§ 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 […]
section I. Authority and Scope
Pursuant to Act 948 of 1989, as amended, codified at Ark. Code Ann. § 9-12-312(a) and the Family Support Act of 1988, Pub. L. No. 100-485 (1988), the Court adopted and published Administrative Order Number 10, titled “Child Support Guidelines” (“Guidelines”). Pursuant to Act 907 of 2019, codified at Ark. Code Ann. § 9-12-312(a)(4), the […]
section II. Use of the Guidelines
There is a rebuttable presumption that the amount of child support calculated pursuant to the most recent revision of the Family Support Chart and these Guidelines is the amount to be awarded in any judicial proceeding for divorce, separation, paternity, guardianship, or child support. In addition to an initial award for child support or the […]
§ 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”.
§ 9-30-105. Powers and duties of the Department of Human Services
(a) The Department of Human Services shall adopt rules necessary for the implementation of this chapter. (b) Regarding the administration of the Children’s Trust Fund, the department shall: (1) Promulgate rules prescribing the procedure for establishing local councils; (2) Provide for the coordination and exchange of information on the establishment and maintenance of local councils […]
§ 9-32-202. Legislative findings
To enhance the public’s access to child welfare program performance indicators, to raise the public’s awareness of the child welfare program’s client outcomes, to enable the General Assembly to monitor and assess the performance of the Division of Children and Family Services, the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services, and the Division of […]