each adult and $20 for each child under the age of nine. It is expected that the revised criteria and new levels of grants will be implemented early in 1971.
13. The Department is organized into the following component parts:
The Group and Community Work Division
The Probation and Corrections Division
The Family Services Division and
The Headquarters Administration, which also includes various
other Sections and Units.
An organizational chart of the Department can be seen at Appendix 23.
14. The duties of the Probation and Corrections Division arise from the provisions of the following statutes and subsidiary legislation:
The Industrial and Reformatory Schools Ordinance, Cap 225 The Juvenile Offenders Ordinance, Cap 226
The Probation of Offenders Ordinance, Cap 298.
These duties fall within two main categories. The Probation Service of the Division works to the courts for the probation of offenders, while the correctional institutions serve to rehabilitate delinquent children and young persons. Some of these institutions also provide short-term care and supervision of juveniles on remand. Chapter III gives an account of the work of the Division during the year.
15. The Group and Community Work Division provides services which generally aim at the development of responsible citizenship through the promotion of regular and seasonal community activities. This work is done through eight community, social and youth centres, four District Community Officers, and liaison with a number of voluntary welfare organizations providing similar services. A fuller description of the work of the Division is given in Chapter II.
16. The Family Services Division is responsible for the provision of a wide range of social welfare services which aim at helping people with problems affecting them as individuals or as families. These services are provided initially through a network of 12 casework offices and are further supported by three specialized and centrally-administered Sections which are responsible for the administration of public assistance, the rehabilitation of the disabled and the care and protection of women and children. These specialized services are provided through 38 offices,
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