The purpose of this article is to promote, safeguard, and protect the well-being and general welfare of children and youth of this state through a comprehensive and coordinated program of public child welfare and youth services, providing for:
It is the further purpose of this article to provide for a qualified group of citizens and leading professionals who will identify and study the problems of youth, recommend and effect possible solutions, and work actively for state and local action to prevent children and youths from becoming inmates of our prisons, patients in our mental hospitals, and persons dependent upon public assistance programs.
History. Ga. L. 1963, p. 81, § 2.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth
Article 1 - Children and Youth Services
§ 49-5-4. Other State Departments, Agencies, Officers, and Employees to Assist Department
§ 49-5-4.1. Child Welfare Agency Public Scorecard Established
§ 49-5-7. Development and Administration of Public Child Welfare and Youth Services
§ 49-5-8. Powers and Duties of Department
§ 49-5-8.1. Short-Term Babysitting of Child in Foster Care; Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard
§ 49-5-12.1. Penalties for Violation of Child Welfare Agency Laws and Regulations
§ 49-5-12.2. Immunity From Liability
§ 49-5-12.3. Definitions; Annual Inspection of Child Welfare Agency
§ 49-5-13. Private Child Care Learning Centers Not Required to Meet Federal Adult-Child Ratio
§ 49-5-17. Power of Department to Accept and Use Gifts
§ 49-5-18. Instituting or Intervening in Legal Proceedings
§ 49-5-19. Annual Report on Children and Youth Services
§ 49-5-20. Existing Charters of Charitable Institutions
§ 49-5-21. Penalties for Aiding, Harboring, or Encouraging Escapees or Hindering Their Apprehension
§ 49-5-22. Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten Programs to Provide Toilet Facilities Screened for Privacy