Arkansas Department of Human Services

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Arkansas Department of Human Services
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Agency overview
Formed1971, Reorganized 1985, 2005, 2007, 2019
Preceding agencies
  • Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (1971-1985)
  • Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services (2005-2007)
JurisdictionState of Arkansas
HeadquartersDonaghey Plaza South
700 Main Street
Little Rock, Arkansas
EmployeesIncrease2.svg 6,596 [2]
Annual budgetIncrease2.svg $10,519,189,646 [4]
Agency executive
  • Kristi Putnam, Secretary
Website https://humanservices.arkansas.gov/

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.

Contents

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
Commissions
Community Action Agencies
Councils
Committees
Other

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:

Division Of Child Care & Early Childhood Education

Division Of Children & Family Services

The Division of Children & Family Services (DCFS) serves Arkansas child and families through adoption programs, child abuse prevention, child protection, family reunification, and foster care. DCFS has over 1,000 employees spread over all 75 Arkansas counties. [7]

Division Of County Operations

Division Of Developmental Disabilities Services

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:

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 in Sugarloaf Township, Sebastian County. [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]

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