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§ 43-27-2. Department of Human Services to be Department of Youth Services - The Department of Human Services shall be the Department of...
§ 43-27-8. Duties and responsibilities of Department of Human Services - The Department of Human Services, shall administer the following duties...
§ 43-27-11. Control and management by Department of Human Services; funds - The Mississippi Department of Human Services shall succeed to the...
§ 43-27-12. Department of Youth Services to have exclusive care of children committed to its facilities - The Department of Youth Services shall have exclusive supervisory care,...
§ 43-27-14. Department of Youth Services authorized to accept federal and other funds, attorney general is legal representative of department - The Department of Youth Services shall have the authority to...
§ 43-27-16. Furnishing of information, data, aid and assistance by state agencies, departments and the like - The Department of Youth Services is authorized to request from...
§ 43-27-17. Cooperation of other departments - The Department of Human Services shall use the services and...
§ 43-27-18. Positions in Department of Youth Services to be included in state classification system - All positions in the Department of Youth Services shall be...
§ 43-27-19. Records and reports - The Department of Human Services shall keep in a suitable...
§ 43-27-20. Division of Community Services; Director - Within the Department of Youth Services there shall be a...
§ 43-27-23. Board and lodging for superintendents - The superintendents of the Mississippi training schools may each receive...
§ 43-27-25. Persons having mental illness or intellectual disability shall not be committed to institutions under control of department of youth services - No person shall be committed to an institution under the...
§ 43-27-27. Transfers of children - Any child committed to an institution under the provisions of...
§ 43-27-29. Academic and vocational training - Academic and vocational training at all institutions under the department...
§ 43-27-33. Effect of chapter on other laws - Nothing in this chapter is intended to limit or restrict...
§ 43-27-37. Creation of Statewide Juvenile Work Program - There is created in the Department of Human Services, Division...
Services and Care for Certain Children and Youth in Custody of or Under the Supervision of the Department of Human Services
§ 43-27-101. Definitions applicable to Sections 43-27-101 and 43-27-103 - For purposes of Sections 43-27-101 and 43-27-103, the following words...
§ 43-27-105. Funding for placement resources - Funding for the placement resources authorized in Sections 43-27-101 and...
§ 43-27-107. Qualifications of family protection specialists; status as state service employees; time-limited employee positions - The Department of Human Services is authorized to set the...
§ 43-27-109. Employment of additional family protection specialists, youth counselors and clerical staff - The Department of Human Services may employ a sufficient number...
§ 43-27-111. Supervision of county youth services workers by department; coordination with state workers - The Department of Human Services shall exercise jurisdiction and supervision...
§ 43-27-113. Law enforcement assistance in department investigations of child abuse or neglect - In any investigation by the Department of Human Services of...
§ 43-27-115. Program managers for department regions; duties; department to develop agreements with other service entities - The Department of Human Services is authorized to employ one...
§ 43-27-117. Online automated child welfare information system - The Department of Human Services is authorized to establish an...
§ 43-27-119. Joint task force to research when court decisions should be appealed; protocol - There is created a joint task force of the Department...
§ 43-27-121. Child Welfare Enhancement Fund - There is created in the State Treasury a special fund...
Improvements to Juvenile Correctional Facilities
§ 43-27-207. Department of Finance and Administration to issue general obligation bonds to provide funds for construction, renovation, repairing, remodeling, equipping, furnishing, adding to or improving juvenile detention facilities; 1994 State Juve... - Construction, repair, remodeling, equipping, furnishing, adding to, improving and maintaining...
§ 43-27-209. Payment of principal of and interest on bonds - The principal of and interest on the bonds authorized under...
§ 43-27-211. Bonds to be signed by State Bond Commission; bonds to be issued as provided in Registered Bond Act - The bonds authorized under Sections 43-27-207 through 43-27-233 shall be...
§ 43-27-213. Bonds and interest coupons to be negotiable instruments; compliance with Uniform Commercial Code not required - All bonds and interest coupons issued under the provisions of...
§ 43-27-215. Bonds to be issued by State Bond Commission; procedures for issuance - The State Bond Commission shall act as the issuing agent...
§ 43-27-217. Full faith and credit of State irrevocably pledged - The bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 43-27-207 through...
§ 43-27-219. Issuance of warrants to pay principal and interest on bonds - The State Treasurer is authorized to certify to the State...
§ 43-27-221. Deposit of proceeds of bond sales into Juvenile Justice Assistance Fund - Upon the issuance and sale of bonds under Sections 43-27-207...
§ 43-27-223. Further proceedings not required to issue bonds - The bonds authorized under Sections 43-27-207 through 43-27-233 may be...
§ 43-27-225. Validation of bonds - The bonds authorized under the authority of Sections 43-27-207 through...
§ 43-27-227. Actions to protect and enforce rights of bond holders - Any holder of bonds issued under Sections 43-27-207 through 43-27-233...
§ 43-27-229. Bonds as legal investments - All bonds issued under Sections 43-27-207 through 43-27-233 shall be...
§ 43-27-231. Bonds and income therefrom exempt from taxation - Bonds issued under Sections 43-27-207 through 43-27-233 and income from...
§ 43-27-233. Sections 43-27-207 through 43-27-233 as full and complete authority for exercise of powers granted - Sections 43-27-207 through 43-27-233 shall be deemed to be full...
Juvenile Health Recovery Study
§ 43-27-309. Repeal of Sections 43-27-301 through 43-27-309 - This chapter which establishes a Juvenile Health Recovery Review and...
Amer-I-Can Pilot Program -