Chapter 2: POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Art. 207. Powers and Functions. - The Council for the Welfare of Children and Youth shall have the following powers and functions:
(1) To coordinate the implementation and enforcement of all laws relative to the promotion of child and youth welfare;
(2) To prepare, submit to the President and circulate copies of long-range programs and goals for the physical, intellectual , emotional, moral, spiritual, and social development of children and youth, and to submit to him an annual report of the progress thereof;
(3) To formulate policies and devise, introduce, develop and evaluate programs and services for the general welfare of children and youth;
(4) To call upon and utilize any department, bureau, office, agency, or instrumentality, public, private or voluntary, for such assistance as it may require in the performance of its functions;
(5) Perform such other functions as provided by law.
Art. 208. Offices to Coordinate with the Council for Welfare of Children. - The following offices and agencies shall coordinate with the Council for the Welfare of Children and Youth in the implementation of laws and programs on child and youth welfare:
(1) Department of Justice
(2) Department of Social Welfare
(3) Department of Education and Culture
(4) Department of Labor
(5) Department of Health
(6) Department of Agriculture
(7) Department of Local Government and Community Development;
(8) Local Councils for the Protection of Children; and such other government and private agencies which have programs on child and youth welfare.
Existing as well as proposed programs of the above-named agencies as well as other government and private child and youth welfare agencies as may be hereafter created shall be implemented by such agencies: Provided, That, with the exception of those proposed by the Local Councils for the Protection of Children, all long-range child and youth welfare programs shall, before implementation, be indorsed by the agencies concerned to their respective departments, which shall in turn indorse the same to the Council for the Welfare on Children and Youth, for evaluation, cooperation and coordination.
