§ 3026. Partnerships for children, families, and individuals

(a)(1) The Secretary of Human Services, the Secretary of Education, and the President of the University of Vermont shall establish a research partnership to study and make recommendations for improving the effectiveness of State and local health, human services, and education programs.

(2) The research partnership shall recommend critical program goals that support the relevant population-level outcomes for children, families, and individuals set forth in 3 V.S.A. § 2311.

(b) The Secretaries of Human Services and of Education shall collaborate with regional partnerships for children, families, and individuals in each of the geographical regions of the State. Regional partnerships consist of citizens, consumers of health, human services, and education programs, family members, governmental agencies, and nongovernmental organizations providing health, education, and human services, economic development representatives and business leaders, and any other individuals and groups who can contribute to the activities of the regional partnership. Regional partnerships shall develop and implement local strategies for improving the social well-being of Vermonters, and shall advise the Agencies of Human Services and of Education concerning effective implementation of State and local health, human services, and education programs.

(c) The Secretaries of Human Services and of Education shall collaborate with the State team for children, families, and individuals, consisting of representatives of the agencies and departments of State government which serve children, families, and individuals, State coordinators of interagency teams, directors of private sector service and advocacy organizations, institutions of higher education, coordinators for the regional partnerships, and any other individual or group who can contribute to the activities of the State team. The State team shall support the activities of the regional partnerships, and participate in the development and implementation of State policies and programs designed to improve the well-being of Vermonters.

(d) [Repealed.]  (Added 2001, No. 63, § 97; amended 2001, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 119; 2011, No. 139 (Adj. Sess.), § 51, eff. May 14, 2012; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 248, 302, eff. Feb. 14, 2014; 2015, No. 11, § 3.)