§ 19-14-1.Transfer of functions, duties, and personnel of State Children’s Trust Fund Commission to Governor’s Office for Children and Families
Chapter 14. Trust Fund · Article 1. Children's Trust Fund Commission · Last amended 2008 · Last verified October 9, 2026
Full Text of § 19-14-1
Plain-English Summary
This short section records a reorganization. Georgia once ran its Children’s Trust Fund through a stand-alone body, the State Children’s Trust Fund Commission. Effective July 1, 2008, the General Assembly moved the commission’s functions and duties to the Governor’s Office for Children and Families.
The section does three things. It treats everything the commission did before July 1, 2008, as valid, so earlier decisions didn’t have to be made again. It makes the Governor’s Office for Children and Families responsible, as of that date, for all of the commission’s ongoing and continuing obligations. And it moves the commission’s personnel, supplies, records, materials, furniture, furnishings, books, equipment and services to the office on that same day.
The section speaks only to the 2008 handoff. It doesn’t say how the trust fund is financed or spent today. That is the job of § 19-14-20, which creates the State Children’s Trust Fund in the state treasury, names the director of the Division of Family and Children Services of the Department of Human Services as its trustee, and limits what the fund’s dedicated money may pay for. Anyone trying to learn who manages the fund now should read that section, not this one.
Frequently Asked Questions
What happened to the Georgia Children’s Trust Fund Commission?
Its functions and duties were transferred to the Governor’s Office for Children and Families effective July 1, 2008. This section made the transfer and required the office to assume, as of that date, all of the commission’s ongoing and continuing obligations. The commission’s personnel, records, equipment, supplies and other property moved to the office on the same day. For how the trust fund itself works today, see § 19-14-20.
Are decisions the Children’s Trust Fund Commission made before 2008 still valid?
Yes. The section says all action the State Children’s Trust Fund Commission took before July 1, 2008, shall be considered valid. The transfer didn’t undo the commission’s earlier work. Instead, the Governor’s Office for Children and Families took over the commission’s ongoing and continuing obligations as of that date, so commitments already in place carried forward under the new office.
Who runs the Children’s Trust Fund in Georgia now?
Look to § 19-14-20 for the current answer. That section names the director of the Division of Family and Children Services of the Department of Human Services as trustee of the State Children’s Trust Fund and says the director spends the fund’s dedicated money only for listed purposes. This section, § 19-14-1, describes only the 2008 transfer from the old commission to the Governor’s Office for Children and Families.
Did the commission’s employees move to the new office in 2008?
Yes. The section says all personnel of the Children’s Trust Fund Commission, along with its supplies, records, materials, furniture, furnishings, books, equipment and services, shall be transferred to the Governor’s Office for Children and Families on July 1, 2008. The section doesn’t address anyone’s job terms after the move. It only directs where the staff and property went.
What does the Children’s Trust Fund pay for?
Under § 19-14-20, money appropriated to the fund may be spent only for listed purposes. They include prevention and community-based service programs and mentoring duties under Title 49, sharing child-related information and research, advising the Governor, coordinating the state’s children’s service systems, and helping local governments that serve children and youth. This section, § 19-14-1, covers only the 2008 transfer of the fund’s old commission.
Amendment History
Laws 1987, p. 1133, § 1; Laws 2008, Act 562, § 4 eff. July 1, 2008.