(a) There is created in the Department of Human Services the Division of Community Service and Nonprofit Support.
(b) Administrative assistance to coordinate the activities of the division shall be given by the Deputy Director for Community Service and Nonprofit Support who will devote full time to the duties of the office and assume the responsibility for carrying out the duties prescribed by this section. The deputy director shall employ any employees who are necessary to carry out the goals of the office, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly.
(c) The duties and responsibilities of the Division of Community Service and Nonprofit Support are to:
(1) Assess and recognize the needs of communities throughout Arkansas and to recruit, train, and coordinate volunteers and volunteer organizations in meeting those needs;
(2) Assist in specific projects involving volunteers to meet community needs;
(3) Provide greater public awareness and recognition of volunteer efforts; and
(4) Assist in devising training programs for use by community organizations that have programs to assist welfare recipients and to assist other divisions of the department in devising and administering programs to match those current and past welfare recipients with any community organizations that desire to assist them.
(d) [Repealed.]
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