Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 912 - TITLE XX GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 17-912-2 - Goals of social services
Current through February, 2024
Social services provided under the provisions of title XX shall be directed at helping-eligible persons:
(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 neglect, abuse, or exploitation of children unable to protect their own interests; or preserve, rehabilitate, or reunite families;
(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.
