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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66779</law_id><section_number>63.2-321</section_number><catch_line>Interest in and cooperation for public assistance and social services; directing local director</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="63.2">Welfare (Social Services)</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">General Provisions Relating to Social Services</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Local Social Services</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Local Boards of Social Services</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>It shall be the duty of each <span class="dictionary">local board</span> to interest itself in all matters pertaining to the <span class="dictionary">public assistance</span> and <span class="dictionary">social services</span> needed by people of the political subdivision or subdivisions served by the <span class="dictionary">local department</span>, to direct the activities of the <span class="dictionary">local director</span> and to cooperate with the juvenile and domestic relations <span class="dictionary">courts</span> and all other agencies operating for the social betterment of the community.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 63-72; 1952, c. 409; 1968, c. 578, &#xA7; 63.1-57.1; 2002, c. 747.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
