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Arkansas Statutes, Title 9

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Title 9, Family Law

32 chapters · 841 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 9841 Ch 35, Arkansas Juvenile Code105 Ch 11, Marriage82 Ch 17, Uniform Interstate Family Support Act77 Ch 14, Spousal and Child Support72 Ch 28, Placement and Detention Programs67 Ch 9, Adoption57 Ch 19, Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction a…40 Ch 26, Rights Respecting Business and Property38 Ch 27, Juvenile Courts and Proceedings31 Ch 15, Domestic Abuse Act30 Ch 21, Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and…30 Ch 12, Divorce and Annulment28 Ch 20, Adult Maltreatment Custody Act24 Ch 13, Child Custody and Visitation19

9 sections·Filtered byTitle 9✕Ch 16✕

Ark. Code Ann. § 9-16-101 Title
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This chapter shall be known as the “Family Preservation Services Program Act”.
Ark. Code Ann. § 9-16-102 Definition
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(1) As used in this chapter, “family preservation services” means services for children and families that are designed to help families at risk or in crisis, including adoptive and extended families, and include:(1) Service programs designed to help a child:(A) When safe and appr…
Ark. Code Ann. § 9-16-103 Director of the Division of Children and Family Services — Duties
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(1) The Director of the Division of Children and Family Services of the Department of Human Services shall:(1) (A) Make family preservation services accessible to all cases in which a child is about to be placed outside his or her home, or in which a child has been placed outside…
Ark. Code Ann. § 9-16-104 Division of Children and Family Services — Duties
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(a) The Division of Children and Family Services of the Department of Human Services shall be the lead administrative agency for family preservation services and may receive funding for the implementation of such services. (b) The division shall:(1) Provide the coordination of an…

Ark. Code Ann. § 9-16-105 Provision of services by contract

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(a) The Division of Children and Family Services of the Department of Human Services may provide family preservation services directly or may contract with a private, nonprofit social service agency or qualified individual to provide such services. (b) In the event a nonprofit so…

Ark. Code Ann. § 9-16-106 Children qualified to receive services

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(a) (1) Family preservation services shall be provided to those children who are placed out-of-home for whom the goal is reunification and for those children who are at actual, imminent risk of out-of-home placement in situations in which family preservation services afford effec…

Ark. Code Ann. § 9-16-107 Provision of services — Reasonable effort — Acceptance not an admission — Activity of family members

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(a) The provision of family preservation services to a family shall constitute a reasonable effort by the Department of Human Services to prevent the removal of a child from the child's home, provided that the family has received timely access to other services from the departmen…

Ark. Code Ann. § 9-16-108 Evaluation

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(1) The Director of the Division of Children and Family Services of the Department of Human Services shall conduct a yearly evaluation of family preservation services that shall include the following:(1) The number of families in which the use of family preservation services has …

Ark. Code Ann. § 9-16-109 Provision of services — Funding

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The Director of the Division of Children and Family Services of the Department of Human Services may use funds that become available through an increase in reimbursement of funds from family preservation services from Title IV-E of the Social Security Act as amended by Pub. L. No…