Artwork by Darrel Tank of Yeshua's Ministry

DCFS Can Do Better

Artwork by Darrel Tank of Yeshua's Ministry

Working for a Kinder, Gentler, Arkansas Division of Children and Family Services

If you have reason to suspect that a child you know is being abused, please call the Arkansas Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-482-5964.  Don't stop until you get an answer.

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Our e-mail addresses for your input on various topics on our web site are shown below.  Please review the topic you are replying to so that you respond to the associated e-mail address.  Thank you for your time and effort in making DCFS child maltreatment investigations more compassionate for the children of Arkansas.

advocates@KinderDCFS.org - Our general e-mail address, and especially for you who want to use your talents and join us in our efforts.  (See We Need Your Help.)

stories@KinderDCFS.org - For those of you that want to relate your own story about your encounter with DCFS to our readers to show what needs to be improved in DCFS procedures and why.  We will probably not publish every story, but will publish a representative sample of the stories we receive.  (See We Need Your Help.)

kudos@KinderDCFS.org - If you want to tell DCFS anonymously that they did a good job and showed concern and compassion in protecting your child or a child that you love, drop us a line here, and we will relay it to DCFS for you.  (See Did You Have A Positive or Traumatic Encounter with DCFS?)

concerns@KinderDCFS.org - If you have a concern about how a DCFS investigation of your child or a child that you love was handled, or have suggestions about how it could have been handled better, let us know that, too.  (See Did You Have A Positive or Traumatic Encounter with DCFS?)

ideas@KinderDCFS.org - For you DCFS case workers to let us know your ideas for better and more compassionate ways in doing child maltreatment investigations, along with equipment that you think would assist you in your investigations, especially if it could reduce the trauma to the children.  (See We Need Your Help.)

procedures@KinderDCFS.org - For letting us know about documentation of DCFS procedures and other information that you have which would be useful to others caught up in a child maltreament investigation.   (See We Need Your Help.)

legislators@KinderDCFS.org - For you legislators that want to work with us to get our goals put into place, or have comments or concerns about our goals that you want to discuss with us, please drop us a line here.  (See We Need Your Help.)

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Artwork By Darrel Tank of Yeshua's Ministry

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