(a) With the advice and assistance of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Board must:
(1) Periodically review available services and facilities for victims and their families;
(2) Determine the needs of the victim and family services program;
(3) Each year, submit at least one report to the County Executive and the County Council on the progress of programs to victims and their families and of actions needed to improve those programs;
(4) Make recommendations for appropriate allocation of funds in accordance with agreed upon priorities and consideration of financial resources;
(5) Assist the Director of the Department in the development of the annual victim services and families plan;
(6) Provide input to the Governor’s victim services program;
(7) Act as a local advocate for victim services programming; and
(8) Facilitate communication with the Alcohol and Other Drug Addiction Advisory Council and the Mental Health Advisory Committee by sharing minutes with those committees.
(b) The Board may:
(1) Review and comment on all local new and renewal State grant applications;
(2) Review and comment on all local federal grant applications for victims service and family programs;
(3) Participate in program evaluations; and
(4) Review the State program services plan. (1986 L.M.C., ch. 61, § 1; 1995 L.M.C., ch. 13, § 1; 2005 L.M.C., ch. 24, § 1; 2023 L.M.C., ch. 12, §1.)
Editor’s note—1995 L.M.C., ch. 13, § 5, reads as follows: “Sec. 5. A regulation that implements a function assigned to the Department of Health and Human Services by 1995 L.M.C., ch. 13, continues in effect but is amended to the extent necessary to provide that the regulation is administered by the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services.”