§ 49-5-1. Short Title
This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Children and Youth Act.” History. Ga. L. 1963, p. 81, § 1; Ga. L. 2013, p. 141, § 49/HB 79. The 2013 amendment, effective April 24, 2013, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “This article shall be known […]
§ 49-5-2. Purpose of Article
The purpose of this article is to promote, safeguard, and protect the well-being and general welfare of children and youth of this state through a comprehensive and coordinated program of public child welfare and youth services, providing for: Social services and facilities for children and youths who require care, control, protection, treatment, or rehabilitation and […]
§ 49-5-3. Definitions
As used in this article, the term: “Age or developmentally appropriate” means activities or items that are generally accepted as suitable for children of the same chronological age or level of maturity or that are determined to be developmentally-appropriate for a child, based on the development of cognitive, emotional, physical, and behavioral capacities that are […]
§ 49-5-4. Other State Departments, Agencies, Officers, and Employees to Assist Department
It shall be the duty of all other state departments, agencies, officers, and employees to assure the most effective coordination and use of state resources, personnel, and facilities for the benefit of children and youths and to assist the Department of Human Services in effectuating the purposes of this article by making available to the […]
§ 49-5-4.1. Child Welfare Agency Public Scorecard Established
As used in this Code section, the term: “Affected agency” means any state agency, department, division, or office which requires a license or commission from the department for child welfare agencies, including, but not limited to, the Division of Family and Children Services, Department of Human Services, Department of Juvenile Justice, Department of Behavioral Health […]
§ 49-5-5. Powers and Duties of Board; Rules and Regulations for Training Schools and Other Facilities
The board shall perform duties required of it by this article and shall, in addition thereto, be responsible for adoption of all policies and promulgation of all rules and regulations not in conflict with this article that may be necessary and appropriate to the administration of the department, to the accomplishment of the purposes of […]
§ 49-5-6. Merit System to Conform to Federal Standards; Power to Employ and Contract for Professional Services; Employment and Dismissal Procedures; Membership in State Retirement System
The department shall conform to federal standards for a merit system of personnel administration in the respects necessary for receiving federal grants and the board is authorized and empowered to effect such changes as may, from time to time, be necessary in order to comply with such standards. The department is authorized to employ, on […]