{"data":{"id":"us-vt/33-v.s.a.-4901","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"33 V.S.A. § 4901","heading":"Statement of purposes","body":"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:\n(1) preventing, remedying, or assisting in the solution of problems that may result in neglect, abuse, exploitation, or delinquency of children;\n(2) protecting and caring for homeless, dependent, or neglected children;\n(3) protecting and promoting the welfare of children of working parents;\n(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\n(5) assisting youth in a successful transition to an independent adulthood, including the avoidance of homelessness, incarceration, and substance abuse.","path":["Title 33: Human Services","Chapter 049: Child Welfare Services","Subchapter 001: GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/33/049/04901","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:11Z","sha256":"9aabd80dc4719efe79bf0f6c7d4e724d89865a8391e9001f3afe66a8fcaf94eb","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/33-v.s.a.-4702","next":"us-vt/33-v.s.a.-4902"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}