Arkansas Code Title 9, Subtitle 3, Chapter 28, Subchapter 1 - Children and Family Services

• § 9-28-101 - Legislative Intent and Purpose.
  The General Assembly recognizes that the state has a responsibility to protect children from abuse and neglect by providing services and supports that promote...
• § 9-28-102 - Creation of the Division of Children and Family Services.
  There is created the Division of Children and Family Services within the Department of Human Services.
• § 9-28-103 - Division of Children and Family Services -- Powers and Duties.
  (a) The Division of Children and Family Services of the Department of Human Services shall perform the following functions and have the authority and...
• § 9-28-104 - Best Interest of the Child.
  (a) The General Assembly recognizes that children are defenseless and that there is no greater moral obligation upon the General Assembly than to provide...
• § 9-28-105 - Preference to Relative Caregivers for a Child in Foster Care.
  In all custodial placements by the Department of Human Services in foster care or adoption, preferential consideration shall be given to an adult relative...
• § 9-28-106 - Religious Preference -- Removal of Barriers to Inter-Ethnic Adoption.
  (a) The Department of Human Services and any other agency or entity that receives federal assistance and is involved in adoption or foster care...
• § 9-28-107 - Notice When Juvenile Transferred to Custody of Department.
  (a) The Department of Human Services shall exercise due diligence to identify and provide notice to all adult grandparents, all parents of a sibling...
• § 9-28-108 - Placement of Juveniles -- Definitions.
  (a) As used in this section: (1) "Fictive kin" means a person not related to a child by blood or marriage, but who has...
• § 9-28-109 - Notice of Move in Foster Care Placement.
  (a) The policy of the State of Arkansas is that each child placed in the custody of the Department of Human Services should have...
• § 9-28-110 - Smoking in the Presence of Foster Children.
  The Department of Human Services shall not place or permit a child to remain in a foster home, unless it is in the best...
• § 9-28-111 - Case Plans -- Definition.
  (a) The Department of Human Services shall be responsible for developing case plans in all dependency-neglect cases and in family-in-need-of-services cases when custody is...
• § 9-28-112 - Foster Children and Educational Issues.
  (a) The Department of Human Services and school districts shall work together for the best interest of any child placed in the custody of...
• § 9-28-113 - Continuity of Educational Services to Foster Children.
  (a) (1) (A) It is the intent of the General Assembly that each child in foster care is: (i) Entitled to the same opportunities...
• § 9-28-114 - Foster Youth Transition.
  (a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) Each juvenile in foster care should have a family for a lifetime, but too many juveniles in...
• § 9-28-115 - Immunity.
  (a) A foster parent approved by a child placement agency licensed by the Department of Human Services shall not be liable for: (1) Damages...
• § 9-28-116 - Restrictions on Foster and Adoptive Parents.
  (a) (1) A child in the custody of the Department of Human Services shall not be placed in an approved home of any foster...
• § 9-28-117 - Authority to Obtain Local Criminal Background Checks.
  (a) Local law enforcement shall provide the Department of Human Services with criminal background information on persons who have applied to be a provisional...
• § 9-28-118 - Training Hours for Employees.
  All division caseworkers, supervisors, and area directors shall have at least one (1) hour of annual training on issues related to: (1) Separation and...
• § 9-28-119 - Department of Human Services -- Power to Obtain Information -- Definitions.
  (a) As used in this section: (1) "Business" means any corporation, partnership, cable television company, association, individual, or utility company that is organized privately,...
• § 9-28-120 - Public Disclosure of Information on Deaths and Maltreatment.
  (a) (1) The Department of Human Services shall place a notice on the department's web page when a fatality or near fatality of a...

Last modified: November 15, 2016