{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-12-86-203","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 12-86-203","heading":"Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education policies","body":"The Director of the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education of the Department of Human Services shall coordinate efforts with other state agencies and appropriate organizations to: (1) (A) Share with the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management on a quarterly basis an integrated list of all licensed child care facilities and all known license-exempt child care facilities, including without limitation physical addresses, maximum capacity, emergency contact information, and hours of operation. (B) The integrated list is to be sorted by county; (2) Include early childhood emergency preparedness courses and workshops that address specific risk factors and evacuation procedures in particular geographic areas among approved courses and workshops for meeting requirements for in-service training for licensed child care providers in those geographic areas; (3) Incorporate specific indicators of emergency preparedness linked to specific disaster risk factors in licensed child care providers' geographic areas into each level of any quality ratings above minimum licensing standards; and (4) (A) Require a child care facility to have a written plan for evacuation in the event of fire, natural disaster, or other threatening situation that may pose a health or safety hazard to the children in the child care facility. (B) Require the plan to include without limitation: (i) A designated relocation site and evacuation route; (ii) Procedures for notifying parents of the relocation and ensuring family reunification; (iii) Procedures to address the needs of individual children, including children with special needs; (iv) Instructions relating to the training of staff or the reassignment of staff duties, as appropriate; (v) Coordination with local emergency management officials; and (vi) A program to ensure that appropriate staff are familiar with the plan's components. Acts 2007, No. 816, § 3; 2009, No. 165, § 60; 2009, No. 801, § 1.\n\nThe Director of the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education of the Department of Human Services shall coordinate efforts with other state agencies and appropriate organizations to:\n\n(1) (A) Share with the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management on a quarterly basis an integrated list of all licensed child care facilities and all known license-exempt child care facilities, including without limitation physical addresses, maximum capacity, emergency contact information, and hours of operation. (B) The integrated list is to be sorted by county;\n\n(A) Share with the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management on a quarterly basis an integrated list of all licensed child care facilities and all known license-exempt child care facilities, including without limitation physical addresses, maximum capacity, emergency contact information, and hours of operation.\n\n(B) The integrated list is to be sorted by county;\n\n(2) Include early childhood emergency preparedness courses and workshops that address specific risk factors and evacuation procedures in particular geographic areas among approved courses and workshops for meeting requirements for in-service training for licensed child care providers in those geographic areas;\n\n(3) Incorporate specific indicators of emergency preparedness linked to specific disaster risk factors in licensed child care providers' geographic areas into each level of any quality ratings above minimum licensing standards; and\nlar geographic areas among approved courses and workshops for meeting requirements for in-service training for licensed child care providers in those geographic areas;\n\n(3) Incorporate specific indicators of emergency preparedness linked to specific disaster risk factors in licensed child care providers' geographic areas into each level of any quality ratings above minimum licensing standards; and\n\n(4) (A) Require a child care facility to have a written plan for evacuation in the event of fire, natural disaster, or other threatening situation that may pose a health or safety hazard to the children in the child care facility. (B) Require the plan to include without limitation: (i) A designated relocation site and evacuation route; (ii) Procedures for notifying parents of the relocation and ensuring family reunification; (iii) Procedures to address the needs of individual children, including children with special needs; (iv) Instructions relating to the training of staff or the reassignment of staff duties, as appropriate; (v) Coordination with local emergency management officials; and (vi) A program to ensure that appropriate staff are familiar with the plan's components.\n\n(A) Require a child care facility to have a written plan for evacuation in the event of fire, natural disaster, or other threatening situation that may pose a health or safety hazard to the children in the child care facility.\n\n(B) Require the plan to include without limitation: (i) A designated relocation site and evacuation route; (ii) Procedures for notifying parents of the relocation and ensuring family reunification; (iii) Procedures to address the needs of individual children, including children with special needs; (iv) Instructions relating to the training of staff or the reassignment of staff duties, as appropriate; (v) Coordination with local emergency management officials; and (vi) A program to ensure that appropriate staff are familiar with the plan's components.\n\n(i) A designated relocation site and evacuation route;\n\n(ii) Procedures for notifying parents of the relocation and ensuring family reunification;\n\n(iii) Procedures to address the needs of individual children, including children with special needs;\n\n(iv) Instructions relating to the training of staff or the reassignment of staff duties, as appropriate;\n\n(v) Coordination with local emergency management officials; and\n\n(vi) A program to ensure that appropriate staff are familiar with the plan's components.","path":["AR Code","Title 12","Chapter 86","Subchapter 2"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"922965821662d2cb424b066c4350ce449c1c15a6984b3d9859a3a36cd8ea2feb","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-12-86-202","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-12-86-204"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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