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Section 24-19-2 - Purpose.

NM Stat § 24-19-2 (2019) (N/A)
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It is the purpose of the Children's Trust Fund Act to:

A. be a statewide resource that advocates for and educates about the prevention of child abuse and neglect;

B. provide the means to develop innovative children's projects and programs that address one or more of the following:

(1) preventing abuse and neglect of children;

(2) providing medical, psychological and other appropriate treatment for children who are victims of abuse or neglect; and

(3) developing community-based services aimed at the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect; and

C. manage the next generation fund projects and programs.

History: Laws 1986, ch. 15, § 2; 2005, ch. 65, § 2; 2013, ch. 25, § 1.

The 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, expanded the function of the Children's Trust Fund Act to make the fund a statewide resource for the prevention of child abuse and neglect; added Subsection A and renumbered subsequent subsections; in Subsection B, after "children's projects", added "and programs"; and in Subsection C, after "next generation fund projects", added "and programs".

The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, added the purpose of managing next generation fund projects.

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