the Program under section 43, subsection (b) of this chapter who desires to continue to […]