The Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) is a state agency of Arkansas, headquartered in Donaghey Plaza South of the Donaghey Complex, a five-story building on the southwest corner of Main Street and 7th Street, in Little Rock.
The DHS is a cabinet level agency in the executive branch of government responsible maintaining social services for Arkansas by providing assistance to families and monitoring/inspecting health facilities.[5][6]
Boards and Commissions
In Arkansas's shared services model of state government, the cabinet-level agencies assist boards and commissions who have an overlapping scope. ADH supports:
Boards
State Institutional System Board
Early Head Start Governance Board
Child Welfare Agency Review Board (Placement and Residential Licensing)
Act 1434 Board (“Name Removal Board” or “Child Maltreatment Central Registry Review Team”)
Mississippi County, AR Economic Opportunity Agency
Mid-Delta Community Services
Northcentral Arkansas Development Council
Office of Human Concern
Ozark Opportunities
Pine Bluff Jefferson County Economic Opportunity Agency - Central Delta Community Action Agency
Southeast Arkansas Community Action Corp
Councils
Arkansas Alcohol and Drug Abuse Coordinating Council
Arkansas Behavioral Health Planning and Advisory Council
Arkansas Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities
Arkansas State Hospital Advisory Council
Governor's Advisory Council on Aging
Interagency Council (ICC) for First Connections/State Interagency Council
Parent Advisory Council
Committees
Child Death and Near Fatality Multidisciplinary Review Committee
Human Development Center Mortality Review Committee
Drug Cost Committee
Drug Review Committee
Patient-Centered Medical Home Committee
Rate Appeal and Cost Settlement Committee
Security Advisory Committee
Other
Arkansas Community Action Agencies Association
Arkansas Lifespan Respite Coalition
Arkansas State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup
Autism Legislative Task Force
Child Care Appeal Review Panel
Citizens Review Panel
Governor's Employment First Task Force
Strategic Advisory Group
Division Of Aging, Adult, & Behavioral Health Services
The Division Of Aging, Adult, & Behavioral Health Services (DAABHS) serves Arkansans needing behavioral health services (mental health and substance abuse) and those aging in place or with physical disabilities needing services to remain in their homes.
DAABHS is subdivided into five sections:
Drug Prevention and Treatment
Aging and Adult Services
Behavioral Health Services
Forensics
Beneficiary Support
Division Of Child Care & Early Childhood Education
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Division Of Developmental Disabilities Services
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Division Of Medical Services
The Division of Medical Services manages Arkansas's Medicaid program, ARKids First, and Arkansas Works.[8]
Division of Provider Services & Quality Assurance
The Division of Provider Services & Quality Assurance (DPSQA) oversees inspection, certification, and licensing of care facilities including nursing homes, mental health clinics, developmentally disabled offices and home health-care companies.[9]
DPSQA is subdivided into three units:
Office of Long-term Care
Office of Community Services
Performance & Engagement
Division of Youth Services
The Division of Youth Services (DYS) provides services to families and children.[10]
DYS operates correctional facilities for juveniles. The Arkansas Juvenile Assessment & Treatment Center (AJATC),[11] located in Bryant in Saline County, near Alexander,[11][12][13] is the primary intake and assessment center for juveniles. Originally established as the Girls Industrial School by Act 199 in 1905, the center houses boys and girls. In the late 1970s the center began to house boys, and the center received a fence in 1998. In 2007 Act 855 renamed the facility to its current name.[11] The Dermott Juvenile Correctional Facility, located in Dermott in Chicot County,[11][12] houses up to 32 men of the ages 18–21.[11] There is also the Colt Juvenile Treatment Center in St. Francis County, Harrisburg Juvenile Treatment Center in Poinsett County, and the Mansfield Juvenile Treatment Center and Mansfield Juvenile Treatment Center for Girls on a 236-acre (96 ha) property near the Poteau Mountains.[11]
Previous facilities of the State of Arkansas that housed juveniles include the Negro Boys Industrial School in Wrightsville,[14] the Arkansas Boys Industrial School near Pine Bluff, and state industrial schools for white girls and black girls. On January 9, 1957, Orvel M. Johnson, the state legislative auditor, recommended consolidating the white and black girls' schools together and locating the new institution, which would still be racially segregated, on the site of the then-current boys school.[15]
^"Send Your Comments to The Department of Human Services". Arkansas Department of Human Services. Archived from the original on June 17, 2010. Retrieved July 21, 2010. Arkansas Department of Human Services Donaghey Plaza South Slot S201 P.O. Box 1437 Little Rock, AR 72203-1437.
^ ab"Community-based program directory". Arkansas Department of Human Services. Retrieved August 30, 2010. Arkansas Juvenile Assessment and Treatment Center 1501 Woody Drive Alexander, AR 72002
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