§ 9-16-103 - Director of the Division of Children and Family Services -- Duties. - Arkansas Statutes

9-16-103. Director of the Division of Children and Family Services -- Duties.

The Director of the Division of Children and Family Services of the Department of Human Services shall:

(1) (A) Make family preservation services accessible to all cases in which a child is about to be placed outside his or her home, or in which a child has been placed outside his or her home, and in which the goal is reunification.

(B) The director shall make family preservation services accessible to all cases in which a child is about to be removed or reunification is the goal and the provision of such services is appropriate;

(2) Ensure that statewide availability of family preservation services is accomplished in an orderly fashion, with modification based on analysis of an annual evaluation report; and

(3) Continue the implementation of family preservation services by consultation with professionals who are nationally recognized in the field.