The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Subchapter
001
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
(Cite as: 33 V.S.A. § 4901)
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§ 4901. Statement of purposes
The Department may cooperate with the appropriate federal agency for the purpose of
establishing, extending, and strengthening services that supplement or substitute
for parental care and supervision, including:
(1) preventing, remedying, or assisting in the solution of problems that may result in
neglect, abuse, exploitation, or delinquency of children;
(2) protecting and caring for homeless, dependent, or neglected children;
(3) protecting and promoting the welfare of children of working parents;
(4) otherwise protecting and promoting the welfare of children, including the strengthening
of their homes where possible or, where needed, providing adequate care away from
their homes in child-care facilities; and
(5) assisting youth in a successful transition to an independent adulthood, including
the avoidance of homelessness, incarceration, and substance abuse. (Added 1967, No. 147, § 5; amended 2005, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 117; 2007, No. 74, § 1, eff. June 6, 2007.)