Section 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.