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State Capitol · From the wire

Audit faults Arizona for unenforced limits on paying parent caregivers

More than a year after new regulations were signed into law, a state program that pays parents to be caregivers for their developmentally disabled children still hasn’t implemented required guardrails meant to rein in skyrocketing costs. State auditors said that the delay has cost Arizona hundreds of millions....

Published by Arizona Mirror

August 13, 2026 at 4:44 PM MST

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