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An unresponsive and confusing safety system is failing to protect Arizona’s vulnerable adults.

“Arizona’s Adult Protective Services has some severe shortcomings. ... I don’t want it to have to take another Hacienda to recognize how important these issues are and how often they are happening.”

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Aging ... and at risk Stephanie Innes Arizona Republic | USA TODAY NETWORK

The safety net for Arizona’s vulnerable adults has holes, and the problem could grow more severe as the population ages and the number of people with disabilities rises.

The state’s protective services programs came under scrutiny over the past year, after a woman with severe disabilities at a Phoenix care facility gave birth. One of the caregivers at the facility — Hacienda HealthCare — was arrested and charged with sexual assault.

Her rape prompted a closer look at how Arizona safeguards some of its most defenseless residents.

The system is confusing, overwhelming and often unresponsive, say advocates for the elderly and for people with disabilities. It can take months for long-term care complaints to be reviewed. State investigators are overworked and lack training, and there’s not enough support for victims.

Those advocates question why fewer than 1 in 10 abuse, neglect See VULNERABLE, Page 20A

Season for Sharing applications show needs, and you can help Stacy Sullivan Columnist Arizona Republic USA TODAY NETWORK

This year’s Season for Sharing fundraising campaign wraps on Jan. 31. If you’re procrastinating, there’s still time to give.

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How I went to the movies all by myself and loved it Karina Bland Columnist Arizona Republic USA TODAY NETWORK

I fast-walked to the movie theater, looking to see if anyone had noticed I was by myself.

“One?” the woman behind the window asked.

I cringed. Must she announce it?

Yes, please, for “Little Women.”

It was my fi rst time going to a movie alone, ever. People do this, apparently.

“Really?” I asked my coworkers.

“Don’t you have any friends?”

They do, and partners, too. All three said they like seeing what they want to see, going when they want to go, and sitting where they want to sit.

Who do they talk to? “You’re not supposed to talk in a movie,” Richard reminded me.

I should try it, they said. So here I was, with my popcorn and Diet Coke, feeling awkward. I’m social, by nature. If there’s something I want to do, rather than go by myself, I don’t do it.

This was easy. No endless texts back

and forth to decide which movie, where, what time. No one I knew had wanted to see “Little Women.” I had loved the book.

It was dark in the theater, but I could see 10 other people in seats, all twosomes. I slid into a seat, feeling like I was on display, though no one was paying me any mind.

Oh, Glenn Close was Aunt March, I said to no one. But no one shushed me, either. Nor when I groaned when an editor told Jo March her female character had to marry or die.

There was no one to ask what hap-

pened after Beth went to Mr. Laurence’s house to play piano when I had to make a dash to the bathroom.

Then again, I didn’t have to share my popcorn.

I didn’t have to do anything. I just got to be. It was like a revelation.

“Why be ashamed of what you want?” Amy demanded on screen.

I nodded and whispered, “If you are, you’ll miss out.”

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Uber threatens to leave Sky Harbor Phoenix to hold off on raising fees for services Melissa Yeager Arizona Republic USA TODAY NETWORK

Phoenix will hold off on raising the fees that Uber and Lyft passengers pay for Sky Harbor Airport rides until the Arizona Supreme Court decides whether the increase violates state law.

The City Council made the decision after discussing the matter with lawyers in a special meeting on Jan. 22.

"After today’s meeting the city had a teleconference with the Arizona Supreme Court and the city voluntarily agreed to delay the eff ective date of the fees until after the Supreme Court makes its decision. Currently, it is business as usual at Sky Harbor Airport for customers who need ground transportation to get to and from the city-owned airport," city spokeswoman Julie Watters said in an emailed statement.

The decision came after Uber said on Jan. 21 that it would stop serving Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport at 11:59 p.m. Jan. 31 unless a court stopped the fee increase on ride-share companies.

"Please accept this letter as offi cial notice from Uber Technologies Inc. that, in the event the Airport or City does not place a hold on the implementation of the proposed TNC fee increase, or a legal stay is not granted, we will be ceasing all operations at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport eff ective 11:59 p.m. on Friday, January 31st, 2020," Chris Garcia, Uber's global airport partnerships manager, wrote in a letter that Uber says it delivered Tuesday afternoon.

Uber declined to provide additional comment. The city said it had not received a similar statement from Lyft.

The fees for Uber and Lyft to pick up and drop off passengers at the airport were set to increase to $4 per trip on Feb. 1. The additional money would help fund the airport's infrastructure.

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich fi led a motion with the Arizona Supreme Court on Wednesday asking for a stay on the fee until the court can rule on whether it violates state law. Last week, Brnovich announced he was asking the court to review the fees, which he feels are illegal.

How did the fee increase happen?

The City Council voted in December to increase the fee after a yearlong study of what ride-share companies pay at Sky Harbor compared with other U.S. airports.

As part of the study, a committee met with industry stakeholders and compared fees at other airports. It found that many airports were charging for both pickups and drop-off s and recouping more of their infrastructure costs.

Sky Harbor was charging only for pickups. Airports in Baltimore, Denver, Dallas, Detroit, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco and other cities charge for all trips.

In addition, airports such as Las Vegas and Los Angeles require rideshare customers to be picked up away from the terminal to alleviate traffi c congestion. The committee decided to continue to allow Phoenix customers to be picked up and dropped off at the terminal, but to off er riders who elect to be dropped off at the 44th Street PHX Sky Train station a smaller fee increase.

In a 7-2 vote, the City Council approved the increase on Dec. 18.

How the fees will work Currently, Uber and Lyft users pay a $2.66 fee (in addition to the ride fare) to be picked up at Sky Harbor. There is no charge to be dropped off . Starting Feb. 1, the fee will be $4 per drop-off and pickup.

The fee will increase annually: ❚ $4.25 in 2021. ❚ $4.50 in 2022. ❚ $4.75 in 2023. ❚ $5 in 2024.

Riders will pay less to be picked up or dropped off at the Sky Train station at 44th and Washington streets.

Those riders would pay a $2.80 fee each way and ride the Sky Train shuttle to the terminals. Shuttles come every three to fi ve minutes. The airport hopes this option will reduce congestion at the terminals.

You can connect with Arizona Republic Consumer Travel Reporter Melissa Yeager at melissa.yeager@azcentral.com. You can also follow her on Twitter and Instagram.

What we know about the latest migrant caravan Daniel Gonzalez Arizona Republic USA TODAY NETWORK

A new caravan of several thousand Central American migrants crossed into southern Mexico earlier this week after forming in Honduras and traveling on foot through Guatemala.

The caravan clashed with authorities at the border between Guatemala and Honduras and again at the border between Mexico and Guatemala, according to media reports.

Here's what we know about the latest caravan, the fi rst in 2020, a presidential election year in the United States.

The new caravan followed a lull in caravan activity since several large caravans angered President Donald Trump in 2018 and early 2019, prompting him to order the deployment of about 5,000 national guard troops to assist the Border Patrol on the southwest border with Mexico.

The new caravan also is the largest since Mexico, under pressure from the U.S., has strengthened border security along its southern border with Guatemala to block Central American migrants from traveling through the country.

Where did it form?

The caravan formed in San Pedro Sula, a small city in northern Honduras known for high rates of gang-related crime, and set off during the week of Jan. 12.

Traveling on foot and by hitchhiking, the caravan grew in size as it moved through Honduras before reaching the border with Guatemala, where Honduran police fi red tear gas to try and stop migrants from continuing, The New York Times reported.

The caravan then moved through Guatemala, arriving at a bridge in Tecun Uman that spans the Suchiate River, which divides Guatemala from Mexico.

Mexican authorities closed a fence on the bridge, blocking about 4,000 migrants from crossing. Mexican authorities refused a petition presented by the migrants asking Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador for permission to pass through Mexico so they could reach the U.S. About 1,000 migrants went around the bridge and waded across the low Suchiate River to cross over from Guatemala to Mexico.

Video posted on social media showed migrants streaming across the river on Monday and then rushing up the banks attempting to evade hundreds of Mexican national guard troops that tried to block them with shields.

Chaos ensued with video showing migrants and national guard troops throwing rocks at each other.

Mexico's government announced Tuesday that the caravan had been mostly stopped and that several hundred migrants had been deported to

The new caravan is the largest since Mexico strengthened border security.

Honduras by plane and by bus, Reuters reported.

Is the caravan still headed toward the U.S.?

On Thursday, hundreds of migrants left Ciudad Hidalgo on Mexico's border with Guatemala and began walking northward on a highway toward Tapachula.

But before reaching Tapachula, the caravan was stopped on the highway by hundreds of national guard troops in riot gear.

Video posted on social media shows the migrants standing their ground as the phalanx of national guard troops armed with batons marches towards them with shields up. The national guard troops then push through the crowd, fi ring pepper spray.

Mexico's National Migration Institute said Thursday that 800 Central American migrants had been apprehended and taken by bus to shelters. Immigration authorities were trying to fi nd another 200 migrants that fl ed, the agency said.

Irineo Mujica, an organizer with the humanitarian group Pueblos Sin Fronteras, said Friday the caravan had been halted for now. The group had been monitoring movement of the caravan and response by Mexican authorities.

When asked via the text messaging app WhatsApp if any migrants were still walking north, Mujica responded, "No there is no caravan it was disolved."

What has been the response from the U.S.?

The Trump administration has sent "dozens" of Department of Homeland Security personnel to Central America to help local immigration authorities and security forces stop the caravans, DHS Acting Secretary Chad Wolf said in a statement Wednesday.

Wolf praised Mexico's government response to the caravan.

"The eff orts by the Mexican National Guard and other offi cials have thus far been eff ective at maintaining the integrity of their border, despite outbreaks of violence and lawlessness by people who are attempting to illegally enter Mexico on their way to the United States," Wolf said.

In June, the Mexican government deployed several thousand national guard troops to Mexico's southern border after Trump threatened to impose tariff s on Mexican imports to the U.S. Mexico has deployed national guard troops to its northern border to help immigration authorities apprehended Cen-

tral American migrants attempting to reach the U.S. The United States has begun fl ying migrants from Honduras and El Salvador who had sought asylum in this country to Guatemala as part of a new "Asylum Cooperative Agreement" with the government of Guatemala.

Under the agreement, more than 200 Salvadoran and Honduran asylum-seekers, including more than 50 children, have been fl own to Guatemala, CBS News reported.

The U.S. in 2019 also implemented a program that forces asylum-seeking migrants from Central America to wait in border communities in Mexico for a court hearing in the U.S. Under the policy, known as Migrant Protection Protocols, more than 56,000 asylum-seekers have been sent to Mexico to await immigration hearings in the U.S.

What prompted the latest caravan?

The latest caravan shows how many Central Americans are desperate to escape "overwhelming violence and crippling poverty," despite eff orts by the U.S. and Mexico to stop them, said Maureen Meyer, director for Mexico and migrant rights at the Washington Offi ce on Latin America, an advocacy group.

The use of force by Mexican national guard troops to stop the caravan is alarming, she said.

"I think we have seen real concerns of excessive use of force by Mexico's military forces not trained with how to deal with vulnerable populations," Meyer said.

The timing of the latest caravan seems suspicious, said Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, a professor at George Mason University who studies how caravans form.

Some have speculated that caravan was designed to draw attention away from Trump's impeachment trial and bolster support for Trump and his policies cracking down on Central American migrants during a presidential election year, she said.

There was similar speculation that the caravans that formed in 2018 were intended to motivate Trump's base to vote in the 2018 mid-term elections to shore up support for Republican candidates, but Democrats ended up taking control of the House of Representatives.

On the other hand, there is also speculation that the caravan was designed to provoke criticism of Trump's policies and Mexico buckling to pressure from the U.S. to stop the movement of Central Americans migrants, she said.

"I cannot say with certainty who is behind this," she said, "but there are a lot of people who are benefi ting from supporting the caravans" at the expense of migrants.

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Police arrest man suspected of ‘Penis Man’ graffiti in Tempe Chelsea Curtis Arizona Republic USA TODAY NETWORK

A man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of multiple incidents of graffi ti with the words “Penis Man” throughout Tempe and at Arizona State University over the last several weeks, police said in a statement to The Arizona Republic on Saturday.

Dustin Shomer, 38, was arrested at about 5:30 p.m. by Tempe Police Department detectives and booked into a Maricopa County jail on suspicion of 16 counts of aggravated criminal damage, eight counts of criminal damage and one count of criminal trespassing in the fi rst degree, said Tempe police spokesman Detective Greg Bacon.

Bacon provided no details about the multiple “Penis Man” graffi ti incidents or the events leading up to Shomer’s arrest. In a Facebook post for a downtown Tempe community Facebook

group, Shomer said he “spent the last 24 hours in Tempe and Phoenix police custody for spraying ‘Penis Man.’” He said SWAT offi cers raided his condo and vehicle in west Phoenix.

Shomer did not respond to The Republic’s requests for comment on Saturday. Tempe police did not address Shomer’s claims when asked by The Republic.

Photos of the graffi ti in which the words “Penis Man” appeared to be spray-painted on buildings throughout Tempe were shared on various social media pages over the past few weeks. Phoenix Police Department and Arizona State University spokespersons did not immediately respond Saturday to requests for comment about the graffi ti and Shomer’s arrest.

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Man in critical condition after fl ipping off -road vehicle in desert Ryan Vlahovich Arizona Republic USA TODAY NETWORK

A man is in critical condition after fl ipping over his off -road vehicle in a desert area off of state Route 87 on Saturday, sheriff ’s offi cials said.

The crash occurred in a desert area near milepost 212 on state Route 87 in Maricopa County, according to Sgt. Joaquin Enriquez, a spokesperson for

the Maricopa County Sheriff ’s Offi ce.

The man was fl own to a hospital, while a juvenile passenger was taken to a hospital by ambulance, Enriquez tweeted about 3 p.m.

State Route 87 is temporarily shut down, and police are asking people to avoid the area.

Check back at azcentral.com for updates.

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Six inmates, employee injured in prison brawl Kaila White Arizona Republic USA TODAY NETWORK

Six inmates and one employee were transported to local hospitals after a brawl involving about 150 inmates at the Florence West prison facility, an offi cial said.

About 5:30 p.m. Friday, a fi ght broke out among inmates, according to Bill Lamoreaux, spokesman for the Arizona Department of Corrections.

About 150 inmates were involved in some way, either fi ghting or watching, he said.

Six inmates were transported to local hospitals to be treated for injuries that were not life-threatening, with fi ve taken by ambulance and one air evacuated, Lamoreaux said.

An employee was also transported off site with minor injuries, he said.

The prison is “locked down” and “inmate movement is restricted” while the department conducts interviews and investigates the fi ght, Lamoreaux said.

Florence West is a minimum-custody private prison operated by Geo Group. It houses 500 non-violent male prisoners and 250 men held as criminal aliens.

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Bodies of 3 American fi refi ghters retrieved from Australian forest Tanker crashed after dumping fi re retardant ROD MCGUIRK ASSOCIATED PRESS

CANBERRA, Australia — The bodies of three U.S. fl ying fi refi ghters, one of which was from Buckeye, and the cockpit voice recorder from the water bomber in which they died battling Australia's unprecedented wildfi re crisis were retrieved on Saturday as their grieving families arHudson rived in Sydney, offi cials said.

Paul Clyde Hudson of Buckeye, Ian McBeth of Great Falls, Montana, and Rick A. DeMorgan of Navarre, Florida, died when their C-130 Hercules tanker crashed on Thursday after dumping fi re retardant on an out-of-control blaze northeast of the town of Cooma in southern New South Wales state.

Wreckage is strewn at the crash site of a fi refi ghting air tanker near Numeralla, south west of Sydney, Australia. Three crew from the U.S. were killed when their C-130 Hercules tanker crashed while fi ghting wildfi res in Australia. AP

The device that records the last two hours of the cockpit conversation as well as the bodies were retrieved on Saturday from a still-active fi re zone, police and crash investigators said.

"It will record the pilot, the co-pilot

and fl ight engineer's discussions in the cockpit. It will record also any of the aural alarms or warnings," crash investigator Greg Hood told reporters.

The plane was not equipped with a fl ight data recorder, which is mandatory for airliners.

The Americans' relatives, who began arriving Saturday will be off ered an opportunity to visit the hillside crash site, offi cials said.

Crash investigators have yet to explain why the four-propeller plane crashed in a fi re ball shortly after dumping its load of water with additives in turbulent conditions. The plane was contracted from Canadabased Coulson Aviation, which is sending executives to Sydney.

Wildfi res have claimed at least 33 lives in Australia since September, destroyed more than 3,000 homes and razed more than 10.6 million hectares (26 million acres).

That's an area larger than the U.S state of Kentucky.

Goodyear police shoot man in Queen Creek Chelsea Curtis Arizona Republic USA TODAY NETWORK

Police shot a man in Queen Creek on Friday evening, authorities said.

The man and another suspect were taken to a local hospital, authorities said.

Earlier in the day, the Goodyear Police Department was following up on an ongoing investigation outside of Goodyear when offi cers were involved in a shooting near Ellsworth Loop and Rittenhouse Road, Maricopa County Sher-

iff ’s Offi ce spokesman Sgt. Joaquin Enriquez said in a tweet on Friday evening.

The shooting was at the TJ Maxx in Queen Creek Marketplace, he said.

No offi cers were injured, he said. The condition of the man shot by police was not known as of Friday night, said Enriquez.

It’s unclear why the other suspect was taken to a hospital.

The Sheriff 's Offi ce will take over the investigation, according to Enriquez. He said the area would be closed for several hours as offi cials investigated.

Lisa Berry, a spokesperson for the Goodyear Police Department, deferred to the Sheriff 's Offi ce.

It is not yet clear why Goodyear police were investigating in Queen Creek, which is about an hour drive away from Goodyear.

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1 dead, 2 hurt after plane crashes in mountains Connor Van Ligten and Chelsea Curtis Arizona Republic | USA TODAY NETWORK

A Mesa man is dead and two others were taken to a hospital after their plane crashed southwest of Payson in the Mazatzal Mountains on Friday afternoon, Gila County Sheriff ’s Offi ce spokesman J. Adam Shepherd confi rmed in a statement posted to Facebook on Friday.

The Sheriff ’s Offi ce received a 911 call at 3:12 p.m. “from an individual reporting that their plane had crashed in the Mazatzal Mountains,” according to the post. Three passengers were reported on board at the time of the crash, the post stated.

Once the plane was located, Mesa residents Colten Egbert, 21, and Spencer Berns, 29, were recovered and airlifted to hospitals in the Valley, according to the post. The extent of their injuries was not provided.

Blaine Mathews, 59, also of Mesa, was pronounced dead, the post stated.

The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash, according to the post.

FAA spokesperson Allen Kenitzer told The Arizona Republic that the plane, a Piper P28A, crashed under unknown circumstances about 10 miles southwest of Payson. He confi rmed the agency and NTSB would investigate.

He confi rmed three people were on board but referred The Republic to local authorities for information about their conditions.

Reach the reporter Connor Van Ligten at Connor.VanLigten@arizonarepublic.com or at 650-644-8559. Follow him on Twitter @Connor_VL.

Motorcyclist killed after crashing into vehicle and bursting into fl ames BrieAnna J. Frank Arizona Republic USA TODAY NETWORK

A motorcyclist was killed after running a red light and crashing into a vehicle before bursting into fl ames early Saturday morning in Phoenix, police said.

The crash happened at around 12:10

a.m. Saturday near 23rd Avenue and McDowell Road, Phoenix police spokesperson Sgt. Mercedes Fortune said.

A vehicle was traveling southbound on 23rd Avenue when the motorcyclist failed to stop for the red light on McDowell Road, Fortune said.

The motorcyclist crashed into the ve-

hicle's passenger side and burst into fl ames on impact, Fortune said.

He was fatally injured and pronounced dead on scene. The two passengers in the vehicle were not injured, she said. Impairment is not believed to be a factor in the crash.

The man had not been identifi ed as of

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Trump team: Dems have agenda Trial portrayed as eff ort to overturn 2016 election Eric Tucker, Lisa Mascaro and Zeke Miller ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s lawyers plunged into impeachment trial defense Saturday by accusing Democrats of striving to overturn the 2016 election, and arguing that investigations of Trump’s dealings with Ukraine have not been a fact-fi nding mission but a politically motivated eff ort to drive him from the White House.

“They’re here to perpetrate the most massive interference in an election in American history,” White House Counsel Pat Cipollone told senators. “And we can’t allow that to happen.”

The Trump legal team’s arguments in the rare Saturday session were aimed at rebutting allegations that the president abused his power when he asked Ukraine to investigate political rival Joe Biden and then obstructed Congress as it tried to investigate.

The lawyers are mounting an aggressive defense asserting an expansive view of presidential powers and portraying Trump as besieged by political opponents determined to ensure he won’t be reelected in November.

“They’re asking you to tear up all the ballots across this country on their own initiative,” Cipollone said.

Though Trump is the one on trial, the defense team made clear that it intends to paint the impeachment case as a continuation of the investigations that have shadowed the president since before he took offi ce – including one into allegations of Russian election interference on his behalf.

Trump attorney Jay Sekulow suggested Democrats were investigating

Jay Sekulow, personal attorney to President Donald Trump, said Saturday the impeachment trial is an extension of the Russia probe. SENATE TELEVISION VIA AP

the president over Ukraine simply because they couldn’t bring him down for Russia.

“That, for this,” said Sekulow, holding up a copy of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, which he accused Democrats of attempting to “relitigate.”

That report detailed ties between the 2016 Trump campaign and Russia but did not allege a criminal conspiracy to tip the election.

From the White House, Trump tweeted that his team was making his case “against lyin’, cheatin’, liddle’ Adam “Shifty” Schiff , Cryin’ Chuck Schumer, Nervous Nancy Pelosi” and others of “the Radical Left.”

Trump’s team made only a two-hour presentation, reserving the heart of its case for Monday. Acquittal appears likely, given that Republicans hold a 53-47 majority in the Senate, and a two-thirds vote would be required for conviction and removal from offi ce.

Coming Next: White House defense to continue Monday afternoon after briefly introducing their case Saturday.

Republican senators already eager to clear Trump said Saturday that the White House presentation had shredded the Democratic case. Several of the senators shook hands with Trump’s lawyers after their presentation.

The Trump attorneys are responding to two articles of impeachment approved last month by the House: one that accuses him of encouraging Ukraine to investigate Biden at the same time the administration withheld military aid from the country, and the other that accuses him of obstructing Congress by directing aides not to testify or produce documents.

Hate decried on Auschwitz anniversary

Trump’s defense team took center stage following three days of methodical and passionate arguments from Democrats, who wrapped up Friday by warning that Trump will persist in abusing his power and endangering American democracy unless Congress intervenes to remove him before the 2020 election.

They also implored Republicans to allow new testimony to be heard before senators render a fi nal verdict.

“Give America a fair trial,” said California Rep. Adam Schiff , the lead Democratic impeachment manager. “She’s worth it.”

On Saturday, House managers made the procession across the Capitol at 9:30 a.m. to deliver the 28,578-page record of their case to the Senate.

Republicans accused Democrats of cherrypicking evidence and omitting information favorable to the president, casing in a nefarious light actions that the president was legitimately empowered to take. They focused particular scorn on Schiff , playing clips of past statements meant to undercut his credibility.

Schiff responded on Twitter that Republicans were “trying to defl ect, distract from, and distort the truth.”

He later added: “What was most striking to me was … they don’t contest the basic architecture of the scheme.”

The Trump team had teased the idea that it would draw attention on Biden and his son, Hunter, who served on the board of a gas company in Ukraine, Burisma, while his father was vice president. But neither Biden was a focus of Saturday arguments.

“This entire impeachment process is about the house managers’ insistence that they are able to read everybody’s thoughts,” Sekulow said. “They can read everybody’s intention. Even when the principal speakers, the witnesses themselves, insist that those interpretations are wrong.”

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man horror, noting that the last three popes have visited the site of the former camp: St. John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis.

They also noted that communist totalitarianism, like Nazism, claimed millions of lives.

“Here, the Nazis took the power to decide who is human and who is not.

Here, euthanasia met with eugenics.

Auschwitz-Birkenau is a result of the system based on the ideology of national socialism, which meant trampling the dignity of man who is made in the image of God,” the bishops said.

“Another totalitarianism, namely communism, acted quite similarly, also

reaching a death toll of millions,” the bishops added.

The statement was issued by the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences and the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union on behalf of the bishops of Europe.

On March 2, the Vatican is due to open to scholars its archives of the World War II-era Pope Pius XII, accused by some Jewish groups of not speaking out enough against the Holocaust.

The Vatican has long defended Pius’ actions, saying his quiet diplomacy helped save lives. But the Holy See has nevertheless put on hold his cause for beatifi cation, and accelerated the cataloging of the archives of his pontifi cate, so that scholars can come to their own conclusions.

“The church isn’t afraid of history,” Pope Francis told the Vatican archive staff last year as he announced the opening of the archives.

While Jews and Catholics have a long history of mutual suspicion, relations have improved since the Vatican in 1965 offi cially condemned antiSemitism in the landmark document “Nostra Aetate.”

In a recent meeting with a delegation from the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Francis denounced the “barbaric resurgence of anti-Semitism” today.

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WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday accused an NPR reporter of lying about the conditions of an interview after he made news Friday, reportedly having shouted at her after an interview about Ukraine.

Pompeo suggested she could not point out Ukraine on a map, contrary to her account of the testy conversation. But he did not dispute Mary Louise Kelly’s most explosive allegation: that he swore at her after the interview and shouted “Do you think Americans care about Ukraine?”

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A scientist who once worked at a U.S. laboratory in New Mexico pleaded guilty Friday to lying about his involvement with a Chinese government technology program.

Turab Lookman, 67, was awaiting sentencing, and faces up to fi ve years in prison and a $250,000 fi ne. Authorities said Lookman came under scrutiny after he told a co-worker he had citizenship in four diff erent countries – including India, where he was born. He also denied that foreign nationals had offered him a job or if he applied for one.

CANBERRA, Australia – The bodies of three U.S. fl ying fi refi ghters and the cockpit voice recorder from the water bomber in which they died battling Australia’s unprecedented wildfi re crisis were retrieved Saturday as their grieving families arrived in Sydney, offi cials said. Ian McBeth of Great Falls, Montana, Paul Clyde Hudson of Buckeye, Arizona, and Rick A. DeMorgan of Navarre, Florida, died when their C-130 Hercules tanker crashed Thursday. Investigators have yet to explain why the four-propeller plane crashed.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Iran is not ruling out negotiations with the United States even after a U.S. drone strike killed a top Iranian general, Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif told Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine.

“The Trump administration can correct its past, lift the sanctions and come back to the negotiating table,” he said Friday in Tehran. There has been growing tension between Washington and Tehran since in 2018, when President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the nuclear deal with Iran.

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WARSAW, Poland – Europe’s Catholic bishops are marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz with a statement denouncing antiSemitism and the “manipulation” of the truth for political aims.

The statement was released on Saturday, also in a Hebrew version, two days before the anniversary of the Soviet army’s liberation of the camp on Jan. 27, 1945.

It comes amid a rise in Holocaust denial and other forms of historical whitewashing. In a period of rising nationalism, even some governments have sought to replace honest historical inquiry with mythologizing their nations’ behavior during the war.

The bishops did not single out a case of historical manipulation. Instead, they called for prayers and for candles to be lighted “for people murdered in death camps of all nationalities and religions.”

“On this anniversary, we appeal to the modern world for reconciliation and peace, for respect for each nation’s right to exist and to freedom, to independence, to maintain its own culture,” the statement said. “We cannot allow the truth to be ignored or manipulated for immediate political needs.”

The bishops describe the power of Auschwitz as a symbol of the Nazi Ger-

Visitors arrive at the site of a former Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, Germany, on Friday.

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Jeanine Santucci USA TODAY

WASHINGTON – A recording of President Donald Trump calling for the fi ring of former Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch during a private meeting that included indicted Rudy Giuliani associates was made public Friday while Democrats prepared to enter their fi nal day of opening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial.

“Get rid of her!” Trump appeared to say in the recording, which was reviewed and reported by ABC News.

“Get her out tomorrow. I don’t care. Get her out tomorrow. Take her out. OK? Do it,” Trump said.

The recording was allegedly made at a private dinner on April 30, 2018, at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. ABC reported that the recording was made by Igor Fruman, a Belarusborn businessman. Fruman, along with Soviet-born businessman Lev Parnas, faces federal campaign fi nance charges.

Fruman, Parnas and other unnamed associates were present during the recorded conversation, ABC reported.

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Group criticizes fence along Lower Salt River Project would limit horses’ access to valuable resources, they say Chelsea Curtis Arizona Republic USA TODAY NETWORK

A group that manages Salt River wild horses expressed concerns on Saturday that a fence project along the Lower Salt River would limit the horses’ access to valuable resources.

The Salt River Wild Horses Management Group held its fi fth annual Ride for the Salt River Wild Horses event on Saturday for which about 1,000 motorcyclists gathered for a ride from Fountain Hills to Apache Junction.

The event is meant to show support for the wild horses and acts as a fundraiser for the organization, according to the group’s president and founder, Simone Netherlands.

In the middle of the ride, organizers hosted a rally at Coon Bluff Campground off Bush Highway to bring awareness to a 14-mile fence being built along the Lower Salt River to keep horses from crossing the highway, as indicated by the U.S. Forest Service on Jan. 13 in a press release. The group briefl y chanted, “Keep them wild and free” and “No river fence.”

Netherlands claims the fence would cut off the horses from valuable resources, such as water, food and land to roam. The animals are protected under Ari-

zona state law, ARS 3-1491, she said.

“We would’ve liked for them to put it by the road because then it would’ve served a good purpose and wouldn’t stop horses from getting to the river,” said Netherlands. “Right now, it’s going to make all this space uninhabitable because the horses won’t be able to come to the river, which is obviously a vital source, and so there is a risk of horses dehydrating.

“These horses are protected now, and what we would like is for government agencies to treat them as protected, and when you have protected animals, you want to make it easier for them. You want to protect their habitat. You don’t do things that make it harder for them to live where they have historically lived,” she continued.

Overseen by Tonto National Forest staff , construction of 4 miles of steel post and rail fence began Jan. 13 and will continue through February, the Forest Service said. Before that, 10 miles of barbed wire fence was installed between November and Jan. 10, the Forest Service said.

According to the Forest Service, Bush Highway endangers the animals and the public. Previous fences were not preventing horses from entering the highway, which resulted in deaths of 20 or more horses a year, the Forest Service said.

In addition to keeping horses from crossing the highway, the fence is meant to “prevent adjacent livestock from joining the horse herd,” the Forest Service said.

The Forest Service press release included links to two maps that showed where the barbed wire and steel fences would be installed. A steel fence was observed by an Arizona Republic reporter on Saturday along the riverbank near Coon Bluff Campground.

It’s unknown how much the fence project will cost.

A spokesperson for the Forest Service did not immediately respond Saturday to requests for comment.

Netherlands said the group would have liked the Forest Service to use the funding for its fence project to construct an overpass that crosses Bush Highway at Coon Bluff Road.

Now, the group hopes the Forest Service will compromise by building the remainder of its steel fence along the road rather than along the river, which would allow horses access to Forest Service land, she said.

“These horses are so special to hundreds of thousands of people and it’s the reason why they’re still here because the public really gave them a voice,” said Netherlands.

“People love and cherish these horses — they’re part of who we are as Americans, they’re part of our history and they represent who we are as Americans because what matters most to Americans is freedom and family and that’s what wild horses stand for.”

Reach the reporter at Chelsea.Curtis@arizonarepublic.com or follow her on Twitter @curtis_chels.

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State parties seek unity ahead of elections as dissenters vent Ronald J. Hansen and Katie Surma Arizona Republic | USA TODAY NETWORK

Arizona’s major political parties energized their activists on Saturday while seeking to fi nesse dissent from party purists toward some of Arizona’s top elected offi cials.

In Yuma, some at the annual Arizona Democratic Party meeting pushed a resolution “advising” Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., to more closely follow the party’s agenda. After a contentious debate, party offi cials put off the measure until their May meeting in a sign of the unsettled division.

In Phoenix, a smattering of protesters at the Arizona Republican Party’s annual meeting momentarily halted Gov. Doug Ducey’s address. The protesters held signs saying, “No Red Flag Law,” which they chanted as Ducey spoke.

Red-fl ag laws refer to proposals to allow people to petition courts to temporarily take away guns from those deemed a threat to themselves or others.

Later, some in the crowd of more than 600 booed when Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., appeared on screen for a videotaped message. She has said she was open to considering red-fl ag laws and faces a lightly funded primary opponent, Daniel McCarthy, who has made the gun-rights issue a key line of his attack on her.

Sinema has angered some in the party’s left wing with her votes, especially the one to confi rm Attorney General William Barr, who proved a reliable ally for President Donald Trump throughout the special counsel’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Unrest among some at the annual meetings is as common as the gatherings themselves. But with Arizona seen as a battleground in the November elections, both sides are more sensitive to avoiding intraparty discord that could cost them votes in the race for the White House, the U.S. Senate and the state Legislature.

Others, such as the members of the GOP congressional delegation, received warm support from the party faithful, which was better than what the governor received when he was the fi rst elected dignitary to speak to the Republicans.

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After about 15 seconds of silence from Ducey amid chanting from protesters, Kelli Ward, the state GOP chairwoman, stepped in and quelled the dissent.

“Everyone that’s here that’s standing in protest, you’ve been heard. But we will have decorum in this auditorium. I’ve asked you once. If I have to ask you two more times, you will be removed from this venue,” she said to cheers.

Even before that, Ward faced loud protests about the meeting’s formal agenda from some. She warned that she would not allow the event to be “hijacked by people who don’t want the meeting to go smoothly.”

The state GOP closed their meeting to the press midway through the day and before consideration of the more-controversial resolutions being fl oated by party activists.

Among those up for consideration were six resolutions supported by former Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce, the author of the state’s controversial 2010 immigration-enforcement law known as SB 1070, and who was recalled and removed from offi ce in 2011.

His resolutions addressed red-fl ag laws, prohibiting federal refugee resettlement in Arizona and condemning the state’s Board of Regents for trying to provide in-state tuition for those brought to the U.S. illegally as children.

Pearce said before the meeting that he had problems with the proposals with Ward during a recent Maricopa County GOP meeting, but expected her to accept his resolutions on Saturday. Results of the resolutions were not publicly available as of late Saturday afternoon.

“This is the voice of the elected precinct committeemen. This is what we stand for,” Pearce said. “It was disappointing (earlier). She seems to be supportive now. Why then? People seem to have gotten to her. ...

She has apologized since then.”

For her part, Ward maintained the GOP remains united in its eff orts to reelect Trump and defeat Democrats wherever they’re running.

“I think healthy conversation and healthy debate in a civil environment is always good for everybody at the party level, at the legislative level and at the congressional and senatorial level. That’s what you’re seeing here,” Ward said during a break in the meeting.

Such pronouncements were scarcely needed in

years past, when Republicans dominated federal and state elections in Arizona.

However, Trump’s comparatively narrow victory to carry Arizona in 2016, by 3.5 percentage points, and Sinema’s victory over McSally in 2018 have both sides treating the state as a toss-up, at least for now.

Republicans continue to lead the state in party registration, with a 3.6-percentage point advantage as of October. But Democrats have shaved nearly 2 percentage points off the GOP lead compared to the same period four years ago.

“We understand that the overriding issue is to fi nd the right nominee for us, whether it’s president or school board,” said Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz. “We all have favorites. I do. But right now, we have to understand there’s so much at risk and this election is important.”

Grijalva was nonplussed about the eff orts against Sinema, who, like McSally, was in Washington, D.C., for Trump’s Senate impeachment trial.

“We need to express to each other the dissatisfaction, and I’ve had party leadership and party members express their dissatisfaction with me on other issues,” Grijalva said. “I’ve had my disagreements with her. But we’ll reconcile those somewhere down the road.”

Reach the reporter Ronald J. Hansen at ronald.hansen@arizonarepublic.com or 602-4444493. Follow him on Twitter @ronaldjhansen.

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Past holds clues to handling outbreak Grace Hauck USA TODAY

For the third time in 20 years, a coronavirus has made the jump from animals to humans, and scientists are drawing on past experience to determine the best way to handle the deadly, rapidly spreading disease.

There’s no specifi c treatment for coronaviruses – a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to pneumonia. With time, most people will recover on their own, doctors say.

The best way to treat symptoms is to take pain and fever medications, use a room humidifi er or take a hot shower to help ease a sore throat and cough, drink plenty of liquids, and rest, the the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. That typically includes taking acetaminophen, aspirin or decongestant, said Jay Cook, Chief Medical Offi cer at Providence Regional Medical Center in Washington, which received the fi rst U.S. case of the Wuhan virus.

Treatment “is really supportive care,” Cook said. “It’s pretty miserable for a while, but the virus typically runs its course.”

However, should the virus cause a secondary infection, doctors would prescribe antibiotics, Cook said. Sometimes a ventilator may be necessary.

Scientists are also investigating alternative approaches to treating the Wuhan coronavirus – including some antiviral medications and convalescent plasma treatments – but none have been FDA-approved. A vaccine is still months or possibly years away.

“There are no drugs that are currently approved, so everything now is experimental,” said Michael Ison, an infectious disease specialist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

There are seven strains of coronavirus that infect humans, according to Greg Poland, director of the Mayo Clinic Vaccine Research Group. Four are common colds, but three have “pathological signifi cance”: severe acute respiratory syndrome, Middle East respiratory

A medical worker treats a coronavirus patient at Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University in Wuhan, China, on Friday. XIONG QI /EPA-EFE

syndrome and, now, the Wuhan coronavirus, formally called the 2019 novel coronavirus.

“This is the third one now,” Poland said. “The previous two, SARS and MERS, were controlled with individual and population-level public health measures. No vaccine. No anti-viral.

They were controlled with handwashing, face masks, isolation, etcetera.

They’re not high-tech, sexy solutions, but they are basic.”

In 2003, SARS caused global panic when more than 8,000 people became sick and nearly 800 died across dozens of countries. A decade later, MERS began to spread to countries in and near the Arabian Peninsula, as well as in South Korea, killing more than 850 people. SARS has since been controlled, and MERS has been “essentially controlled,” Poland said.

Health offi cials say the Wuhan virus is low-risk and probably spreads through tiny droplets when a person coughs or sneezes.

It’s still early on, but Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, estimates that about 4% of people who contract the Wuhan coronavirus will die from it.

The mortality rate for SARS was closer to 9% or 10%, and, for MERs, about 30% to 35%, he said.

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More help needed for homelessness Season for Sharing traditionally has supported the work of Central Arizona Shelter Services, Arizona’s largest homeless campus, located near the state capitol in downtown Phoenix. Last year, they received a $20,000 grant.

Still, there are fewer shelters in the Valley. Beds have decreased by about 30% since 2014. CASS has 470 beds and hardly any vacancies. Hundreds are turned away each month.

Specialty shelters are even tougher to come by. One Phoenix organization applying for a Season for Sharing grant houses pregnant women who have no home, for instance. Another helps homeless teens.

Rural services stretched thin Outside urban areas, services are farfl ung. A domestic violence shelter, food pantry or Meals on Wheels program may serve several counties or Native American reservations.

The Navajo County Family Advocacy Center in Show Low provides child abuse and neglect prevention services for Navajo and Apache counties, including portions of the Hopi and Apache Native American reservations and the Navajo Nation. The 21,000-square-mile area covers almost 20% of the state.

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One year after a 29-year-old woman with severe disabilities gave birth at a Phoenix facility, advocates for vulnerable adults want to see more public education about signs of abuse, including sexual abuse.

No one reported that the woman in the care of Hacienda HealthCare had been raped, and no one apparently knew that the woman was pregnant until she gave birth Dec. 29, 2018.

Here are some of the warning signs that experts say to watch for:

Sexual abuse ❚ Bruises around the breasts or genitals (most likely to be observed by health care or personal care workers). ❚ Bruising or abrasions in or around the mouth. ❚ Torn or bloody clothing or bedding (housekeepers are a front-line of observation). ❚ Unexplained vaginal or anal bleeding. ❚ Sexually transmitted infections. ❚ Inappropriate interactions between the person and caregivers, friends or family members. ❚ Behavioral changes such as withdrawal or fear. ❚ Sudden changes in emotional state, or aggression. ❚ Increased shyness around familiar persons. ❚ Hesitancy about showering or bathing. ❚ Hiding, covering up.

Source: The National Center on Law & Elder Rights.

Abuse and neglect ❚ Trouble sleeping. ❚ Depression or confusion. ❚ Unexplained weight loss. ❚ Displays of potential trauma, such as rocking back and forth. ❚ Agitated or violent behavior. ❚ Becomes withdrawn or stops taking part in activities he or she enjoys. ❚ Unexplained bruises, burns or

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Sources: The National Institute on Aging, the National Domestic Violence Hotline and the National Council on Aging.

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Financial exploitation ❚ A stranger accompanies them to the bank and encourages them to withdraw large amounts of cash. ❚ A family member or other person seems to coerce them into making fi nancial transactions. ❚ Not allowed to speak for themselves or make decisions. ❚ Implausible explanation about what happened to their money. ❚ Concerned or confused about ❚ missing” funds in their accounts. ❚ Neglect or insuffi cient care given their fi nancial status. ❚ Isolation, even from family members. ❚ Inability to remember fi nancial transactions or signing paperwork.

Source: Arizona Adult Protective Services.

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People with disabilities are at least three times more likely to be victims of rape, robbery and aggravated assault than the nondisabled population, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics National Crime Victimization Survey.

Isolation, a reliance on caregivers and limited transportation can create risks for people with disabilities. Also, the “severe under-reporting” of such crimes serves to further compound the overall inability of the system to address the problem, says the Vera Institute of Justice, a New York-based nonprofi t.

Aging adults are more vulnerable, too. There are already 140,000 people ages 65 and older living with Alzheimer’s disease in Arizona. Between 2020 and 2035, the population of Arizona adults 85 and older is projected to grow by 96%. By 2030, there will be as many people over 60 living in Arizona as there are children under the age of 17, according to state estimates.

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and exploitation complaints to Arizona’s Adult Protective Services program are substantiated or verifi ed. Most people who complain to Adult Protective Services receive a three-line letter telling them the case is closed because there is no evidence for a fi nding that abuse, neglect or exploitation occurred.

State offi cials off er numerous reasons for why it is diffi cult to substantiate complaints, but the process leaves some families feeling ignored, as though their loved ones don’t matter.

An Arizona Republic investigation also found that a state-maintained registry of people known to have mistreated vulnerable adults is missing some high-profi le off enders, and other people are included on the list for vague or unknown reasons. The registry is not publicized; it is diffi cult to search; and companies that employ caretakers but don’t contract with the state are not required to check it.

Meanwhile, the number of people seeking help for vulnerable adults is rising.

Calls and online communications with Arizona Adult Protective Services grew by 68% between 2014 and 2018.

Many others who need help are confused about how and where to get it.

“Arizona’s Adult Protective Services has some severe shortcomings. ... I don’t want it to have to take another Hacienda to recognize how important these issues are and how often they are happening,” said Jon Meyers, executive director of The Arc of Arizona, which is an advocacy and public-policy organization representing people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

“We have to take this problem more seriously. A lot of us give it a lot of lip service but as a society, as a state, we do not put our money where our mouths are. We do not fund the system that would actually do an adequate job.”

Martin Solomon is a Phoenix lawyer who for the past 25 years has represented people neglected and abused in nursing homes, assisted living facilities and homes for people who are developmentally disabled. He said the judicial system is the only redress for too many people aff ected by vulnerable adult abuse, and it should not be that way.

“The state of Arizona can make a substantial impact on the number of neglected and abused vulnerable adults if Adult Protective Services, if nothing else, thoroughly investigated, and re-

Where can they go for help?

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viewed the charts, the records,” he said.

“The government has a duty to protect vulnerable and incapacitated people, but they don’t fulfi ll their responsibility.”

Two state agencies — the Department of Health Services and the Department of Economic Security — announced last month that the state is developing an “action plan” on how to make improvements to Adult Protective Services. A stakeholder meeting to get input on the plan was set for Thursday.

Who are vulnerable adults?

Vulnerable adults are those over age 18 who are unable to protect themselves from abuse, neglect or exploitation by others because of a physical or mental impairment. They can include elderly Arizonans and adults of all ages who

have disabilities, including physical illness, mental illness, dementia, chronic drug use or chronic intoxication.

Like the Hacienda victim, now 30, not all vulnerable adults are elderly.

Nearly 30% of the people that Arizona’s Adult Protective Services helped during the fi scal year that ended in 2018 were 59 or younger.

“If we look at the number of adults who are vulnerable by virtue of disability or by virtue of mental decline, we really have to do a better job of determining how we can protect those adults who are in many ways no less defenseless than children are,” Meyers said.

The Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Council estimates the number of Arizonans over the age of 18 who have a disability is about 792,487, at least 14% of the state’s overall adult population. The estimate is based on a

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If the people providing the services are confused, then the consumer will be as well, Dunn said.

The task force sent 11 recommendations to the speaker of the House of Representatives last month that they hope will help shape legislation in the current session.

One suggestion is for the state to create or identify and fund an agency to oversee vulnerable adults in Arizona.

Another recommendation calls for an independent audit of Adult Protective Services.

Task force members throughout the hearings called for better training of Adult Protective Services investigators; for a 24/7 Adult Protective Services hotline; for a coordinated review of suspicious vulnerable adult deaths; and for an easier way for the public to access information and get help when something goes wrong.

No one ‘held accountable’ During the House task force hearings, some Arizona families detailed their experiences with Adult Protective Services.

One mother’s testimony about her son brought some task members to tears. Darien McCulley loved watching the game show “Family Feud,” Fox 10’s Whirlybird Wednesday weather report and the animated movie “Finding Nemo.” He owned multiple pairs of goofy eyewear, had an infectious laugh and delighted in the sound of clapping hands.

The 19-year-old had cerebral palsy, was prone to seizures and required a wheelchair to get around.

Darien and his family were hoping corrective surgery would help him to walk on his own one day. He was wearing post-surgery braces on his legs on the night he hoisted himself out of bed at his Phoenix area group home and crawled across the fl oor to get a staff member’s attention in what his mother, Tonia Rokeby, believes was an eff ort to tell staff he was feeling ill.

But she never found out for certain.

McCulley, who had cognitive impairments and was not able to advocate for himself, was rushed to the hospital the next morning. By the next day he was dead from sepsis caused by a twisted intestine that ruptured. Rokeby is haunted by the thought that earlier interven-

A shelf is dedicated to Tonia Rokeby's late son, Darien McCulley, in her home.

McCulley had cerebral palsy and died of sepsis at age 19. NICOLE NERI/THE REPUBLIC

tion on the night her son got out of bed could have saved his life.

One particularly devastating fact was fi nding out her son hadn’t had a bowel movement for at least three days before he died, she said. Rokeby said she found out this crucial piece of information from the manager of the group home after McCulley was taken to the hospital, and only because she asked the manager.

“I don’t know if a couple of hours would have made a diff erence, but I can’t help but think it may have,” she said.

Searching for answers, Rokeby fi led a complaint about the group home with the operating company, Arizona Mentor, and then with Arizona’s Adult Protective Services division, four months after her son’s June 21, 2018, death.

The state’s Adult Protective Services responded a few months later with a fi nding of “unsubtantiated,” Rokeby said.

Darrell Wright, Arizona Mentor’s executive director, said the company is dedicated to providing “life enhancing services to the individuals we are privileged to support. Their well-being is our top priority. Due to privacy and confi dentiality laws, we are limited in what we can share regarding the care of those we serve.”

Wright said direct care group home staff are required by DES to receive training in a range of subjects including medication administration, incident reporting, First Aid and CPR. The employment qualifi cations are a high school di-

ploma or equivalent and the company’s average wage for a direct care group home worker in November was $11.37 per hour.

Rokeby wasn’t satisfi ed.

“I was really sad. I felt like I didn’t have anywhere else to go. No one was being held accountable,” she said.

What did help Rokeby was telling her story to the task force chaired by Longdon, she said. Some task force members and others in the room wiped their eyes as she spoke about her son.

“Just seeing their reaction,” she said.

“It actually felt like someone cared.”

A majority of complaints to Arizona Adult Protective Services are either not verifi ed or not substantiated, meaning no perpetrator was found, and state investigators did not fi nd enough evidence to prove that abuse, neglect or exploitation occurred.

Constance Washington’s family received a three-line “unsubstantiated” letter from Adult Protective Services on Feb. 1 — more than three months after she said her family fi rst complained about the care her sister, 56-year-old Audrey Washington, was receiving at Montecito Post Acute Care & Rehabilitation, a long-term skilled nursing facility in Mesa.

Audrey was admitted to the facility after a hospitalization for a serious infection.

The Adult Protective Services letter told the Washington family that the case was closed.

“Adult Protective Services was not helpful at all,” Constance said.

Constance said she fi rst fi led her complaint in October 2018 because Audrey, who had numerous medical problems including diabetes and mental health issues, was having increasingly severe panic attacks. Before receiving a response from Adult Protective Services, Constance said she made several attempts to get the status of her case before fi nding out the investigator assigned to her case had been out on medical leave.

Caregivers at Montecito were not addressing her sister’s deteriorating mental health, Constance and her family say. Audrey was rarely urinating and her body was accumulating too much fl uid, she said. Audrey was calling Constance repeatedly, saying that the staff didn’t like her.

Audrey, a Phoenix native who graduated from South Mountain High School, died on Nov. 10, 2018. Her death certificate says she died of natural causes, but Constance maintains staff at the facility hastened her sister’s death. She believes Audrey would still be alive had she received better care.

Because no autopsy was performed, Constance and her family paid for a private one. It concluded Audrey died of an acute heart attack caused by signifi cant coronary artery disease.

The autopsy revealed she had elevated levels of the pain medication oxymorphone in her system, which Constance says is indicative of the facility’s negligence. She says her sister was accumulating dangerous levels of fl uids in her body and the facility’s nursing staff did not do enough to address the problem.

Offi cials with Montecito Post Acute Care & Rehabilitation said they could not speak publicly about Audrey Washington’s case because of patient confi dentiality, but said it would be open to discussing complaints with the family.

“We welcome open communication with our residents and their families, and believe that this approach is best suited to issue resolution,” an emailed statement from facility executive director Karl Cooper says.

“Montecito considers it a privilege to serve as a provider of skilled nursing and long term care. We are proud of the work we do here, and I am grateful to the staff and employees who are tireless in their eff orts and commitment to meet the needs of each valued member of our resident community.”

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cility. The federal government lists the nursing home as “above average” with a quality rating of four stars out of fi ve.

Constance fi led a complaint with ADHS, in addition to the complaint she fi led with Adult Protective Services, saying her sister’s care was neglectful.

Constance said she has not yet had a resolution to the ADHS complaint, even though she fi led it more than a year ago.

ADHS has a higher rate of substantiating complaints than Adult Protective Services, but has a backlog of complaints about long-term care facilities and one of the highest rates of complaints about long-term care in the country.

A recent Arizona Auditor General’s report found some complaints about long-term care in Arizona had gone as long as 21⁄ 2 years without getting investigated.

Most complaints never verifi ed In the fi scal year that ended June 30, 2018 — the most recent statistics posted on the Arizona DES website — fewer than 1% of the 4,257 reported abuse allegations against vulnerable adults investigated by Adult Protective Services statewide were substantiated.

For Adult Protective Services, “substantiated” means there was a determination, after an investigation, that the abuse, neglect or exploitation happened and a perpetrator was identifi ed.

At less than 1%, the substantiation rate for neglect was also low that year. It was slightly higher but still low for fi nancial exploitation — perpetrators were identifi ed in 83 out of 3,748 investigations, or 2.16% of the cases.

“We really take issue with the substantiation rates at Adult Protective Services. We think they should be much, much higher,” Meyers said.

“It goes to funding and the qualifi cations for staff . ... Way too many incidents are being overlooked.”

Adult Protective Services also gives out its “verifi ed” complaint rate, because perpetrators can’t be identifi ed in all cases and one is required for substantiation. “Verifi ed” does mean there’s evidence the abuse, neglect or exploitation occurred. But the “verifi ed” rates are low, too — below 10% for abuse, neglect and exploitation in the 2018 fi scal year, the data shows Adult Protective Services data from fi scal year 2019 provided to The Republic but not yet posted on the website does not separate verifi ed complaints from substantiated. But the numbers

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show that the percentage of verifi ed and substantiated abuse, neglect and exploitation complaints is still low — 8% or less in all three of those categories, which means fewer than 1 in 10 complaints are upheld.

There is another category called selfneglect, which refers to vulnerable adults who are putting their well-being at risk by not meeting their own essential needs, such as food, water and shelter. The self-neglect category has higher verifi cation rates — nearly 28% in the 2019 fi scal year, the state data shows.

Self-neglect cannot be substantiated given there is no perpetrator.

“My experience with Adult Protective Services is abysmal,” said Solomon, the Phoenix lawyer. “I have clients, who before they come to see me, have contacted Adult Protective Services, and I can’t think of a case where Adult Protective Services has substantiated a complaint.

“We then take those cases and we investigate and we fi nd systemic abuse and neglect. They don’t seem to be interested in systemic abuse and neglect in institutions such as nursing homes, assisted living.”

The main problems with abuse and neglect in institutional settings such as group homes and assisted living facilities arise from inadequate staffi ng, improper training and insuffi cient management and supervision, Solomon said.

It’s not typically the fault of a lone perpetrator, he said.

Offi cials with the Arizona Department of Economic Security, which oversees Adult Protective Services, would only answer questions from The Republic in writing, declining requests for an interview.

Their written statement gave numerous reasons why it’s diffi cult to substantiate complaints, including diffi culty obtaining medical records, nonverbal victims, problems identifying specifi c caretakers for facility and group home cases and challenges with sometimes having to investigate family members.

Family members were suspected perpetrators in one-quarter of the Adult Protective Services cases opened in the last fi scal year.

Investigating cases involving family members can be tricky because of family dynamics that turn investigations into “he said, she said” arguments and victims are sometimes too intimated to speak against a family member.

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ble adult is not having their needs met.

It can be challenging to prove that the adult is truly vulnerable, because evidence is required, state offi cials said.

Critics charge that it’s not just Arizona where vulnerable adult protection is not adequately prioritized.

The federal Elder Justice Act, passed as an amendment to the Aff ordable Care Act in 2010, authorized the fi rst federal funding stream for state and local Adult Protective Services programs. Federal funding for the act was never appropriated, though a limited amount of grant funding has been available since 2015.

Adult Protective Services in Arizona has received three of those grants, most recently a $1.3 million, three-year grant for improving Adult Protective Services investigator training.

That training will include criminal investigative interview techniques and how to assess levels of risk facing individual vulnerable adults who are the subjects of investigations, Adult Protective Services offi cials said.

‘Calls and calls and calls’ Other issues could contribute to Arizona’s low substantiation and verifi cation rates, The Republic found.

Investigators, who earn between $36,920 and $40,414 per year, do not need a college degree, although two years of “relevant” experience is required.

More than 70% of states require their Adult Protective Services caseworkers and investigators to have a college degree, a 2012 study by the National Adult Protective Resource Center and the National Association of States United for Aging and Disabilities, now called ADvancing States, found.

A February 2019 report from the federal Administration for Community Living recommends that at a minimum, Adult Protective Service workers should have an undergraduate college degree, citing research that shows higher education requirements for workers leads to higher substantiation rates for allegations.

Workload is also an issue. Once they are on the job, Arizona Adult Protective Services investigators are being asked to handle 32 cases at any given time, which is twice the number recommended by the National Adult Protective Services Association.

On the plus side, there is evidence that Gov. Doug Ducey has made Adult Protective Services a bigger priority than some of his predecessors, and Adult Protective Services offi cials say they are working to reduce investigator

caseloads.

The Adult Protective Services budget has nearly doubled since 2014, but it’s not enough, said Erica McFadden, executive director of the Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Council.

“The budget needs to be high enough to support enough staff to ensure caseloads are around 25 per case worker,” McFadden said.

“If their goal is to land people on the registry and keep people safe, then they have to have the skills to collect evidence to do that,” he added. “It includes how to interview, documentation. If they don’t have enough training, it can end up not being verifi ed or not being substantiated. They really do have a tough job. ... Other states have more funding, and more staff .”

The Adult Protective Services budget needs to include funding for creating a better data reporting system, supporting ongoing training needs, increasing the pay of current staff , and building in opportunities for promotions to improve employee retention, she said.

The public needs follow-through beyond just getting a “substantiated” or “unsubstantiated” conclusion to Adult Protective Services investigations, she said.

What would help is an assurance that when someone calls Adult Protective Services, “that they are actually being served, that there is something being done,” she said.

Investigators are defi cient in other important areas, too.

Members of the deaf and hearingimpaired community this fall repeatedly complained to a legislative task force that Adult Protective Services investigators either don’t understand sign language or they aren’t using licensed sign language interpreters to conduct interviews. As a result, cases are not being properly investigated, they say.

“Our experience with Adult Protective Services is we’ve made calls, calls and calls and usually we don’t get a response,” Sherri Collins, executive director for the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, testifi ed on Oct. 15. “Or we get the same runaround, and it’s always later, after the fact, or too late.”

It’s not acceptable for investigators rely on family members to interpret for vulnerable adults, Collins said.

That’s because the family member may not be fl uent in sign language, or the family member could be the one abusing the vulnerable adult.

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How to report vulnerable adult abuse In Arizona, here’s what to do if you suspect a person is being abused Stephanie Innes Arizona Republic USA TODAY NETWORK

Here are fi ve things you need to know about reporting and complaining about suspected abuse of a vulnerable adult in Arizona, whether it involves a loved one, a friend, a neighbor, someone you’ve observed in the community, or yourself.

A vulnerable adult is anyone 18 or older who is unable to protect themselves from abuse, neglect or exploitation by others because of a physical or mental impairment.

1. If it’s an emergency, always call 911.

Contact law enforcement if you suspect something criminal has happened or is happening, or if there is any immediate danger. That applies to cases of abuse, including sexual abuse, neglect and fi nancial exploitation.

2. If it’s not an emergency, there are hotlines you can call. You can also report online.

If the vulnerable adult is not in immediate danger, there are other ways to make a report.

For suspected abuse, neglect or exploitation of a vulnerable adult, Adult Protective Services operates a hotline: 877-SOS-ADULT or 877-767-2385 or TDD: 877-815-8390. The hotline does not run 24/7, however. The hours are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to Friday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday and state holidays.

To fi le online reports with Adult Protective Services at any time, use this link: azdes.gov/reportadultabuse.

To fi le online complaints about facilities that are licensed through the Arizona Department of Health Services, go here: app3.azdhs.gov/PROD-AZHS

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deaf or hard of hearing and depriving someone of language to communicate is itself a form of neglect and abuse.

Lack of funding compared with other states When compared to some other states with similar vulnerable adult population sizes, Arizona budget numbers lag, McFadden said.

Massachusetts, which at 6.9 million people has a state population size similar to Arizona, has a budget of $32.7 million this fi scal year for its elder protective services program. That’s twice the budget amount of Arizona’s Adult Protective Services division and does not include protection services for vulnerable adults 59 and younger, which Arizona’s does.

Massachusetts has a separate budget of nearly $5 million for providing protective services to vulnerable adults who are not elderly. The Massachusetts Disabled Persons Protection Commission has its own 24-hour abuse and neglect hotline, and tracks reports by disability, which is something many critics want Arizona to do, too.

Colorado’s population is 21.5% smaller than Arizona’s and its Adult Protective Services budget is 21.7% higher. Colorado’s program tracks the physical, mental and cognitive conditions of the vulnerable adults it helps, which is something that some advocates believe should happen in Arizona.

The Adult Protective Services budget for the state of Washington, at $65.5 million, is more than four times larger than the Arizona Adult Protective Services budget.

The fi nancial website WalletHub on Dec. 4 released a ranking of all 50 states and the District of Columbia, from best to worst, for their elder-abuse protections. Massachusetts ranked fi rst. Arizona was 43rd. The rankings were based on 16 key indicators of elder-abuse protection, including the frequency of assisted living facility inspections, quality of nursing homes and per capita expenditures on elder abuse prevention for people older than 65.

Arizona law limits investigators Adult Protective Services investigators in Arizona also are stymied by Arizona law, because it does not allow Adult Protective Services to investigate com-

Complaint-UI. The main phone number for the Arizona Department of Health Services is 602-364-2536.

The Arizona Center for Disability Law is a non-profi t public interest law fi rm that provides a variety of legal services to people with disabilities. Its toll-free number is 800-927-2260. The center has an online intake form and self-advocacy guides at azdisabilitylaw.org/getting-help/.

The Area Agency on Aging operates a 24-hour senior helpline for Phoenix residents at 602-264-HELP or 602-2644357, which can help seniors navigate local resources and answer questions about transportation, housing, longterm care, home-delivered meals and home care.

3. Be persistent.

Often, individuals with disabilities are not considered reliable witnesses and their word is not taken at face value, said Jon Meyers, executive director of The Arc of Arizona, an advocacy program for people with disabilities.

“Many law enforcement agencies are not well-trained to work with people with disabilities,” Meyers said. “If you are going to call law enforcement, ask for someone who is on a crisis intervention team or who has special training in working with people with disabilities.”

Meyers and other advocates say that while the system may seem overwhelming it’s important for people to exercise and enforce their rights. If something has happened, don’t stay silent.

4. If you are confused, you are not alone.

The system is a Byzantine patchwork of various agencies that do not coordinate with each other.

plaints of emotional abuse, which can include manipulation, intimidation and verbal abuse.

The state won’t even start an investigation on those reports.

Incidents of abuse must fi t the Arizona state defi nition, which is intentional infl iction of physical harm; injury caused by negligent acts or omissions; unreasonable confi nement; and sexual abuse or sexual assault.

“I think we play a vital role, but I hear the frustration and I know that there’s more that is expected,” Molly McCarthy, DES assistant director of aging and adult services, said during the Oct. 15 legislative hearing in a public acknowledgment that state offi cials are aware of the problems.

DES needs to do a better job as an agency, particularly in terms of listening and in follow-up, she said.

Registry of known perpetrators Arizona is ahead of many states when it comes to its registry of known perpetrators of abuse, neglect and exploitation against vulnerable adults. It is one of 26 states that keeps such a registry, and it’s one of only a few that has an online registry accessible to the public.

Some of the off enses described on the registry are horrifi c — there are paid caregivers who steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from the vulnerable adults they are responsible for keeping safe.

There are also shocking cases of physical abuse.

But Arizona’s registry is inconsistent and incomplete, not easy for consumers to search and not enough employers are checking it, critics say.

“It has all kinds of holes in it right now,” McFadden said. “We’ve never put the resources in our state system to publicize it, or to manage it, and now we are expecting people to know about it without sharing the information.”

Schools, hospitals, private home care and home health companies that don’t contract with the government aren’t required to check the registry before hiring.

Two separate state reports issued in response to community outrage about the Hacienda case have recommended improving the registry, and some of the debate before the legislative task force on vulnerable adults focused on the registry, too.

A statewide abuse and neglect prevention task force, separate from the

It is confusing even for people who work in it. Some legislators are aware of the problem and are working with agency and community leaders to have a more coordinated, consumer-friendly system.

The Arizona Attorney General’s Offi ce has a Task Force Against Senior Abuse Helpline: 602-542-2124; 844894-4735 (toll-free); and 602-542-7918 (Español). The helpline is not staff ed 24/7, but Attorney General’s Offi ce spokesperson Katie Conner said callers who leave messages during off -hours will be called back.

Meyers also recommends seeking out emotional support because it may not come to you.

“The state system is not going to be of much use. They don’t do a good job in that regard,” Meyers said. “You have to turn to whatever other community resources that are out there, including your faith community — your church, synagogue or mosque or what have you.”

The San Francisco-based Institute on Aging maintains a 24/7 toll-free crisis “Friendship Line” for older adults and adults with disabilities. The number is 800-971-0016. Trained volunteers specialize in off ering a caring ear and having a friendly conversation with depressed adults.

The Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence: 602-279-2900.

The national domestic violence hotline: 800-799-SAFE. The national sexual assault hotline: 800-656-HOPE.

5. Complaints may be fi led to more than one entity.

Consumers may fi le complaints with Adult Protective Services and the state health department, but depending on the situation there are other arenas for complaining. If the vulnerable adult is in a facility or is being cared for by a care-giving agency, complaints may be fi led directly with the company.

Every county in Arizona has a region-

one Longdon chaired but also created after the Hacienda case, issued a report on Nov. 1. Among its recommendations were improving the registry.

In the long term, the report suggested the state provide funding for a central statewide repository information about fi ngerprinting and about Adult Protective Services and the Department of Child Safety in one place.

“Furthermore, DES should continue to work with stakeholders to determine whether the Adult Protective Services Registry can be enhanced to provide a more comprehensive inventory of caregiver complaints,” the report says.

Counseling services, other resources lacking Another piece that needs improvement is services for the adult victims of abuse, neglect and exploitation. Adult Protective Services has a heavy emphasis on fi nding perpetrators and substantiated cases, but the people who are being abused are not being immediately referred to trauma-informed counseling, said McFadden, of the Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Council.

The vulnerable adults and their loved ones need emotional support and better victim services, she said.

“We need to do a better job making sure that people are actually given the resources to recover,” she said. “We also need to elevate the penalties for failing to report sexual assault. For children (as victims) it’s a felony. For vulnerable adults it’s a misdemeanor. We just need to make it equitable.”

Meyers, of The Arc of Arizona, said it gave him hope that Ducey in 2019 issued an executive order to strengthen protection of vulnerable adults in Arizona and specifi cally mentioned making improvements to Adult Protective Services. He questions whether the momentum will continue.

“There was this hue and cry at the beginning of the (last legislative) session from all kinds of legislators on both sides of the aisle,” he said. was a lot of talk about the importance of this issue. And by about midway through the session all those public pronouncements had sort of been forgotten. “... The incident didn’t fade from memory, but the urgency did.”

Ducey’s offi ce said the governor has been committed to improving Adult Protective Services by increasing the divi-

al long-term care ombudsman program that will identify, investigate and resolve complaints made by or on behalf of residents of nursing homes, assisted living facilities and adult foster-care homes. Often, this is a good place to start for consumers fi ling complaints about facilities.

The long-term care ombudsman program is part of the Area Agency on Aging, which advocates for older adults and off ers information on programs, options and community resources. The ombudsman’s program will work with Adult Protective Services.

The Maricopa County Area Agency on Aging is at 602-264-2255. The Arizona Department of Economic Security keeps a list of other long-term care ombudsman programs in the state: des.az.gov/services/older-adults/ long-term-care-ombudsman.

Complaints against specifi c nurses may be fi led with the Arizona State Board of Nursing: azbn.gov/ or 602-7717800.

To fi le complaints against a doctor, go to the Arizona Medical Board: azmd.gov/Regulation/Regulation or call the toll-free number 877-255-2212.

Complaints may also be fi led with the Arizona Board of Examiners of Nursing Care Institution Administrators and Assisted Living Facility Managers: 602364-2374.

Consumers can check on whether a nursing home or assisted living facility manager has had any board disciplinary actions against them: elicense.az.gov/ARDC_LicenseSearch.

The Arizona Department of Economic Security’s Division of Developmental Disabilities provides health care services to eligible Arizonans through its role as a managed care organization in the Arizona Medicaid system. To report concerns about a DDD provider, contact the DDD Customer Service Center at 844-770-9500 or DDDCustomerServiceCenter@azdes.gov.

Reach the reporter at Stephanie.Innes@gannett.com or at 602-444-8369.

sion’s budget and targeting investments to increase the number of investigators.

He also signed legislation in 2019 that relaxed the defi nition of neglect, removing the requirement that a pattern of neglect had to be established to substantiate an allegation.

Patrick Ptak, a Ducey spokesman, told The Republic that ensuring adequate protections exist for vulnerable adults will “continue to be a priority” for the governor.

$1B for kids, $15.6M for vulnerable adults Advocates for the elderly and people with disabilities compare the spending on adults with the dollars budgeted for Arizona’s vulnerable children.

Adult Protective Services, a division of the Department of Economic Security, has an annual budget of $15.6 million and has 186 employees.

By comparison, Arizona’s Department of Child Safety, a separate state agency, has an annual budget of $1 billion and 2,769 employees.

The Adult Protective Services system is generally designed to provide emergency and short-term response to urgent situations, whereas DCS is often involved with families over years.

The Adult Protective Services budget includes $295,000 to help vulnerable adults resolve emergency situations with, among other things, one-time rent payments, resources for food and cleaning services for hoarding situations.

DCS can step in and take over guardianship of a child, and has responsibility for children when they are in out-ofhome care.

Adult Protective Services does not have the authority to take custody of adults nor control of their assets.

DCS handles foster care and adoptions, and off ers numerous in-home services for families, which Adult Protective Services does not.

And DCS received more than four times the number of calls to its hotline than Adult Protective Services in the 2019 fi scal year, state data shows.

Still, some critics say the funding difference suggests inequity.

“Those statistics alone shine a pretty bright light on how we approach adult protection,” Meyers said.

“There is absolutely no question that Arizona’s child safety system, at least as it is constructed and as it is on paper, is much better than the adult protective system.”

Notice of Public Meeting Town of Gilbert FY 2020-2025 Consolidated Plan & Annual Action Plan Public Meeting The Town of Gilbert will host a public meeting for Gilbert’s 2020-2025 CDBG/HOME Consolidated Plan and 2020 Annual Action Plan. The public meeting is available to allow public input on meeting the needs and priorities of the community.

The 2020-2025 Consolidated Plan (CP) and Annual Action Plan (AAP) is required by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in order to receive federal funds under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program and HOME Investment Partnership Funds.

Anticipated resources, eligible range of activities, and needs will be outlined to be included in the five year and annual action plan (AAP). Focus areas will be on housing, community development and other programs designed to improve the quality of life for low and moderate income Gilbert Residents.

Public Meeting Thursday, February 5, 2020 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

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Whiskies

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23.99

Heineken 24-12oz loose btls

23.99

Mother Road Tower Station IPA 16c-4p

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale 24-12oz loose btls

9.99

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