HS 3: PROTECT CHILDREN, ADULTS, AND ELDERLY CITIZENS

Support families in acquiring resources to nurture and provide for their children and/or other family members while preventing and protecting from harm those at risk of being abused, neglected, or exploited.

Other Information:

• Utah's Department of Human Services protects children and the elderly from further abuse and neglect: < Home-based services strengthen family situations. Only 5% of all children involved in home-based services enter foster care within one-year of home-based services. < Only 11% of children exiting foster care re-enter foster care within one year—down from 14% in FY1999. < 15% of referrals to Adult Protective Services in FY2002 received a second referral within 6 months—down from 17% in FY2001. • When children could not be returned home, 78% were adopted within 24 months of entering foster care. This is well above the national standard of 32%. Looking Forward: The Department will develop and support activities and programs that will ensure continued reductions in abuse and neglect of the State's vulnerable citizens.

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