35A-9-201.  Intergenerational poverty tracking system — Data — Analysis.

(1)  The department shall establish and maintain a system to track intergenerational poverty.

Terms Used In Utah Code 35A-9-201

  • Department: means the Department of Workforce Services created in Section 35A-1-103. See Utah Code 35A-1-102
  • Intergenerational poverty: means poverty in which two or more successive generations of a family continue in the cycle of poverty and government dependance. See Utah Code 35A-9-102
  • Poverty: means the state of a person who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions as demonstrated by the person's income level being at or below the United States poverty level as defined by the most recently revised poverty income guidelines published by the United States Department of Health and Human Services in the Federal Register. See Utah Code 35A-9-102
  • Public assistance: means :
(a) services or benefits provided under Chapter 3, Employment Support Act;
(b) medical assistance provided under Title 26B, Chapter 3, Health Care - Administration and Assistance;
(c) foster care maintenance payments provided from the General Fund or under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act;
(d) SNAP benefits; and
(e) any other public funds expended for the benefit of a person in need of financial, medical, food, housing, or related assistance. See Utah Code 35A-1-102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
    • (2)  The system shall:

    (a)  identify groups that have a high risk of experiencing intergenerational poverty;

    (b)  identify incidents, patterns, and trends that explain or contribute to intergenerational poverty;

    (c)  assist case workers, social scientists, and government officials in the study and development of effective and efficient plans and programs to help individuals and families in the state to break the cycle of poverty; and

    (d)  gather and track available local, state, and national data on:

    (i)  official poverty rates;

    (ii)  child poverty rates;

    (iii)  years spent by individuals in childhood poverty;

    (iv)  years spent by individuals in adult poverty; and

    (v)  related poverty information.

    (3)  The department shall:

    (a)  use available data in the tracking system, including public assistance data, census data, and other data made available to the department;

    (b)  develop and implement methods to integrate, compare, analyze, and validate the data for the purposes described in Subsection (2); and

    (c)  protect the privacy of individuals living in poverty by using and distributing data within the tracking system in compliance with:

    (i)  federal requirements; and

    (ii)  the provisions of Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act.

    Amended by Chapter 36, 2022 General Session

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