State Agencies
One of CPS’ most critical responsibilities is determining whether it is necessary to protect a child by temporarily removing the child from his/her caregiver's custody. State law allows CPS to...
Arizona electric competition statutes require electric distribution utilities to serve as the providers of last resort in their respective service territories and allow exclusive transmission and distribution service territories. Electric...
In 1976, the Legislature established the Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program (Program) in the Phoenix and Tucson metropolitan areas to reduce emissions and improve air quality. The Program is a centralized...
The Supreme Court administers juvenile supervision and treatment programs throughout the State to protect communities and rehabilitate delinquent and incorrigible juveniles. To improve its efforts, the Administrative Office of the...
Juvenile detention provides for the temporary and safe custody of juveniles while legal action regarding their delinquent acts is pending. This audit reviewed the operations of 5 of the 14...
This document answers five questions about Arizona’s licensed family foster homes. Specifically, it presents information on the funds available to foster parents, the type of training foster parents receive, whether...
The Division of Child Support Enforcement generally has good processes in place to help ensure its child support enforcement functions are performed appropriately. However, the Division should make improvements to...
This document answers five questions about the dissemination of confidential CPS information. There are several state and federal laws that govern the release of confidential CPS information. These laws allow...
The Commission administers several programs that help students pay for postsecondary education, including the Arizona Family College Savings Program (a 529 program), which has most features of a high-quality program...
The Arizona State Land Department manages an estimated 9.2 million acres of state trust land on behalf of several beneficiaries. The Department should improve its comprehensive state trust land selling...
The Board was established in 1980. Before 1980, doctors practicing homeopathy were regulated by either the Arizona Medical Board or the Board of Osteopathic Examiners. The Legislature should consider whether...
The Arizona School Facilities Board (SFB) was created to ensure that school buildings and equipment meet appropriate guidelines for Arizona students to achieve academic success. SFB is charged with administering...
The Commission was established to protect the public from chemical harm and harm caused by inadequate or improper structural pest control through licensing and regulating pest control businesses and applicators...
This document answers questions about Arizona’s state-wide toll-free Child Abuse Hotline for receiving calls concerning suspected child abuse and neglect. Trained hotline staff classify and prioritize calls to determine whether...