2-004.01 Social Services Goals

473 NAC 2-004.01

Social services are authorized based on the client's income eligibility and needs and are not provided based on demand. Need for a particular service implies that the provision of that service will assist the client or his/her family members to advance toward the achievement of one of the five program goals:

1. Achieving or maintaining economic self-support to prevent, reduce, or eliminate dependency;

2. Achieving or maintaining self-sufficiency, including reduction or prevention of dependency;

3. Preventing or remedying neglect, abuse, or exploitation of children and adults unable to protect their own interests, or preserving, rehabilitating, or reuniting families;

4. Preventing or reducing inappropriate institutional care by providing for community-based care, home-based care, or other forms of less intensive care; or

5. Securing referral or admission for institutional care when other forms of care are not appropriate.

2-004.01A Economic Self-Support (Goal 1)

2-004.01B Self-Sufficiency (Goal 2)

2-004.01C Preventing or Remedying Neglect, Abuse, or Exploitation (Goal 3)

2-004.01D Preventing or Reducing Inappropriate Institutional Care (Goal 4)

2-004.01E Securing Referral or Admission for Institutional Care (Goal 5)