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§ 63.2-1615. What functions and services may be funded

In dispersing funds through grants to local agencies to provide service programs for the victims of domestic violence, the Department may fund both administrative functions and the delivery of direct services, including a portion of: the operational costs of offices and shelters including staff, rent, utilities, travel and supplies; twenty-four-hour crisis intervention hotlines; counseling; information […]

§ 63.2-1613. Responsibilities of local departments

Local departments may, to the extent that funds are available: 1. Promote interagency cooperation at the local level for technical assistance, data collection and service delivery; and 2. Provide services directly to victims of domestic violence. 1985, c. 20, § 63.1-317.1; 2002, c. 747.

§ 63.2-1614. Authority to receive and grant funds

Subject to regulations of the Board and to the availability of state or federal funds for services to the victims of domestic violence, the Department is authorized to: 1. Receive state and federal funds for services to the victims of domestic violence; 2. Disperse funds through matching grants to local, public or private nonprofit agencies […]

§ 63.2-1612. Responsibilities of Department; domestic violence prevention and services

It shall be the responsibility of the Department, to the extent funds are appropriated by the General Assembly or otherwise made available: 1. To support, strengthen, evaluate, and monitor community-based domestic violence programs funded by the Department and to act as the administrator for state grant funds and the disbursal of federal funds pursuant to […]

§ 63.2-1609. Emergency order for adult protective services

A. Upon petition by the local department to the circuit court, the court may issue an order authorizing the provision of adult protective services on an emergency basis to an adult after finding on the record, based on a preponderance of the evidence, that: 1. The adult is incapacitated; 2. An emergency exists; 3. The […]

§ 63.2-1610. Voluntary adult protective services

A. The local department shall provide or arrange for protective services if the adult requests or affirmatively consents to receive these services. If the adult withdraws or refuses consent, the services shall not be provided. B. No person shall interfere with the provision of adult protective services to an (i) adult who requests or consents […]

§ 63.2-1608. Involuntary adult protective services

A. If an adult lacks the capacity to consent to receive adult protective services, these services may be ordered by a court on an involuntary basis through an emergency order pursuant to § 63.2-1609 or by a guardian or conservator appointed pursuant to Chapter 20 (§ 64.2-2000 et seq.) of Title 64.2. B. In ordering […]