§ 111. Functions of the department. To assist welfare departments to
carry out their responsibilities, powers and duties to enforce the
liability of persons for the support of certain of their dependents who
are applicants for or recipients of public assistance or care or who are
in receipt of child support services pursuant to section one hundred
eleven-g of this chapter, the department shall:

1. Continue to act as, and perform the functions of, state
information agent for the purposes of the uniform interstate family
support act of this state (article 5-B of the family court act) and
reciprocal laws of other states.

2. As required by section three hundred seventy-two-a, aid in the
location of deserting parents and, for such purpose, operate a central
registry of deserting parents, obtain and transmit pertinent information
and data from public officials and agencies and assist in the training
of local personnel employed to locate such parents.

3. Stimulate and encourage cooperation, through the holding of
meetings and the exchange of information, between and among public
officials, law enforcement agencies and courts having powers and duties
relating to the enforcement of the liability of persons for the support
of indigent members of their families, including cooperation with public
officials, agencies and courts of other states.

4. Upon request, or when required to do so by other provisions of
law, advise such officials in the performance of their duties
hereinabove referred to.

5. Develop or assist in the development of appropriate forms, guides,
manuals, handbooks and other material which may be necessary or useful
effectively to accomplish the foregoing and the purposes therefor.