NRS432B.180. Duties of Division of Child and Family Services.

  The Division of Child and Family Services shall:

      1.  Administer any money granted to the State by the Federal Government.

      2.  Request appropriations from the Legislature in amounts sufficient to:

      (a) Provide block grants to an agency which provides child welfare services in a county whose population is 100,000 or more pursuant to NRS 432B.2185; and

      (b) Administer a program to provide additional incentive payments to such an agency pursuant to NRS 432B.2165.

      3.  Monitor the performance of an agency which provides child welfare services in a county whose population is 100,000 or more through data collection, evaluation of services and the review and approval of agency improvement plans pursuant to NRS 432B.2165.

      4.  Provide child welfare services directly or arrange for the provision of those services in a county whose population is less than 100,000.

      5.  Coordinate its activities with and assist the efforts of any law enforcement agency, a court of competent jurisdiction, an agency which provides child welfare services and any public or private organization which provides social services for the prevention, identification and treatment of abuse or neglect of children and for permanent placement of children.

      6.  Involve communities in the improvement of child welfare services.

      7.  Evaluate all child welfare services provided throughout the State and, if an agency which provides child welfare services is not in substantial compliance with any federal or state law relating to the provision of child welfare services, regulations adopted pursuant to those laws or statewide plans or policies relating to the provision of child welfare services, require corrective action of the agency which provides child welfare services.

      8.  Coordinate with and assist:

      (a) Each agency which provides child welfare services in recruiting, training and licensing providers of foster care as defined in NRS 424.017;

      (b) Each foster care agency licensed pursuant to NRS 424.093 to 424.270, inclusive, in screening, recruiting, licensing and training providers of foster care as defined in NRS 424.017; and

      (c) A nonprofit or community-based organization in recruiting and training providers of foster care as defined in NRS 424.017 if the Division determines that the organization provides a level of training that is equivalent to the level of training provided by an agency which provides child welfare services.

      (Added to NRS by 1985, 1370; A 1987, 1439; 1993, 2705; 2001 Special Session, 35; 2007, 543, 1501; 2009, 1489; 2011, 2496; 2013, 1453)