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Committee Approves Transfer of Child‑Welfare and Juvenile Ombudsman Offices to Office of Inspector General
Summary
House Bill 1964 passed committee to move the child‑welfare and juvenile ombudsman offices into the Office of the Inspector General, a sponsor said would improve coordination, oversight and efficiency.
Members of the House Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative & Military Affairs Committee approved House Bill 1964 to transfer the child‑welfare ombudsman from the UAMS Commission on Child Abuse, Rape and Domestic Violence and the juvenile ombudsman from the Arkansas Public Defender Commission to the Office of the Inspector General.
Representative Keith Brooks, R‑78, described the change as primarily technical and said co‑locating the two ombudsman functions would create "independent oversight over DCFS, DYS," allow cross‑training and improve efficiency across child‑welfare systems. "Basically, what we're trying to do is just co‑locate these two functions," Brooks said.
Tiffany Wright, director of the…
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