{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-15-404","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 9-15-404","heading":"Safety plans and education","body":"The purpose of this subchapter is to: (1) Develop increased and improved security measures that provide greater protection for victims of spousal abuse, especially those who have orders of protection; (2) Help victims create a safety plan to keep them and their children as safe as possible by developing publications as described under § 9-15-405 on what to do and where to go if danger occurs; (3) Make safety plan publications as described under § 9-15-405 available in public health centers and for distribution to victims by police officers when responding to spousal abuse calls; (4) Create special training initiatives regarding the dynamics of spousal abuse for police intake officers, health officials, and social workers in order to help ensure a continuously improving response to spousal abuse; (5) Encourage the development of community-based, civic-based, and faith-based healthy relationship courses to teach to both adolescent boys and adolescent girls as they begin to date: (A) The elements of healthy relationships; (B) Acceptable and unacceptable behavior in relationships; (C) The concept of respect; (D) Conflict resolution techniques; (E) Antiviolence; and (F) The prevention of sexual assault and sexual harassment; (6) Help raise awareness about the devastating impact that spousal abuse has on children and families; and (7) Assist with the development of increased protection of victims of spousal abuse by establishing standards for protection and response by convening a committee of relevant experts in the field of health care and law enforcement to recommend standards to the General Assembly. Acts 2007, No. 1414, § 1\n\nThe purpose of this subchapter is to:\n\n(1) Develop increased and improved security measures that provide greater protection for victims of spousal abuse, especially those who have orders of protection;\n\n(2) Help victims create a safety plan to keep them and their children as safe as possible by developing publications as described under § 9-15-405 on what to do and where to go if danger occurs;\n\n(3) Make safety plan publications as described under § 9-15-405 available in public health centers and for distribution to victims by police officers when responding to spousal abuse calls;\n\n(4) Create special training initiatives regarding the dynamics of spousal abuse for police intake officers, health officials, and social workers in order to help ensure a continuously improving response to spousal abuse;\n\n(5) Encourage the development of community-based, civic-based, and faith-based healthy relationship courses to teach to both adolescent boys and adolescent girls as they begin to date: (A) The elements of healthy relationships; (B) Acceptable and unacceptable behavior in relationships; (C) The concept of respect; (D) Conflict resolution techniques; (E) Antiviolence; and (F) The prevention of sexual assault and sexual harassment;\n\n(A) The elements of healthy relationships;\n\n(B) Acceptable and unacceptable behavior in relationships;\n\n(C) The concept of respect;\n\n(D) Conflict resolution techniques;\n\n(E) Antiviolence; and\n\n(F) The prevention of sexual assault and sexual harassment;\n\n(6) Help raise awareness about the devastating impact that spousal abuse has on children and families; and\n\n(7) Assist with the development of increased protection of victims of spousal abuse by establishing standards for protection and response by convening a committee of relevant experts in the field of health care and law enforcement to recommend standards to the General Assembly.","path":["AR Code","Title 9","Chapter 15","Subchapter 4"],"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":"0de154eb2d4b993c991b8ebb0ef5b44b1240d93fa695b38c88e5749cf86fe947","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-15-403","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-15-405"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}