North Dakota Century Code Title 50. Public Welfare § 50-27-03. Authority of the children and family services division of the department of health and human services

1. Create such advisory committees as may be deemed necessary to assure public involvement in the planning, development, and administration of the children's trust fund.

2. Hire or arrange for appropriate staff, as deemed necessary, to administer and maintain properly the children's trust fund.

3. Develop, implement, and periodically review a written plan to be used in administering the funds expended from and retained in the children's trust fund. The written plan must include the types of activities to be funded, the nature of organizations preferred for funding, the criteria for eligible fund applicants, and the mechanisms for the monitoring and evaluating of funded activities.

4. Award grants from the children's trust fund in accordance with this chapter and any rules that have been adopted.