(a) Department of Children, Youth, and their Families; Director. There shall be a Department of Children, Youth, and their Families. The Mayor shall appoint a Director who shall serve as Department head and appointing officer for the Department. The Director shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor. The Department shall include such officers and employees as are authorized pursuant to the budgetary and fiscal provisions of the Charter.
(b) Duties and Functions. The Department shall be responsible for promoting the development of comprehensive programs, policies and planning strategies to enhance services for children, youth and their families; and:
(1) The Department shall assist the Mayor in preparation and implementation of the Children Services Plan and Fund as described in Charter Section 16.108.
(2) (A) Beginning after July 1, 2001, the Department shall report to the Board of Supervisors in the Community Needs Assessments required by Charter Section 16.108:
(i) The number of male and female minors served by recipients of the Children's Fund grants;
(ii) The comparative monetary value of the expenditure of Children's Fund moneys on male and female minors, based on the information collected in Subsection (b)(2)(A)(i); and
(iii) To the extent data are available, the Department shall calculate the percentage of San Francisco's population of female minors who are served by the Children's Fund and the percentage of San Francisco's population of male minors who are served by the Children's Fund.
(B) Provisions of this Subsection shall take effect only if Proposition D on the November, 2000, ballot is enacted.
(3) Pursuant to Section 86.1 of the San Francisco Administrative Code, the Department shall provide office space, administrative support, and other services for the Children and Families Commission and its Department, as specified in a Memorandum of Understanding between the Department and the Children and Families Commission.
(4) Pursuant to Section 5.200 of the San Francisco Administrative Code, the Department shall provide administrative support for the San Francisco Child Care Planning and Advisory Council.
(5) The Department shall have such other duties and functions as are assigned by Charter or ordinance.
(Added by Ord. 295-00, File No. 001761, App. 12/22/2000)