§ 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 […]
§ 9-28-903. Foster parent support
Foster parents should be supported in the following manner: (1) Treated by the Division of Children and Family Services of the Department of Human Services and other partners in the care of abused and neglected children with consideration, dignity, respect, and trust as a primary caregiver for foster children, including respect for the family values […]
§ 9-29-401. Text of Compact
The Interstate Compact for Juveniles is enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining in the compact in the form substantially as follows: THE INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR JUVENILES ARTICLE I Purpose The compacting states to this Interstate Compact recognize that each state is responsible for the proper supervision or return of […]
§ 9-28-1001. Title
This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Safeguards for Children in Foster Care Act”.
§ 9-28-1002. Findings and purpose
(a) The General Assembly acknowledges that society has a responsibility, along with foster parents and the Department of Human Services, for the well-being of children in foster care. (b) Every child in foster care is endowed with the opportunities inherently belonging to all children.