- (a) The Division of Children and Family Services is responsible for coordinating services with the Department of Corrections and Arkansas Sheriff’s Association to ensure the immediate and on-going assessment and provision of services to incarcerated parents of juveniles.
- (b) The division will make diligent efforts to locate incarcerated parents and to determine what services are available to those parents during their incarceration.
- (c) When working with parents incarcerated through the Department of Corrections, the responsibilities and duties of the Department of Corrections and the division are delineated in the Arkansas Department of Human Services-Arkansas Department of Corrections Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which is posted on CHRIS Net and are subject to renewal every three (3) years.
- (d) To determine the individual responsibilities and operational protocol of the agencies, see the specifics of the MOU.
Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: "04/2018"