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Adoption
(501) 682-8462 or 1-888-736-2820
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Adoption is available to children in DHHS/DCFS custody who
cannot be reunited with their birth/legal parent. A child’s safety, health, and
well-being are paramount in making decisions about adoption. Recruitment, retention, preparation,
and assessment of families and placement of children are provided. Services are also provided after a
child is placed with an adoptive family and are available after
finalization. The adoption
program is focused on finding families for older children, children of
color, large sibling groups, and/or children with disabilities.
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ARKids First (See also General Family Services)
888-474-8275 (English)
800-482-8988 (Spanish)
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ARKids First provides health insurance to children who
otherwise might not get medical care. The program offers two coverage
options. ARKids A offers low-income children a comprehensive benefits
package. ARKids B provides limited coverage for slightly higher income
families. ARKids B requires a small co-pay for most services.
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Behavioral Treatment Services
(501) 682-8441
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The Behavioral Treatment Unit provides technical and financial
assistance to local county offices requiring assistance in locating and/or
funding out-of-home placements for children in the custody of DHHS who are
experiencing emotional and/or behavioral problems. The Division of Children and Family
Services provides these placements through contracts with private
providers or Medicaid providers.
Services purchased are as follows: therapeutic foster care,
residential treatment, comprehensive residential treatment, emergency
shelter, case management and specialized foster care placements for
developmentally delayed children and sexual offender treatment programs
Chafee Foster Care Independence Program
(501) 682-8453
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Provides basic life-skills training and educational assistance
to Foster Care youth age 14 through 20.
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Foster
Family Home Program
(501) 682-1569
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Foster families are an integral
part of the DCFS delivery system.
Foster families provide an essential substitute family-life
experience to children for who DCFS has been given responsibility by
the court. Foster parents serve
as substitute parents or a decision is reached to free the child to
form new family ties with relatives or an adoptive family. Relatives may be considered for
approval as kinship foster homes for children who are in the custody of
the state.
Family Resource Centers
(501) 682-9049
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A
Family Resource Center is a community-based organization that
determines the needs of families in the community and provides,
develops or coordinates services that enable families to be safe and
healthy.
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Family Treatment Program for Incest Offenders
(501)
682-9049
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Specialized treatment for adult and
adolescent incest offenders is a cognitive behavioral prevention
approach. Adult men and women who have molested their children
require specialized sex offender specific treatment not generic
mental health services.
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Family Treatment Program for Non-Offending Caretakers
of Child Sexual Abuse Victims
(501)
682-9049
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Treatment for Non-Offending Caretakers of
Child Sexual Abuse Victims is a group therapy service. Skilled professionals focus on group sessions dealing
with guilt, betrayal and loss, victimization, expressing emotions,
education about the system, skill building, and empowering
caretakers/parents to make better choices while sustaining the
family unit to stay together will facilitate these support groups.
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Human Services Worker in the Schools Initiative
(501) 682-9049
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The School-based Human Services Worker
Initiative is a collaborative effort between DCFS and local school
districts. The Initiative is
designed to help children and families by promoting the well being of
families. This program supports the community’s capacity to produce
children who are healthy.
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Parenting
Education
(501)
682-9049
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Mixture of didactic, discussion, and
experimental methods to teach participants anger control, behavior
management, child development, and self-esteem.
Groups run for 6-8 weeks.
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Respite
Care Services
(501)
682-9049
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Respite Care Services is continuous
out-of-home care of a child. Services
are intended to sustain the foster family, adoptive family, or
biological family and to maintain the child’s placement in the
home by providing time-limited and temporary relief from the ongoing
responsibility of daily care.
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