Department Of Human Services Arkansas

The Department of Human Services Arkansas Division of Developmental Disabilities, doing business as DDS / Early Intervention, is a state government entity registered in SAM.gov since October 2009, located in Little Rock, Arkansas. As a government agency, it focuses on providing critical services to vulnerable populations, particularly children with disabilities and youth involved in the juvenile justice system. The organization primarily receives federal grant awards that support early intervention services, juvenile justice reform, and developmental disability support programs across the state of Arkansas.

Through its federal grant awards, the Department of Human Services Arkansas has consistently received significant funding from multiple federal agencies, notably the Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services and the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. These grants, ranging from $600,000 to $9 million annually, support comprehensive early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities, including evaluations, service coordination, assistive technology, therapy services, and family support. Additionally, the agency administers juvenile justice reform grants that focus on developing alternatives to detention, preventing delinquency, reducing minority contact with the justice system, supporting school programs, and creating gender-specific services. The grants target local governments, community-based organizations, faith-based groups, and grassroots entities throughout Arkansas, with an emphasis on evidence-based programming, system improvement, and capacity building activities that produce positive outcomes for youth, families, and communities.