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December 18, 2008
 Waiting for Helping Hands: An Analysis of the Arkansas Child Welfare
Crisis
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families (AACF), a statewide,
non-profit child advocacy organization, described problems in the state
foster care system. AACF reviewed indicators from fiscal year 2008, which
ended in June 2008.
The key finding was that the number of investigations initiated within
three days of a report of abuse dropped from 81% to 65%. The divisions
goal is 95%. Child welfare workers performed a timely assessment of a
child's safety and home situation only 43% of the time, which is an
improvement over the 2007 rate of 35%, but far short of the divisions
goal of 80%.
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