Powers and Functions.
Article 207
ART. 207. Powers and Functions. — The Council for the Welfare of Children and Youth shall have the following powers and functions: To coordinate the implementation and enforcement of all laws relative to the promotion of child and youth welfare; 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; To formulate policies and devise, introduce, develop and evaluate programs and services for the general welfare of children and youth; To call upon and utilized any department, bureau, office, agency, or instrumentality, public private or voluntary, for such assistance as it may require in the performance of its functions; Perform such other functions as provided by law.