§ 3084. Department for Children and Families
(a) The Department for Children and Families is created within the Agency of Human Services as the successor to and the continuation of the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, the Department of Prevention, Assistance, Transition, and Health Access, excluding the Department of Vermont Health Access, the Office of Economic Opportunity, and the Office of Child Support. The Department shall also include a Division of Child Development Programs.
(b) An investigations unit is created within the Department for Children and Families as the successor to and continuation of the investigation functions of the Social Services Division of the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services under 33 V.S.A. chapter 49. (Added 1969, No. 272 (Adj. Sess.), § 10, eff. Jan. 10, 1971; amended 1973, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 14, 1974; 1977, No. 208 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1983, No. 221 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1989, No. 219 (Adj. Sess.), § 8a; 1999, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2003, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.), § 106c; 2009, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § I.7.)