The department may (1) purchase, lease, or construct buildings or other facilities for the care, detention, rehabilitation, and education of children in need of aid or delinquent minors; (2) adopt plans for construction of juvenile detention facilities, juvenile treatment facilities, and other juvenile institutions; (3) adopt standards and regulations for the design, construction, repair, maintenance, and operation of all juvenile detention facilities, juvenile treatment facilities, and institutions; (4) inspect periodically each juvenile detention facility, juvenile treatment facility, or other institution to ensure that the standards and regulations adopted are being maintained; (5) reimburse municipalities maintaining and operating juvenile detention facilities; (6) enter into contracts and arrangements with cities and state and federal agencies to carry out the purposes of AS 47.10, AS 47.12, and this chapter; (7) do all acts necessary to carry out the purposes of AS 47.10, AS 47.12, and this chapter; (8) adopt the regulations necessary to carry out AS 47.10, AS 47.12, and this chapter; (9) accept donations, gifts, or bequests of money or other property for use in construction 2, and this chapter; (8) adopt the regulations necessary to carry out AS 47.10, AS 47.12, and this chapter; (9) accept donations, gifts, or bequests of money or other property for use in construction of juvenile institutions, detention facilities, or juvenile treatment facilities; (10) operate juvenile detention facilities when municipalities are unable to do so; (11) receive, care for, and place in a juvenile detention facility, the minor's own home, a foster home, a juvenile treatment facility, or treatment institution all minors committed to its custody under AS 47.10, AS 47.12, and this chapter.
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