The Department of Family and Community Services shall (1) administer applicable public assistance programs and receive and spend money made available to it; (2) adopt regulations necessary for the conduct of its business and for carrying out federal and state laws; (3) establish minimum standards for personnel employed by the department and adopt necessary regulations […]
The purpose of this title as it relates to children is to secure for each child the care and guidance, preferably in the child’s own home, that will serve the moral, emotional, mental, and physical welfare of the child and the best interests of the community; to preserve and strengthen the child’s family ties unless […]
The legislature finds that (1) parents have the following rights and responsibilities relating to the care and control of their child while the child is a minor: (A) the responsibility to provide the child with food, clothing, shelter, education, and medical care; (B) the right and responsibility to protect, nurture, train, and discipline the child, […]
Under AS 44.62.245(a)(2), in adopting or amending a regulation that incorporates a document or other material by reference, the department may incorporate future amended versions of the document or other material if the document or other material is (1) the federal poverty guidelines for the state prepared by the United States Department of Health and […]
In order to take advantage of the training grants provisions of 42 U.S.C. 301 – 1397f (Social Security Act), as amended, the state, through the department, consents and agrees to all conditions required by federal statute and regulation necessary for the state to participate fully in the training grants or other programs.
(a) The Department of Family and Community Services and the Department of Health, in cooperation, may, on behalf of the state, enter into the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance and supplementary agreements with agencies of other states for the provision of adoption and medical assistance under AS 47.07 and other provisions of this […]
By the 15th day of each month, the Department of Family and Community Services shall provide a report summarizing child protection activities carried out during the previous calendar month and the status of children committed to the department’s custody, including information on the number and type of reports of child abuse and neglect received, the […]
(a) The department may contract with a person or local government for the delivery of services to be provided by the department under AS 47.06.010 if the commissioner of family and community services determines the service will be provided at less cost to the state or will be provided in a more effective manner. (b) […]
It is the public policy of the state to cooperate and coordinate with the United States government and its agencies in providing for and administering federal and state laws for adult public assistance and the other assistance that is provided for or extended to the people of the state.
In AS 47.06.010 – 47.06.100, unless the context otherwise requires, “department” means Department of Family and Community Services.
