§ 9-28-212. Sale of goods produced at youth services centers — Disposition of funds
All funds derived from the sale of agricultural products, livestock, or manufactured articles, or from other activities carried on at the youth services centers or facilities shall be deposited into the State Treasury in the Youth Services Fund Account of the Department of Human Services Fund to be used exclusively for the support of the […]
§ 9-28-117. Authority to obtain local criminal background checks
(a) Local law enforcement shall provide the Department of Human Services with criminal background information on persons who have applied to be a provisional foster home, a regular foster home, or an adoptive home for the department upon request from the department. (b) Local law enforcement shall provide the department with criminal background information on […]
§ 9-28-214. Penalty for escape
(a) If charged and found guilty as an adult for first degree escape, § 5-54-110, or second degree escape, § 5-54-111, a juvenile shall be given a mandatory sentence of not less than nine (9) months in an appropriate facility of the Division of Correction. (b) If adjudicated delinquent for first degree escape, § 5-54-110, […]
§ 9-28-118. Training hours for employees
All division caseworkers, supervisors, and area directors shall have at least one (1) hour of annual training on issues related to: (1) Separation and placement; and (2) The grief and loss that children experience in foster care with multiple placements.
§ 9-28-215. Departure without authorization — Release of information — Definition
(a) As used in this section, “identifying and descriptive information” means any information pertaining to a juvenile that is necessary to safeguard public safety and aid in the apprehension of the juvenile, including without limitation: (1) A photo of the juvenile; (2) The name of the juvenile; (3) The age of the juvenile; and (4) […]
§ 9-28-119. Department of Human Services — Power to obtain information — Definitions
(a) As used in this section: (1) “Business” means any corporation, partnership, cable television company, association, individual, or utility company that is organized privately, as a cooperative, or as a quasi-public entity, and labor or other organization maintaining an office, doing business, or having a registered agent in the State of Arkansas; (2) “Financial entity” […]
§ 9-28-216. Separation of juvenile offenders — Rules — Review
(a) The Division of Youth Services shall promulgate rules to require the separation of juvenile offenders committed to a facility operated by the division based upon: (1) The age of the juvenile offender; (2) The seriousness of the crime or crimes committed by the juvenile offender; or (3) Whether the juvenile offender has been adjudicated […]
§ 9-28-120. Public disclosure of information on deaths and maltreatment
(a) (1) The Department of Human Services shall place a notice on the department’s web page when a fatality or near fatality of a child is reported to the Child Abuse Hotline under the Child Maltreatment Act, § 12-18-101 et seq., within seventy-two (72) hours of receipt of a report from the hotline. (2) The […]
§ 9-28-217. Juvenile records confidentiality
(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, reports, correspondence, memoranda, case histories, or other material that personally identifies a juvenile, including protected health information, compiled or received by a juvenile detention facility, a community-based provider for the Division of Youth Services, or the Division of Youth Services shall be confidential and shall […]
§ 9-28-201. Legislative intent and purpose
(a) The General Assembly recognizes that the state has a responsibility to provide its youth with appropriate services and programs to help decrease the number of juvenile offenders in the state and to create a better future for the state’s youth and that reforms in the juvenile justice system require oversight by an organization with […]