Resources
Arkansas Division of Children & Family Services:
http://www.arkansas.gov/dhs/chilnfam/
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families:
www.aradvocates.org
DCFS policy and procedure manual: http://www.arkansas.gov/dhs/chilnfam/Master%20Policy%2008-24-06.pdf
Child Welfare Policy Manual on the Children's Bureau (U.S. DHHS Administration for Children & Families) website:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/j2ee/programs/cb/laws_policies/laws/cwpm/policy_dsp.jsp?citID=5
ABA Center on Children & the Law:
http://www.abanet.org/child/home.html
National Foster Care & Adoption Directory Search
http://www.childwelfare.gov/nfcad/
Issue briefs: http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/programs/ta_center/TrainingInstitutes/SpecialForums/
These issue briefs summarize the issues and recommendations from each Special Forum:
- Services in Urban Communities
- Services in Rural and Frontier Communities
- Services in Native American Communities
- Services for African American Children and Families
- Services for Hispanic Children and Families
- Services for Asian and Pacific Islander Children and Families
- Services for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Youth and their Families
- Services for Children with Co-Occurring Mental Health Disorders and Developmental Disabilities and their Families
- Services for Youth with Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders and their Families
- Services for Youth in Kinship Care
- Services for Youth from Military Families
- Building Bridges Between Residential and Nonresidential Services in Systems of Care
- Integrating Mental Health Services into Primary Care Settings
- Financing Children’s Mental Health Services: Coping with a Changing Fiscal Environment
Reference Documents
DCFS 06 72 hr hold and emerg order.pdf
DN Proceedings flow chart - white words in orange boxes.pdf
OCC 06 72 hour hold emer order.pdf
OCC 06 emer order less than custody.pdf
Parent Counsel 06 adj disp.pdf
Parent Counsel 06 ex parte order checklist.pdf
Parent Counsel 06 no reunification.pdf
Parent Counsel 06 Review hearing.pdf
Parent Counsel 06 TPR grounds.pdf
Parent Counsel 06 TPR hearing.pdf