Baby Box blessing set for May 27 in Arkadelphia
The blessing marks the 445th Safe Haven Baby Box in the nation and the 36th in Arkansas
Tag: foster care
CASA of Clark and Pike counties joins forces with Tri-Lakes CASA to serve five Arkansas counties
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Clark and Pike Counties announced Friday, July 3, 2025, an official partnership with Tri-Lakes CASA, uniting the two nonprofit organizations under one mission to serve children in foster care
Arkansas Advocate: Staffing struggles continue for foster care system
Arkansas lawmakers expressed frustration Wednesday that the state’s foster care workforce continues to be understaffed and have a backlog of cases
State Capitol Week in Review: Foster family recruitment in Arkansas
The Division of Children and Family Services will try to recruit more foster families among health care professionals, educators and businesses
Number of Arkansas children in foster care falls 20% in 2 years, legislators told
The state Division of Children and Family Services has intensified preventative services in troubled families, and managed to lower the number of children in foster homes
Gov. Huckabee Sanders issued executive order in response to the growing number of children in Arkansas foster care
State government and a host of private organizations announced a new effort to recruit more foster families, streamline the process of placing foster children with relatives and accelerating the process for the permanent adoption of children.