                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES (§ 63.2-2102)

The Board of Trustees shall have the authority to:

1. Encourage, approve, and accept gifts, contributions, bequests, or grants in
cash or otherwise from any source, public or private, to carry out the purposes
of the Family and Children&#8217;s Trust Fund;

2. Administer and disburse any funds available to the Family and
Children&#8217;s Trust Fund;

3. Engage in fundraising activities to expand and perpetuate the Family and
Children&#8217;s Trust Fund;

4. Establish a nonprofit organization to assist in the details of administering
its affairs and in raising funds;

5. Monitor the use of funds to ensure the accountability of the recipients of
funds;

6. Advise the Department, the Board of Social Services, and the Governor on
matters concerning programs for the prevention of child abuse and neglect and
family violence, the treatment of abused and neglected children and their
families, and such other issues related to child abuse and neglect and family
violence as identified by the Commissioner;

7. Communicate to the Departments of Behavioral Health and Developmental
Services, Corrections, Criminal Justice Services, Education, Health, and
Juvenile Justice, other state agencies as appropriate, and the Attorney General
activities of the Board of Trustees related to efforts to prevent and treat
child abuse and neglect and violence within families;

8. Encourage public awareness activities concerning child abuse and neglect and
violence within families;

9. Adopt bylaws and other internal rules for the efficient management of the
Family and Children&#8217;s Trust Fund; and

10. Administer all matters necessary and convenient to carry out the powers and
duties expressly given in this chapter.

HISTORY: 1986, c. 416, § 63.1-329; 2002, c. 747; 2012, cc. 803, 835; 2024, c.
427.