§ 9-29-203. Enforcement
(a) The “appropriate public authorities” as used in Article III of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, with reference to this state, means the Department of Human Services which shall receive and act with reference to notices required by Article III. (b) The department shall take appropriate action in the appropriate court as […]
§ 9-29-204. Secretary of the Department of Human Services to determine when to discharge child
As used in paragraph (a) of Article V of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, the phrase “appropriate authority in the receiving state” with reference to this state means the Secretary of the Department of Human Services.
§ 9-29-205. Agreements with other states pursuant to the compact
The officers and agencies of this state and its subdivisions having authority to place children are empowered to enter into agreements with appropriate officers or agencies of or in other party states under paragraph (b) of Article V of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children. Any such agreement which contains a financial commitment […]
§ 9-29-206. Agreements concerning visitation or supervision
Any requirements for visitation, inspection or supervision of children, homes, institutions, or other agencies in another party state which may apply under this subchapter or as required by any court of record of this state shall be deemed to be met if performed pursuant to an agreement entered into by appropriate officers or agencies of […]
§ 9-28-801. Facility to house older juvenile offenders established
(a) The Division of Youth Services of the Department of Human Services shall establish a separate facility to house offenders between the ages of eighteen (18) and twenty-one (21) who have been committed to the division. (b) The facility shall be in operation by July 1, 2000, and shall be contingent upon funding.
§ 9-29-207. Courts authorized to place children in other states pursuant to this compact
Any court having jurisdiction to place delinquent children may place such a child in an institution in another state pursuant to Article VI of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children and shall retain jurisdiction as provided in Article V thereof.
§ 9-28-901. Title
This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Foster Parent Support Act of 2007”.
§ 9-29-208. Financial responsibility for placed children
Financial responsibility for any child placed pursuant to the provisions of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Article V thereof in the first instance. However, in the event of partial or complete default of performance thereunder, the provisions of Arkansas laws fixing responsibility for […]
§ 9-28-902. Findings
(a) The General Assembly finds that foster parents providing care for children who are in the custody of the Department of Human Services play an integral, indispensable, and vital role in the state’s effort to care for dependent children displaced from their homes. The General Assembly further finds that it is in the best interests […]
§ 9-29-301. Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance
SECTION 1 It is the purpose and policy of the party states to cooperate with each other to assure that adoptive children for whom federally funded medical adoption assistance is desirable and necessary shall continue to receive such adoption assistance, including medical and other necessary services, when the adoptive parents move to other states or […]