With friends like Utah’s Disability Law Center, who needs enemies?

By: Elinore McCance-Katz, Devon Kurtz

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: February 14, 2026

Words: 674

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago

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A little-known federal program focused on mental illness is under new scrutiny by the state legislature. For decades, the federal Protection and Advocacy program has funded Utah’s Disability Law Center to ensure that people suffering from debilitating mental illnesses are offered dignified and humane care. These organizations have federal authority to investigate abuse, neglect, and civil rights violations in clinical psychiatric settings.

But DLC and other Protection and Advocacy organizations have long since strayed from …

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