§ 9-32-207. Annual report to General Assembly
The Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth shall report annually to the General Assembly its findings and recommendations regarding the child welfare program.
§ 9-34-201. Definitions
For purposes of this chapter: (1) “Fire department” means any organization that is staffed twenty-four (24) hours a day and established for the prevention or extinguishment of fires, including, but not limited to, fire departments organized under municipal or county ordinances, improvement districts, membership fee-based private fire departments, and volunteer fire departments; (2) “Law enforcement […]
§ 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) […]
§ 9-31-403. Definitions
As used in this subchapter: (1) “Mediation” means a process in which a neutral person or persons help disputants try to resolve a dispute in whole or in part by reaching an agreement without the mediator or mediators imposing the agreement; and (2) “Program” means the Arkansas Youth Mediation Program at the University of Arkansas […]
§ 9-31-404. Powers and responsibilities of the Arkansas Youth Mediation Program
(a) (1) There is created a program that shall be called the “Arkansas Youth Mediation Program”. (2) In the event funds are appropriated for this purpose, it shall be housed at and operated by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville School […]
§ 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) […]