                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REGIONAL PROVIDERS; DUTIES (§ 63.2-227)

There shall be established a regional system of providers of information and
referral services. The Department shall select the regional providers.
		The regional providers shall:

1. Collect, maintain and disseminate resource data;

2. Provide citizen access to information about resources throughout the
Commonwealth;

3. Assist in planning functions by providing selected data to the Department on
a regular basis;

4. Provide data to public and private agencies other than the Department on a
contractual basis;

5. Cooperate with the state administering agency;

6. Seek funds from available sources;

7. Maintain effective relationships between the system and state and local
agencies and public and private organizations; and

8. When feasible and appropriate and within the limits of available funds,
establish satellite offices or develop cooperative agreements with local
information and referral groups and resource and referral groups that can assist
the regional providers in performing their duties and responsibilities.

HISTORY: 1984, c. 402, § 63.1-314.6; 1990, c. 915; 2002, c. 747; 2003, cc. 54,
75.