Not started or approaching school exit
Start Arkansas DDS Intake and Referral
Call DDS Intake and Referral or submit the official online request for services.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
Start here
Start with Arkansas DDS Intake and ReferralBefore you start
- Identity, Arkansas contact information, representative details, diagnosis and evaluation records, developmental and school records, functional examples, health coverage, current services, and a document index.
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.
Step by step
- Call 501-683-5687 or submit the official DDS online request.
- Follow the intake instructions for supplying records and save proof of every submission.
- Ask for the received date, owner, missing items, clinical-review event, and written next step.
Expected next
Intake response, records request, clinical review, eligibility decision, waitlist action, or written next step.
Save this proof
Request confirmation, records, submission proof, contacts, requests, and decisions.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Ask DDS Intake and Referral to confirm the record, owner, missing items, and next written event.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Start Arkansas DDS Intake and Referral 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 Start with Arkansas DDS Intake and Referral, Review the Arkansas CES Waiver, Apply for Arkansas services
Official resources
Limits
Autism does not automatically establish CES clinical eligibility, Medicaid, ICF/IID level of care, PASSE enrollment, waiver availability, authorization, or services. The current consumer page controls over older waiver attachments.
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.