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A CENTURY OF SERVICE 28 | RIVERSIDE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES

Social Security Act In 1974, Congress amended the Social Security Act, which was first signed into law in 1935 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The amendment required all states to establish adult protective services units (APS) for adults aged 18 and older. The U.S. House of Representatives held hearings and sponsored investigations about elder abuse throughout the middle to late 1970s.