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Ark. Code Ann. § 9-16-105

Provision of services by contract

Known as the Family Preservation Services Program Act

The act spans §§ 9–9 (9 sections).

Acts 1991, No. 1025, § 5; 2001, No. 906, § 4.

(1) 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.

(2) In the event a nonprofit social service agency or qualified individual is contracted by the Department of Human Services, to provide family preservation services, the contract shall include requirements for: Provider acceptance of any client referred by the department for family preservation services;

(3) Limitation of caseload;

(4) Availability of twenty-four-hour crises intervention services to families served by the program;

(5) Completion of the required training curriculum for family preservation services; and

(6) Provision of and conduct of an internal program evaluation and cooperation with an external evaluation as directed by the division.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.