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Code of Virginia
Title 63.2. Welfare (Social Services)
1/19/2020

Title 63.2. Welfare (Social Services) (2019 Updates)

  • Subtitle I. General Provisions Relating to Social Services
  • Chapter 2. State Social Services
    • Article 1. Department and Commissioner of Social Services
      • § 63.2-209
      Divisions of Department; staffing
    • Article 2. State Board of Social Services
      • § 63.2-217.1
      Board to amend regulations governing emergency response plans of assisted living facilities
  • Subtitle II. Public Assistance
  • Chapter 6. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program
    • § 63.2-601
      Virginia Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program; goals
      § 63.2-602
      Eligibility for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); penalty
      § 63.2-608
      Virginia Initiative for Education and Work (VIEW)
      § 63.2-611
      Case management; support services; transitional support services
  • Subtitle III. Social Services Programs
  • Chapter 9. Foster Care
    • § 63.2-900
      Accepting children for placement in homes, facilities, etc., by local boards
      § 63.2-900.1
      Kinship foster care
      § 63.2-902
      Agreements with persons taking children; dispute resolution; appeals
      § 63.2-904
      Investigation, visitation, and supervision of foster homes or independent living arrangement; removal of child
      § 63.2-904.1
      Intervention by Commissioner; corrective action plans; assumption of temporary control
      § 63.2-904.2
      Complaint system
      § 63.2-905.2
      Security freezes and annual credit checks for children in foster care
      § 63.2-906
      Foster care plans; permissible plan goals; court review of foster children
      § 63.2-906.1
      Qualified residential treatment programs
      § 63.2-907
      Administrative review of children in foster care
      § 63.2-913.1
      Caseload standard
      § 63.2-916
      Notice of developmental disabilities
  • Chapter 12. Adoption
    • Article 1.1. Post-Adoption Contact and Communication Agreements
      • § 63.2-1220.2
      Authority to enter into post-adoption contact and communication agreements
  • Chapter 15. Child Abuse and Neglect
    • Article 1. General Provisions
      • § 63.2-1505
      Investigations by local departments
      § 63.2-1506
      Family assessments by local departments
      § 63.2-1506.1
      Sex trafficking assessments by local departments
    • Article 2. Complaints
      • § 63.2-1508
      Valid report or complaint
      § 63.2-1509
      Requirement that certain injuries to children be reported by physicians, nurses, teachers, etc.; penalty for failure to report
    • Article 4. Procedures
      • § 63.2-1517
      Authority to take child into custody
      § 63.2-1522
      Admission of evidence of sexual acts with children
      § 63.2-1523
      Use of videotaped statements of complaining witnesses as evidence
      § 63.2-1526
      Appeals of certain actions of local departments
  • Chapter 16. Adult Services
    • Article 2. Adult Protective Services
      • § 63.2-1605
      Protective services for adults by local departments
      § 63.2-1606
      Protection of aged or incapacitated adults; mandated and voluntary reporting
  • Subtitle IV. Licensure
  • Chapter 17. Licensure and Registration Procedures
    • Article 1. General Provisions
      • § 63.2-1706.1
      Inspections of child welfare agencies; prioritization
      § 63.2-1709
      Enforcement and sanctions; assisted living facilities and adult day care centers; interim administration; receivership, revocation, denial, summary suspension
      § 63.2-1709.1
      Enforcement and sanctions; child welfare agencies; revocation, denial, and summary suspension
      § 63.2-1710.1
      Summary order of suspension; assisted living facilities and child welfare agencies operated by an agency of the Commonwealth
      § 63.2-1712
      Offenses; penalty
    • Article 3. Background Checks
      • § 63.2-1720
      (For expiration date, see Acts 2017, cc. 189 and 751, as amended by Acts 2018, cc. 146 and 278) Assisted living facilities, adult day care centers, child-placing agencies, and independent foster homes; employment for compensation of persons or use of volunteers convicted of certain offenses prohibited; background check required; penalty
      § 63.2-1720.1
      (For expiration date, see Acts 2018, cc. 146 and 278) Child day centers, family day homes, and family day systems; employment for compensation or use as volunteers of persons convicted of or found to have committed certain offenses prohibited; national background check required; penalty
      § 63.2-1721.1
      (For expiration date, see Acts 2018, cc. 146 and 278) Background check upon application for licensure, registration, or approval as child day center, family day home, or family day system; penalty
      § 63.2-1721.1
      (For effective date, see Acts 2018, cc. 146 and 278) Background check upon application for licensure as child day center or family day home; penalty
      § 63.2-1726
      Background check required; children's residential facilities
    • Article 5. Regulations and Interdepartmental Cooperation
      • § 63.2-1734
      Regulations for child welfare agencies
      § 63.2-1737
      Licensure of group homes and residential facilities for children
  • Chapter 18. Facilities and Programs
    • Article 1. Assisted Living Facilities
      • § 63.2-1802
      Safe, secure environments for residents with serious cognitive impairments
      § 63.2-1803
      Staffing of assisted living facilities
      § 63.2-1805
      Admissions and discharge; mandatory minimum liability insurance
  • Subtitle V. Administrative Child Support
  • Chapter 19. Child Support Enforcement
    • Article 1. General Provisions
      • § 63.2-1904
      Administrative support remedies available for individuals not receiving public assistance; fees