More Homes for Arkansas Foster Children Available
A new state program will help find more homes for foster children while maintaining important family connections by assisting relatives who are serving as foster parents, according to a new […]
Finding a Forever Family: A Profile of Adopted Arkansas Children and Those Still Waiting for Homes
More than 400 children in Arkansas are waiting to find an adoptive family. They are in the custody of the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) and their parents’ rights […]
AACF: A Profile of Northwest Arkansas Children
In the last two decades, during a time when Northwest Arkansas has grown more prosperous and gained a national reputation for its booming economy and quality of life, poverty has […]
Waiting for Helping Hands: An Analysis of the Arkansas Child Welfare Crisis
When parents cannot protect their children, the State of Arkansas has the responsibility to do so. The Arkansas Division of Children and Families Services (DCFS) has the main responsibility for […]
Finding a Family for a Lifetime: Aging Out of the Foster Care System
Tina and Tracy are sisters who entered the Arkansas foster care system when they were 12 and 13. Their mother was in an abusive relationship and could not care for […]
Poison, Problem, and Perspective: Revisited
In January 2007, Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families (AACF) released Poison Problem and Perspective: The Impact of Methamphetamine on the Arkansas Child Welfare System. It was AACF’s first assessment […]
Children in Crisis: An update on the Arkansas child welfare system
This report is the third annual update of the Arkansas Child Welfare System by Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families (AACF). It examines the Division of Children and Family Services’ (DCFS) performance data […]
Press Release: Annual Report on Arkansas’s Child Welfare System Released
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families (AACF) released its annual assessment of the Arkansas child welfare system today. The report titled, Children in Crisis, examines performance data from the Division […]
Press Release: Study of Meth Impact Uncovers More Problems for Arkansas’s Child Welfare System
Poison, Problem, and Perspective: The Impact of Methamphetamine on the Arkansas Child Welfare System” is a study conducted by Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families that began as a project […]
Poison, Problem, and Perspective: The Impact of Methamphetamine on the Arkansas Child Welfare System
This report is based on a study conducted by Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families that set out to determine the effect that methamphetamine, or “meth,” has had on Arkansas’s […]