Arkansas action guide · Verified July 29, 2026
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A notice, PCSP, or adverse decision needs action

Build the Arkansas person-centered service plan

Turn assessed needs, goals, safeguards, services, and providers into the PCSP.

Official sources checked 2026-07-29

Start here

Understand Arkansas PASSE care coordination

Before you start

  • Assessments, strengths, goals, communication needs, health and behavior safeguards, requested services and frequency, provider choices, schedule, backups, and disagreements.

Who to contact

Use the correct DDS, Medicaid, PASSE care coordinator, provider, notice-specific appeal route, crisis service, or APS route that owns this step.

Contact Arkansas DDS Intake and Referral

Step by step

  1. Prepare a needs-and-goals summary.
  2. Document requested services, providers, safeguards, backups, and schedule in the PCSP.
  3. Retain submitted and approved versions, authorizations, notices, and referrals.

Expected next

Planning meeting, PCSP, authorization, notice, provider referral, or next step.

Save this proof

Assessments, PCSP versions, meeting notes, authorizations, notices, and referrals.

If this stalls or the answer is no

Ask the PASSE care coordinator to identify the unresolved request and decision owner.

Beyond Childhood planning aid

Build the Arkansas person-centered service plan checklist

A Beyond Childhood planning aid derived from the cited official sources.

  • Owner and program
  • Date started
  • Documents supplied
  • Written result
  • Open dependency
  • Next event and date
  • Escalation contact

Derived from Understand Arkansas PASSE care coordination, Use Arkansas PASSE beneficiary support

Official resources

Limits

A PCSP does not prove authorization, provider acceptance, staffing, schedule, or first service.

Beyond Childhood’s checklists and prompts are planning aids derived from official sources. They are not official forms, legal advice, eligibility decisions, or guarantees of funding, capacity, quality, or service.

Checked sources

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