Alabama Administrative Code › Title 660 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES › Chapter 660-1-2 - STATUTORY PURPOSE, DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT › Section 660-1-2-.03 - Organization Of The State Department

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) The chief executive and administrative
			 officer of the State Department, as prescribed by statute, is the Commissioner
			 who is appointed by the State Board of Human Resources and serves at its
			 pleasure and subject to its authority.
(2) The Deputy Commissioner for Programs,
			 Deputy Commissioner for Field Administration, Deputy Commissioner for Fiscal
			 and Administrative Services and Welfare Programs Compliance Officer report
			 directly to the Commissioner of Human Resources.
(a) The Deputy Commissioner for Programs,
			 working under the general direction of the Commissioner, provides general
			 direction in the planning and management of the state social welfare program
			 and acts for the Commissioner in his absence. Responsibilities include
			 providing general direction in developing and implementing policies and
			 procedures for all functions of the state welfare program; providing day to day
			 oversight, intra and extra Departmental coordination and management of the
			 Department; translating general guidelines, policy statements, directions and
			 instructions from the Commissioner into specific policies, directives, goals
			 and objectives of the Commissioner and the Department; and performing other
			 related work as assigned by the Commissioner.
(b) The Deputy Commissioner for Field
			 Administration, working under the general direction of the Commissioner,
			 supervises and coordinates the management of the statewide welfare program in
			 the County Departments of the Department of Human Resources, and acts for the
			 Commissioner in his absence. Responsibilities include the administration of the
			 welfare programs in all County Departments, applying program knowledge and
			 administrative practices within the area of responsibility, providing general
			 direction to the supervisory and administrative duties of the regional
			 managers, directing the Volunteer Services and Emergency Welfare Services of
			 the Department, establishing performance standards for evaluating job
			 performance of County Department Directors, and performing other related work
			 as assigned by the Commissioner.
(c) The Deputy Commissioner for Fiscal and
			 Administrative Services, working under the general direction of the
			 Commissioner, provides general direction in the planning and management of the
			 internal functions of the Department and acts for the Commissioner in his
			 absence. Responsibilities include participating in planning, directing and
			 coordinating the executive, financial and administrative policies and
			 procedures of the Department; assigning work to subordinates in the form of
			 broad objectives or needs; interpreting the welfare program to the general
			 public through conferences with individuals and groups, and addressing various
			 organizations; directing investigations from the Commissioner's Office in all
			 financial and administrative areas of the statewide welfare program; and
			 performing other related work as assigned by the Commissioner.
(d) The Welfare Programs Compliance Officer,
			 working under the general direction of the Commissioner, administers a
			 comprehensive statewide compliance program for the Department. Responsibilities
			 include planning, organizing, coordinating and directing compliance functions
			 for Civil Rights and Equal Employment Opportunity, Auditing, Fraud and Quality
			 Control; developing efficiency, effectiveness and financial compliance policies
			 and procedures for the Department; coordinating, assigning and directing
			 program, investigative, administrative, fiscal staff and other subordinate
			 staff in conducting studies or surveys for purposes of improving or creating
			 compliance methods for activities such as, collections or audits; directing
			 cost benefit analysis studies of compliance activities and performing other
			 related work as assigned by the Commissioner.