Arkansas action guide · Verified July 29, 2026
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A service decision is adverse or broader planning is needed

Raise an Arkansas service or rights concern

Document the concern and use the provider, PASSE care coordinator, Ombudsman, DDS, or notice route.

Official sources checked 2026-07-29

Start here

Contact the Arkansas PASSE Ombudsman

Before you start

  • PCSP, service records, dates, people involved, rights or safety concern, prior efforts, requested correction, current risk, and representative information.

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. Write a factual timeline and requested correction.
  2. Raise it with the provider and PASSE care coordinator when safe.
  3. Use the Ombudsman for unresolved PASSE issues and preserve any separate appeal or safety need.

Expected next

Acknowledgment, review, corrective plan, Ombudsman help, notice, or written result.

Save this proof

Timeline, records, complaint, proof, contacts, findings, and plan.

If this stalls or the answer is no

Use the PASSE Ombudsman; use the formal appeal, APS, or 911 route when applicable.

Beyond Childhood planning aid

Raise an Arkansas service or rights concern 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, Open the Arkansas CES provider list, File an Arkansas DHS appeal, Contact the Arkansas PASSE Ombudsman

Official resources

Limits

A service concern or Ombudsman contact does not replace a notice-specific appeal, APS report, law-enforcement report, or emergency response.

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.

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