Nevada § 432.0305 - Duties of Department
Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 432.0305 — Duties of Department, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 432.0305. Duties of Department
The Department, through the Division, shall: 1. Observe and study the changing nature and extent of the need for child welfare
services and develop through tests and demonstrations effective ways of meeting those
needs. 2. Cooperate with the Federal Government in adopting state plans, in all matters of
mutual concern, including the adoption of methods of administration found by the Federal
Government to be necessary for the efficient operation of programs for child welfare,
and in increasing the efficiency of those programs by prompt and judicious use of
new federal grants which will assist the Division in carrying out the provisions of NRS 432.010 to 432.085 , inclusive, 432.400 , 432.410 and 432.420 . The Department shall consider any request for a change in the state plan submitted
by an agency which provides child welfare services. 3. Enter into reciprocal agreements with other states relative to services for child
welfare and institutional care, when deemed necessary or convenient by the Administrator. 4. Enter into agreements with an agency which provides child welfare services in a
county whose population is 100,000 or more when deemed necessary or convenient by
the Administrator. 5. Accept money from and cooperate with the United States or any of its agencies in
carrying out the provisions of NRS 432.010 to 432.085 , inclusive, 432.400 , 432.410 and 432.420 and of any federal acts pertaining to public child welfare and youth services, insofar
as authorized by the Legislature.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 432.0305 ("Duties of Department") is part of the Nevada Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Nevada. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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