It is the purpose of the Children's Trust Fund Act to:

1. A. be a statewide resource that advocates for and educates about the prevention of child abuse and neglect;

2. B. provide the means to develop innovative children's projects and programs that address one or more of the following:

   1. (1) preventing abuse and neglect of children;
   2. (2) providing medical, psychological and other appropriate treatment for children who are victims of abuse or neglect; and
   3. (3) developing community-based services aimed at the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect; and
3. C. manage the next generation fund projects and programs.

History: Laws 1986, ch. 15, § 2; 2005, ch. 65, § 2; 2013, ch. 25, § 1.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, expanded the function of the Children’s Trust Fund Act to make the fund a statewide resource for the prevention of child abuse and neglect; added Subsection A and renumbered subsequent subsections; in Subsection B, after "children’s projects", added "and programs"; and in Subsection C, after "next generation fund projects", added "and programs".

The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, added the purpose of managing next generation fund projects.