Child Care Fund

Ark. Code Ann. § 19-43-253 — under Special Revenues Funds.

Ark. Code Ann. § 19-43-253

(a) There is created on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State a special revenue fund to be known as the “Child Care Fund”.

(b) The fund shall consist of:(1) Those special revenues as specified in § 19-42-201(133) and (157); and(2) Moneys received from the Department of Human Services.

(1) Those special revenues as specified in § 19-42-201(133) and (157); and

(2) Moneys received from the Department of Human Services.

(c) The fund shall be used by the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education of the Department of Human Services exclusively to provide grants to childcare facilities for enhancement of the facility or for training of personnel in childcare facilities and to meet the costs of conducting the statewide criminal records checks required under § 20-78-606, all as provided in the Childcare Facility Licensing Act, § 20-78-201 et seq.