SALT LAKE CITY — When it comes to focusing on future generations and ensuring their prosperity, how is Utah doing? Is it lagging behind other states in the Mountain West?

These are questions the Utah Foundation’s latest report dug into, and what it discovered is that most states in the Mountain West (Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona) have seen a “rapid” decrease in their focus on future generations since 2013 — and Utah is no different.

The Utah Foundation used four indicators to compare states in terms of their focus on future generations:

Parks and recreation funding effort – Utah is the third highest in the nation.

Public school funding effort – Utah is the 13th lowest.

Birth rate – Utah has the highest rate in the nation.

Youth organization fund

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