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National Adult Protective Services Resource Center, 2012. "Adult Protective Services in 2012: Increasingly Vulnerable." Este, Stephen, 2007. "The Challenges of Accountability in the Human Services: Performance Management in the Adult Protective Services Program of Texas" (2007). Applied Research Projects. Texas State University Paper 250.
The Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) is a state agency of Mississippi, headquartered in Jackson. [1] The department operates the state's family services.
In 1974, the United States Congress passed the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA), which provides funds to states for development of Child Protective Services (CPS) and hotlines to prevent serious injuries to children. These laws and the media and advocacy coverage and research brought about a gradual change in societal ...
The guidance has been effective in facilitating the creation of some form of adult protection system in all local authority areas, it has failed to deliver on a number of important issues, e.g.there is a lack of consistency and equality across areas in terms of the construction and level of adult protection systems provided, there is variable ...
Congress amended the Social Security Act in 1974 requiring all states to establish adult protective services units (APS) for adults aged 18 and older. The U.S. House of Representatives held hearings and sponsored investigations about elder abuse throughout the middle to late 1970s.
The Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services was created in 2016 by Mississippi Legislature. This separated it from the Mississippi Department of Human Services. Mississippi Senate Bill 2179 was signed by Governor Phil Bryant in May 2016. MDCPS is an independent agency with its commissioner joining the Governor's cabinet.
MDOC contracts with Centurion of Mississippi, LLC. [23] Previously, MDOC contracted with Wexford Health Sources, Inc., [24] headquartered in Green Tree, Pennsylvania, [25] [26] near Pittsburgh. Wexford provides medical services to inmates at state-operated facilities. Each privately operated facility has its own contracted medical services ...
National Intelligence Agency (NIA) – Maintaining civil security for civil government agencies and provides members of the Royal Thai Government protective security. Royal Security Command (RSC) – Militarized royal guards under the Monarchy of Thailand and provides personal protective security to the royal family.