Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 1416 - GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR SOCIAL SERVICES
Section 17-1416-2 - Goals of social services

(1) Achieve or maintain economic self-support to prevent, reduce, or eliminate dependency on public assistance;

(2) Achieve or maintain self-sufficiency, including reduction or prevention of dependency;

(3) Prevent or remedy abuse, neglect, or exploitation of dependent adults unable to protect their own interests;

(4) Prevent or reduce inappropriate institutional care by providing for community-based care, home-based care, or other forms of less intensive care; or

(5) Secure admission to institutional care when other forms of care are not appropriate.