The department shall:

A. promulgate rules approved by the board;

B. transmit proposals for children's projects and programs to the board and next generation fund projects and programs to the council for evaluation and report on the proposals;

C. enter into contracts approved by the board to carry out the proposed children's project or program or next generation fund project or program, provided that:

(1) not more than fifty percent of the total funds distributed for any one fiscal year from the children's trust fund shall be allocated for any single children's project or program;

(2) not more than fifty percent of the total funds distributed for any one fiscal year from the next generation fund shall be allocated for any single next generation fund project or program;

(3) each children's project or program shall be funded for a specified period, not to exceed four years, and funds shall not be used for maintenance of ongoing or permanent efforts extending beyond the period specified, except that a children's project or program may be extended once for a period not to exceed the original, and the board shall approve rules providing procedures and guidelines for the preparation and approval of proposals for children's projects and programs and providing for any other matter the board deems necessary for the administration of the Children's Trust Fund Act; and

(4) no contract shall be entered into if the department finds it contrary to law;

D. furnish the board and the council with the necessary technical and clerical assistance;

E. adopt standard contract provisions; and

F. report at least annually to the governor and the legislature on the progress of its work and the results of children's projects and programs and next generation fund projects and programs.

History: Laws 1986, ch. 15, § 8; 2005, ch. 65, § 8; 2013, ch. 25, § 6.

The 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, expanded the powers and duties of the department over children's programs; in Subsection B, after "children's projects", added "and programs" and after "next generation fund projects", added "and programs"; in Subsection C, in the first sentence, after "children's project", added "or program", and after "next generation fund project", added "or program"; in Paragraph (1) of Subsection C, after "children's project", added "or program"; in Paragraph (2) of Subsection C, after "next generation fund project", added "or program"; in Paragraph (3) of Subsection C, at the beginning of the sentence, after "each children's project", added "or program", after "except that a children's project", added "or program", and after "proposals for children's projects", added "and programs"; and in Subsection F, after "children's projects", added "and programs", and after "next generation fund projects", added "and programs".

The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, required the children, youth and families department to adopt rules; transmit next generation fund projects to the next generation council; enter into contracts to carry out next generation fund projects and providing that not more than fifty percent of the children's trust fund may be allocated to a single project and that not more than fifty percent of the total funds distributed in a fiscal year from the next generation fund shall be allocated to a single next generation fund project.