Salt Lake Tribune | 2001-03-10 | Page 5

The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH/THE WEST March 10, 2001 As Minority Populations Increase in Intermountain West, Cities Study Growth BY BRANDON LOOMIS The changes are causing some cities to take a hard look at their development patterns, and their futures. In Boise, Idaho, where the Latino ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE The Intermountain —'s Teputation as America’s whitest region fast, and it cities ne slitting partjest is reet ofthe country’sdid in the past century. Nevada, which led the nation in percentage growth during the 1990s, also gained the highest percentage ofethnic and racial minorities. The have asked a Minnesota consultant to analyze their “urban polarization.” Myron —_ a ns legislator and law professor whose Research Corp. Se nected BUS ee Boise is a good example of racial and class divi- state’s Latino population shot up 145 percentto research group. “If you don’t have a very high- Idaho facing up tothe fact thatit’s more diverse ing its caseworkers of needlessly removing children from homes based on parents’ poverty or on sisted its focus is keeping families together. Patterson has said that children were removed from homes only about13 percentof the time in fiscal 1999-2000, and that Utah ranked fifth-lowestin the nation in the numberofchildren in out-of-homecare. Oakland, Calif.-based National Center for Youth Law. Thecenter sued the division in 1993, claiming it had not- done enough for the children it serves. The division now operates under terms imposed by the 1994 out-ofcourt settlement anda legislative overhaul the same year. Under Patterson, “there would always be lots of charts andinformation suggesting there would be improvement,” Hamm said. “But According to the division's 2000 Annual Outcomes Report, 71 percent of children removed were returned to their parents orrelatives. “The policy under [Patterson] has been numbers, not looking at eachindividual case,” said Bonnie Macri, executive director of the group JEDI (Justice, Economic Dignity and Independence) for Women,oneofthe organizations targeting the division’s practices. whenwe wouldget our word from those on thefield level, the impression we had was that changes that were supposed to be happening, weren't.” Patterson already hadleft the “We're just glad to see [Patterson] go,” Macri said. “Whenever office Friday and did not return telephone messages. Staff members were “kindof quiet, little bit we talked to him, he could quote numbers, but whenit cameright surprised” at the announcement, said spokeswomanCarolSisco. down toit, he really was not caring for the childrenofour state.” In a March2 newsletter, Patterson wrote thatthe divisionis “sin- Richard Anderson, the division’s deputydirector, will become acting director Monday. Ander- gled out as the agencythat controls son, a 20-year veteranof thedivision, will serve as “a stabilizing the decision-making regarding removal and permanency. I wish it $19.97 to $39.97 were that easy.” At best, he wrote, the division has sole influence over the first three days following a child’s removal. “Law enforcement agencies, the Office of the Attorney General, the guardians ad litem, the parent counsel and the juvenile court judges all play key roles.” Still, Patterson was not without supporters. “We've had a positive relationship with Ken Patterson,” said Jeff Bryant, spokesman for the Utah Foster Care Foundation: “He was dedicated and supportive of our mission. He will be missed.” Patterson, a former child caseworker, took over the troubled division in 1997 at an annual salary please, to work with, to listen to, both within the division andoutin the community. There have been outcries aboutkids being removed from homes too quickly. Others say they aren’t moving children out fast enough.” Spokeswoman Sisco said the division will continue to implement a. Patterson-designed model” that allows families involved in the child-welfare system to have more sayin howtheir cases are 3 Arnold-Williams said Patterson of $79,000. He previously had been director of Nevada’s child:-welfare division’s next director will begin system. thelast 3% years,” said Pamela At- next week, and could takeat least two months,shesaid. “The bestthing is, the line staff kinson, an Intermountain Health Care executive, children’s advocate and memberof a now-defunct job,” Arnold-Williams said. “Three and a half years is a pretty long monitoring panel that oversaw settlement compliance. “They're looking for somebody to do more implementation.” Patterson’s job was oneof the hardest in Utah, Atkinson said. “You've got so many people to ‘19.98 to 39.98 $39.97 to $79.97 our everyday has expressed interest in continu- ing to work with Utah’s human services system, she said. “It’s pretty early in that. 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