§ 5405. Medical assistance.
§ 5405. Medical assistance. (a) A child with special needs resident in this State who is the subject of an adoption assistance agreement with another state shall be entitled to receive a medical assistance identification from this State upon the filing in the Medical Assistance Office of a certified copy of the adoption assistance agreement […]
§ 5406. Federal participation.
§ 5406. Federal participation. Consistent with federal law, the Department of Health and Social Services and Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families in connection with the administration of this chapter and any compact pursuant hereto shall include in any state plan made pursuant to the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of […]
§ 5307. Instruction of inmates.
§ 5307. Instruction of inmates. The School shall cause the girls under its charge to be instructed in the branches of useful knowledge adapted to their age and capacity and in household employment, needlework and such other forms of industry as may be suited to their sex, age, strength and disposition and as may be […]
§ 5308. Payments by Levy Court and County Councils.
§ 5308. Payments by Levy Court and County Councils. The Levy Court and the County Councils of the 3 counties of this State shall respectively pay monthly to the School for the maintenance and instruction of each girl committed to its custody from the respective counties, the moneys as provided in § 347 of Title […]
§ 5309. Exemption from taxation.
§ 5309. Exemption from taxation. The estate, real and personal, of the School, and for the purposes of its incorporation, shall be free from state, county and city taxes. 20 Del. Laws, c. 449; 21 Del. Laws, c. 239, § 2; Code 1915, § 2212; Code 1935, § 2523; 44 Del. Laws, c. 140, § […]
§ 5310. Commitments to School.
§ 5310. Commitments to School. The Board, in assenting thereto, may receive into its charge, custody or guardianship, any girl not over 18 nor under 11 years of age when committed thereto in any 1 of the following modes: (1) The Family Court and the Superior Court may each commit to the custody of the […]
§ 5311. Aiding or harboring escapees; penalty.
§ 5311. Aiding or harboring escapees; penalty. Whoever knowingly: (1) Advises, promotes or aids in the escape or running away of any girl from the guardianship or custody of the managers of the Woods Haven School for Girls; or (2) Harbors or conceals, or aids in harboring or concealing, any girl who has escaped from […]
§ 5312. Confinement of delinquents.
§ 5312. Confinement of delinquents. (a) If any girl in the charge, custody or guardianship of the School shall be guilty of an attempt to set fire to any building, or to any combustible matter for that purpose, or of openly resisting the lawful authority of any officer or agent of the School, or of […]
§ 5401. Legislative findings; purposes of chapter.
§ 5401. Legislative findings; purposes of chapter. (a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) Finding adoptive families for children, for whom state assistance is desirable pursuant to § 503 of this title, and assuring the protection of the interests of the children affected during the entire assistance period, require special measures when the adoptive parents […]
§ 5402. Compacts — Authorized; definitions.
§ 5402. Compacts — Authorized; definitions. (a) The Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families is authorized to develop, participate in the development of, negotiate and enter into 1 or more interstate compacts on behalf of this State with other states to implement 1 or more of the purposes set forth in this […]