State Agencies
The Division can take steps to better ensure the safety and well-being of children living in group settings known as congregate care including shelters, group homes, and residential treatment centers...
Although a state entity, the State Compensation Fund (Fund) operates like, and competes with, private insurance carriers in providing workers’ compensation insurance to Arizona employers. Workers’ compensation pays lost wages...
Arizona’s Child Protective Services (CPS) program, administered by the Department of Economic Security’s Division of Children, Youth and Families (Division), serves a diverse population of clients. To provide a broad...
The Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority (Authority) has several responsibilities, including operating the University of Phoenix Stadium multipurpose facility, distributing monies for tourism promotion, and funding the development of Cactus...
The Department could better serve juveniles under its care by improving some of the programs and processes it has implemented to help rehabilitate these juveniles. Specifically, the Department has adopted...
The Department licenses and regulates healthcare and child care facilities in Arizona. Although the Department charges licensing fees, the fees covered only about 10 percent of the cost of regulating...
The Board of Podiatry Examiners regulates the practice of licensed podiatrists in Arizona. This report found that the Board needs to improve complaint-handling by separating complaint investigation from adjudication, processing...
The Arizona Biomedical Research Commission was created in 1984 to provide monies for research on the causes and prevention of diseases and the development of new drugs. Some of the...
This document answers questions related to the Division of Children, Youth and Families’ (Division) processes for (1) evaluating job performance and (2) addressing poor job performance and inappropriate behavior of...
Although the Division has implemented two important elements of an effective complaint-handling process, ensuring that the complaint process is easily accessible to the public and adequately addressing complainants’ concerns when...
Child and family advocacy centers are non-profit organizations and municipal programs established and operated by local communities to coordinate a multi-disciplinary response to cases of child abuse, domestic violence, and/or...