Fiscal requirements

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Every child safety center shall:

  1. (1) Incorporate in this state as a private nonprofit corporation that is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3), as it existed on January 1, 2007, and that has the primary purpose of providing services to child victims of child abuse;

  2. (2) Be governed by a board of directors;

  3. (3) Develop and implement written personnel policies that state the child safety center's employment practices;

  4. (4) Develop and implement written procedures that conform with the uniform system of recordkeeping developed by the Arkansas Child Abuse/Rape/Domestic Violence Commission or its designee to ensure proper handling of funds; and

  5. (5) Provide the commission or its designee with statistical data that states the following:

    1. (A) The type of investigative services and the number of children served by each type of investigative service provided by the child safety centers;

    2. (B) The number, race, age, and gender of the children served each year; and

    3. (C) The outcomes of services to children provided by the child safety centers, including without limitation:

      1. (i) The number of founded maltreatment reports; and

      2. (ii) The number of unfounded maltreatment reports and the ratio between founded and unfounded reports for each year.


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