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Arkansas DHS presents new Division of Youth Services operations manual; aims for accreditation and July rollout
Summary
DHS officials presented a completely new operations manual for the Division of Youth Services, highlighting added use-of-force policy, a family bill of rights and medical consent provisions; the manual is online, received no public comments, and DHS aims to go live July 1 pending administrative rules approval.
Officials from the Arkansas Department of Human Services told the Senate Children and Youth Committee they have produced a completely new operations manual for the Division of Youth Services and plan to publish it after administrative rules review.
"Today we're bringing forth the DYS's new operations manual. This is a completely new manual," said Isaac Lynam of DHS’s Office of Rules…
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