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urn: urn:us-la:rs:46:2123
citation: "R.S. 46:2123"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 46 › Chapter 28 › Part I"
acts_citations:
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  - { year: 1985, number: 772, section: 2, effective_date: 1985-07-19, role: amendment }
  - { year: 1997, number: 1156, section: 7, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
  - { year: 2009, number: 409, section: 5, effective_date: 2009-07-01, role: amendment }
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# Program functions; duties

The office of community services shall develop and administer the program to do the following:

(1) Establish full-time, community-based, family-oriented shelters for the victims of family violence and their children.

(2) Increase, improve, and coordinate the delivery of comprehensive services to the victims of domestic or family violence.

(3) Provide the types of innovative approaches and methods in services designed to reduce the problems of domestic and family violence.