Arkansas Department of Human Services

Federal government ordered by court ruling to issue full nutrition assistance payments this month

The Arkansas Department of Human Services is preparing to furlough over 1,500 employees and suspend certain programs over the next week as the government shutdown continues.

A new report details the death of a patient who died after being physically and chemically restrained.

Lawmakers grilled Department of Human Services officials about cases where child abuse reports go un-investigated.

‘A summary of the findings with no names listed would certainly have helped,’ Baxter County prosecuting attorney says.

If approved by the Trump Administration, this would mark the second time Arkansas Medicaid recipients would be subject to a work requirement.

A former Jefferson County DHS employee points to flaws within the agency.

Arkansas is one of a few southern states that opted into a new summer food aid program, but the state Department of Human Services won’t get cards to participants until the second week of July.

A recent report shows about 94,000 children were kicked of Medicaid during a recent unwinding period.

$30 million will go to improve mental health and substance abuse services across the state through a variety of initiatives, including a statewide coordinated crisis response system.