Article 1 - ADMINISTRATION OF CHILD WELFARE
- Section 43-15-1 - Title of article
- Section 43-15-3 - Powers and duties of Department of Human Services and Department of Child Protection Services; appeal to Commissioner of Child Protection Services for denial of foster care and/or adoption assistance
- Section 43-15-5 - Administration of child welfare services
- Section 43-15-6 - Criminal background checks and child abuse registry checks for providers of children's services in residential setting; authority to exclude certain crimes as disqualifying from providing child care; penalties; administrative immunity
- Section 43-15-7 - Local offices of child protection services authorized to provide protective services; appropriation of funds
- Section 43-15-9 - Article inapplicable to orphans' homes, etc
- Section 43-15-11 - Expenditure of county and municipal monies for support and maintenance of homeless and destitute children
- Section 43-15-12 - [Effective 7/1/2024] [Establishment of Qualified Residential Treatment Programs as alternative placements for children and youth in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services]
- Section 43-15-13 - Foster care placement program; objectives; system of individualized plans and reviews; training program for persons who provide foster care and relative care; placement priorities and goals; changes in placement; notice to families; Foster Parents' Bill of Rights and Responsibilities; rights and responsibilities of persons who provide foster care and relative care; grievance procedure
- Section 43-15-14 - Emergency placement of children in home care; performance of federal name-based criminal history records check of all adults residing in placement home
- Section 43-15-15 - Registry of children in custody of Department of Child Protection Services and public or private agencies
- Section 43-15-17 - Payments for supportive services; relative care payments
- Section 43-15-19 - Adoption resource exchange registry
- Section 43-15-21 - Penalty for releasing confidential information
- Section 43-15-23 - "Placing Out"; defined
- Section 43-15-25 - Elected officials as foster parents; payments on behalf of foster child