Vermont § 4911 - Purpose The purpose of this subchapter is to:

§ 4911. Purpose The purpose of this subchapter is to:

• (1) protect children whose health and welfare may be adversely affected through abuse
  or neglect; (2) strengthen the family and make the home safe for children whenever possible by enhancing
  the parental capacity for good child care; (3) provide a temporary or permanent nurturing and safe environment for children when
  necessary; and for these purposes require the reporting of suspected child abuse and
  neglect, an assessment or investigation of such reports and provision of services,
  when needed, to such child and family; (4) establish a range of responses to child abuse and neglect that take into account different
  degrees of child abuse or neglect and that recognize that child offenders should be
  treated differently from adults; (5) establish a tiered child protection registry that balances the need to protect children
  and the potential employment consequences of a registry record for a person’s conduct
  that is substantiated for child abuse and neglect; and (6) ensure that in the Department for Children and Families’ efforts to protect children
  from abuse and neglect, the Department also ensures that investigations are thorough,
  unbiased, based on accurate and reliable information weighed against other supporting
  or conflicting information, and adhere to due process requirements. (Added 1981, No. 207 (Adj