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This law was first created in 1984. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 402 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1984 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1990, chapter 915; in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>; in 2003, chapters 54<\/a> and 75<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 277<\/a>; in 2015, chapters 366<\/a> and 521<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1497829,"object_type":"law","relational_id":375597,"identifier":"63.2-226","token":"63.2\/I\/2\/3\/63.2-226","url":"\/63.2-226\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-226\/","token":"63.2\/I\/2\/3\/63.2-226","dublin_core":{"Title":"Duties of Department","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-226","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Department<\/span> shall assume administrative responsibilities for the statewide system. In this capacity, the Department<\/span> shall establish an office to: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Develop a plan for the design and implementation of a statewide human services information and referral program; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Coordinate and supervise the implementation and operation of the information and referral program; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Coordinate funding for the system; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Select regional providers of information and referral services; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Supervise coordination of information management among information and referral regions across the Commonwealth; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> Encourage effective relationships between the system and state and local agencies and public and private organizations; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

7.<\/span> Develop and implement a statewide publicity effort; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

8.<\/span> Provide training, technical assistance, research, and consultation for regional and local information and referral centers, and to localities interested in developing information and referral services; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

9.<\/span> Determine a core level of services to be funded from state government resources; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

10.<\/span> Coordinate standardization of resource data collection, maintenance and dissemination; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

11.<\/span> Stimulate and encourage the availability of statewide information and referral services; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

12.<\/span> Develop and implement a program for monitoring and assessing the performance and success of the information and referral program; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

13.<\/span> Collect information on child<\/span>-specific payments made through the Title IV-E foster care<\/span> program and submit information, when available, to the Office of Children’s Services. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Department<\/span>, in consultation with the Virginia Employment Commission and Virginia Community College System, shall develop and implement a plan for the provision to citizens receiving any form of public assistance<\/span> of information regarding courses on financial literacy, offered online or through any other appropriate medium, that are available to such citizens at no cost to them. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDUTIES OF DEPARTMENT (\u00a7 63.2-226)\n\nA. The Department shall assume administrative responsibilities for the statewide\nsystem. In this capacity, the Department shall establish an office to:\n\n 1. Develop a plan for the design and implementation of a statewide human\n services information and referral program;\n\n 2. Coordinate and supervise the implementation and operation of the\n information and referral program;\n\n 3. Coordinate funding for the system;\n\n 4. Select regional providers of information and referral services;\n\n 5. Supervise coordination of information management among information and\n referral regions across the Commonwealth;\n\n 6. Encourage effective relationships between the system and state and local\n agencies and public and private organizations;\n\n 7. Develop and implement a statewide publicity effort;\n\n 8. Provide training, technical assistance, research, and consultation for\n regional and local information and referral centers, and to localities\n interested in developing information and referral services;\n\n 9. Determine a core level of services to be funded from state government\n resources;\n\n 10. Coordinate standardization of resource data collection, maintenance and\n dissemination;\n\n 11. Stimulate and encourage the availability of statewide information and\n referral services;\n\n 12. Develop and implement a program for monitoring and assessing the\n performance and success of the information and referral program; and\n\n 13. Collect information on child-specific payments made through the Title IV-E\n foster care program and submit information, when available, to the Office of\n Children’s Services.\n\nB. The Department, in consultation with the Virginia Employment Commission and\nVirginia Community College System, shall develop and implement a plan for the\nprovision to citizens receiving any form of public assistance of information\nregarding courses on financial literacy, offered online or through any other\nappropriate medium, that are available to such citizens at no cost to them.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 402, \u00a7 63.1-314.5; 1990, c. 915; 2002, c. 747; 2003, cc. 54,\n75; 2008, c. 277; 2015, cc. 366, 521.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}