§ 9-32-204 - Annual performance reports -- Arkansas Child Welfare Report Card.
9-32-204. Annual performance reports -- Arkansas Child Welfare Report Card.
(a) (1) (A) The Division of Youth Services of the Department of Human Services, the Division of Behavioral Health of the Department of Human Services, and the Division of Children and Family Services of the Department of Human Services shall issue an annual report on the performance of the child welfare system on a county-by-county basis.
(B) The Division of Behavioral Health will report information by mental health catchment areas with state totals.
(2) This annual report will be known as the "Arkansas Child Welfare Report Card".
(b) The Arkansas Child Welfare Report Card shall contain, but not be limited to, for each county and the state as a whole:
(1) Client outcome information;
(2) Case status information;
(3) Compliance information;
(4) Management indicators; and
(5) Other data specified by the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth.
(c) The Arkansas Child Welfare Report Card shall be published and transmitted to the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth no later than December 1 of each year, and it must be published in a format that can be easily understood by the general public.
(d) (1) The Division of Children and Family Services shall report on the fatality or near fatality of a child that is reported to the Child Abuse Hotline under the Child Maltreatment Act, 12-18-101 et seq.
(2) The data on a reported fatality or near fatality shall include the:
(A) Age, race, and gender of the child;
(B) Date of the child's death or incident;
(C) Allegations or preliminary cause of death or incident;
(D) County and placement of the child at time of incident;
(E) Generic relationship of the alleged offender to the child;
(F) Agency conducting investigation;
(G) Legal action by the department; and
(H) Services offered or provided by the department now and in the past.
(3) The data of a fatality shall also include the name of the child.
(e) (1) The Department of Human Services shall report hotline reports received on a child in the custody of the department.
(2) The data on reports of maltreatment on foster children shall include the:
(A) Age, race, and gender of the child;
(B) Allegations of maltreatment;
(C) County and placement of the child at time of incident;
(D) Generic relationship of the alleged offender to the child; and
(E) Action taken by the department.
(f) (1) The department shall report when a child dies if that child was in an out-of-home placement as defined under 9-27-303(39).
(2) The data on the deaths of children in an out-of-home placement shall include the:
(A) Age, race, and gender of the child;
(B) Date of the child's death;
(C) Preliminary cause of death;
(D) County and placement of the child at time of incident; and
(F) Action by the department.
(g) The department shall place any noncase-specific recommendations of the department's Child Death Review Committee on the department's web page.