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2017 Arkansas Code
Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare
Subtitle 5 - Social Services
Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally
Subchapter 4 - Grants of Assistance
§ 20-76-418. Foster care -- Reduction in long-term care
Universal Citation: AR Code § 20-76-418 (2017)
- (a) It shall be the goal of the State of Arkansas to reduce the number of children who will remain in the Foster Care Program of Title IV-E of the Social Security Act under the appropriate division of the Department of Human Services.
- (b) The maximum number of children that can remain in care over twenty-four (24) months cannot exceed fifty-five percent (55%) of all children in the Title IV-E foster care system.
- (c) Each fiscal year, it shall be the goal of the State of Arkansas to reduce the maximum number of children in the state who will remain in the Title IV-E foster care system after having been in the care over twenty-four (24) months by three percent (3%) each year.
- (d) The appropriate division of the department is directed to develop appropriate plans which describe how the above goals will be achieved.
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