Section 93-21-309 - Purposes for which grants or loans may be made from fund(1) The Department of Child Protection Services may authorize the disbursement of money in the trust fund in the form of grants or loans for the following purposes, which are listed in order of preference for expenditure:(a) To assist a community private, nonprofit organization or a local public organization or agency in the establishment and operation of a program or service for the prevention of child abuse and neglect;(b) To assist in the expansion of an existing community program or service for the prevention of child abuse and neglect;(c) To assist a community private, nonprofit organization or a local public organization or agency in the establishment and operation of an educational program regarding the problems of child abuse and neglect and the problems of families and children;(d) To assist in the expansion of an existing community educational program regarding the problems of child abuse and neglect and the problems of families and children;(e) To study and evaluate community-based prevention programs, projects or services and educational programs for the problems of families and children; and(f) Any other similar and related programs, projects, services and educational programs that the department declares will implement the purposes and provisions of Sections 93-21-301 through 93-21-311.(2) For the purposes of this section, the term "educational programs" includes instructional and demonstration projects the main purpose of which is to disseminate information and techniques for the prevention of child abuse and neglect and the prevention of problems of families and children.(3) No money in the trust fund shall be expended to provide services, counseling or direct assistance for the voluntary termination of any pregnancy.Laws, 1989, ch. 509, § 5, eff. 7/1/1989.Amended by Laws, 2023, ch. 516, HB 1149,§ 98, eff. 7/1/2023.