Utah Code 80-2-501. Children’s Account
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(1) There is created a restricted account within the General Fund known as the “Children’s Account.”
Terms Used In Utah Code 80-2-501
- Abuse: means :(1)(a)(i)(1)(a)(i)(A) nonaccidental harm of a child;(1)(a)(i)(B) threatened harm of a child;(1)(a)(i)(C) sexual exploitation;(1)(a)(i)(D) sexual abuse; or(1)(a)(i)(E) human trafficking of a child in violation of Section
Utah Code 80-1-102 - Consult: means an interaction between two persons in which the initiating person:
(1)(a) provides information to another person;(1)(b) provides the other person an opportunity to respond; and(1)(c) takes the other person's response, if any, into consideration. See Utah Code 80-2-102- Council: means the Child Welfare Improvement Council created in Section 80-2-1101. See Utah Code 80-2-102
- Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services created in Section
26B-1-201 . See Utah Code 80-1-102- Director: means the director of the division appointed under Section 80-2-202. See Utah Code 80-2-102
- Division: means the Division of Child and Family Services created in Section 80-2-201. See Utah Code 80-2-102
- Neglect: means action or inaction causing:
(58)(a)(i) abandonment of a child, except as provided in Chapter 4, Part 5, Safe Relinquishment of a Newborn Child;(58)(a)(ii) lack of proper parental care of a child by reason of the fault or habits of the parent, guardian, or custodian;(58)(a)(iii) failure or refusal of a parent, guardian, or custodian to provide proper or necessary subsistence or medical care, or any other care necessary for the child's health, safety, morals, or well-being;(58)(a)(iv) a child to be at risk of being neglected or abused because another child in the same home is neglected or abused;(58)(a)(v) abandonment of a child through an unregulated child custody transfer under Section78B-24-203 ; or(58)(a)(vi) educational neglect. See Utah Code 80-1-102(2) The account shall be funded by:(2)(a) appropriations to the account by the Legislature;(2)(b) revenues received under Section 26B-8-112; and(2)(c) transfers, grants, gifts, bequests, or any money made available from any source for the abuse and neglect prevention programs described in Section 80-2-503.(3) The Legislature shall appropriate money in the account to the division.(4)(4)(a) The director shall consult with the executive director of the department before using the funds in the account as described in this section.(4)(b) Except as provided in Subsection (5), the account may be used only to implement prevention programs described in Section 80-2-503, and may only be allocated to an entity that provides a one-to-one match, comprising a match from the community of at least 50% in cash and up to 50% in in-kind donations, which is 25% of the total funding received from the account.(5) Upon recommendation of the executive director of the department and the council, the division may reduce or waive the match requirements described in Subsection (4) for an entity, if the division determines that imposing the requirements would prohibit or limit the provision of services needed in a particular geographic area. - Consult: means an interaction between two persons in which the initiating person: