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The Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) is the largest
state agency with more than 7,500 employees working in all 75 counties.
Every county has at least one local office where citizens can apply
for any of the services the department offers. Some counties, depending on their size, have more than one
office. DHS employees work in
10 major divisions and five support offices to provide services to
citizens of the state. DHS
provides services to more than 700,000 Arkansans each year.
DHS
Organizational Chart
DHS employees come into direct contact with thousands of people
daily and offer the “safety net” Arkansas families turn to when they
are facing difficult times. DHS
takes care of Arkansans of all ages ranging from infants to senior
citizens. Using a blend of
federal and state Medicaid dollars, DHS is currently paying for 45 percent
of the babies born in Arkansas and for the cost of care for 75 percent of
state’s nursing home patients.
DHS is involved in virtually every facet of life in the state.
DHS staff oversees the regulation of nursing home and childcare
facilities. DHS is also
responsible for finding adoptive families for foster children, protecting
abused and neglected children, funding the home-delivery of meals for the
elderly and operating the juvenile justice system.
DHS oversees services to blind Arkansans and helps develop
volunteer programs, which have a profound impact at the community level.
The department also protects elderly Arkansans from abuse and
neglect and operates human development centers across the state, which
serve the developmentally disabled. DHS
also provides mental health services to nearly 60,000 people each year
through its system of community mental health care centers.
Welcome to the Arkansas Department of
Human Services web site.
Please contact individual divisions and offices for help with your
specific questions. If you
don’t find what you are looking for, please contact 501-682-1001 for
additional assistance.
Arkansas Department of Human Services
Donaghey Plaza South
Slot
S201
P.O. Box 1437
Little Rock, AR 72203-1437
(501) 682-8650
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