§ 9-34-202. Delivery to medical provider, law enforcement agency, or fire department
(a) Any medical provider, law enforcement agency, or fire department shall take possession of a child who is thirty (30) days old or younger without a court order if the parent of the child, without expressing an intent to return for the child, leaves the child: (1) With or voluntarily delivers the child to the […]
§ 9-34-203. Care of the child
(a) Upon delivery of the child to a medical provider, law enforcement agency, or fire department, the law enforcement officer, an appropriate employee of the fire department, or an appropriate employee of the hospital shall take the child into protective custody for seventy-two (72) hours under the Child Maltreatment Act, § 12-18-101 et seq. (b) […]
§ 9-34-204. Missing Persons Information Clearinghouse
The Division of Children and Family Services of the Department of Human Services shall utilize the Missing Persons Information Clearinghouse and any other national and state resources to determine whether the child is a missing child.
Title 9 — Appendix Administrative Order Number 10 — Child Support Guidelines
The Per Curiam Orders of the Supreme Court of Arkansas of February 5, 1990, May 13, 1991, and October 25, 1993, established guidelines for child support enforcement. The Per Curiam Order of September 25, 1997, established Administrative Order Number 10, establishing guidelines effective October 1, 1997. Administrative Order Number 10 was republished in the Per […]
§ 9-31-405. Program goals
The Arkansas Youth Mediation Program’s goals are to: (1) Reduce economic, psychological, and social costs to individuals and public and private institutions arising from disputes involving youth; (2) Reduce court dockets and delays; (3) Increase the ability of youth to resolve conflicts cooperatively, productively, and nonviolently; (4) Reduce antisocial behavior by children, parents, and other […]
§ 9-31-501. Dyslexia screening — Intervention services
(a) Within thirty (30) calendar days, excluding holidays, of being committed to the Division of Youth Services, a juvenile shall have his or her reading proficiency level assessed and a dyslexia screening shall be delivered with fidelity, as defined in § 6-41-602. (b) If a reading assessment or dyslexia screening under subsection (a) of this […]
§ 9-31-502. Requirements for educators — Science of reading
(a) An individual who teaches nonreaders and juveniles reading at a sixth-grade level or below in the education system of the Division of Youth Services shall: (1) Have and demonstrate proficient knowledge and skills to teach reading consistent with the best practices of scientific reading instruction as required under the Right to Read Act, § […]
§ 9-32-101. Collaboration of state agencies to form and implement statewide child abduction response teams
(a) (1) The following agencies shall collaborate in a multiagency effort to rescue abducted or endangered children, implement one (1) or more statewide child abduction response teams, and allocate the respective resources of each agency to cases involving missing or endangered children: (A) Office of the Attorney General; (B) Division of Arkansas State Police; (C) […]
§ 9-30-103. Definitions
As used in this chapter: (1) “Child” means a person under eighteen (18) years of age; (2) (A) “Child abuse” means any nonaccidental physical injury, mental injury, sexual abuse, or sexual exploitation inflicted by those legally responsible for the care and maintenance of the child, or an injury that is at variance with the history […]
§ 9-32-201. Short title
This subchapter shall be known as and may be cited as the “Arkansas Child Welfare Public Accountability Act”.