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Arkansas

FASD State Coordinator

Carol Rangel
FASD Project Director
Arkansas Division of Children and Family Services
PO Box 1437, Slot S565
Little Rock, AR 72203
501-682-1573
501-682-5272 Fax
carol.rangel@arkansas.gov

FASD State Resources

  • The Single State Agency (SSA) has developed a PowerPoint presentation on FASD for its thirteen Regional Prevention Resource Centers to use in providing community outreach.
  • The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is training health care providers through MRFASTC and University Center of Excellence for Developmental Disabilities, Partners for Inclusive Communities, sponsored educational programs. Foster parents, child care workers and child welfare workers are also being trained through the Division of Child Care and Child Welfare agencies.

Legislative Information:

Bill Number Category Introduced Description Status

SB 446 PDF icon

Funding

2007

New Specialized Women’s Services appropriation of $5,000,000 each year for the expansion, enhancement, and evaluation of substance abuse treatment services for pregnant women and women with children to offer Specialized Women’s Services.

Became Act 758

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Updated CDC FASD Site (10/15/09)

FASD Legislation By State (May 2009) (11/15/09) PDF icon

Funding Opportunity: Case Ascertainment to Estimate the U.S. Prevalence of FASD in Young Children (10/30/09)

SAMHSA Financing Center of Excellence (Funding Web site) (9/15/09)

Cause and Effect: FAS is preventable, incurable, and surprisingly common. (9/15/09)