CAUTION: READ FULL TEXT OF SECTION FOR SPECIAL NOTE

      (a)      The Department is the central administrative department for:

            (1)      Juvenile intake, detention authorization, community detention, investigation, probation, protective supervision, and aftercare services; and

            (2)      The State juvenile, diagnostic, training, detention, and rehabilitation institutions.

      (b)      The Department shall:

            (1)      Develop programs for the predelinquent child whose behavior tends to lead to contact with law enforcement agencies; and

            (2)      Administer the Summer Opportunity Pilot Program under § 2-134 of this title.

      (c)      The Department may not administer any child welfare program of the State Social Services Administration, including the Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program and the Foster Care Program.

// SPECIAL NOTE: THE ABOVE SECTION WAS CHANGED BY CHAPTER 164 OF 2003 AND WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL MAY 31, 2008 //

      (a)      The Department is the central administrative department for:

            (1)      Juvenile intake, detention authorization, community detention, investigation, probation, protective supervision, and aftercare services; and

            (2)      The State juvenile, diagnostic, training, detention, and rehabilitation institutions.

      (b)      The Department shall develop programs for the predelinquent child whose behavior tends to lead to contact with law enforcement agencies.

      (c)      The Department may not administer any child welfare program of the State Social Services Administration, including the Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program and the Foster Care Program.