Arkansas Code
Subchapter 9 - Sentencing Alternative — Pre-adjudication Probation
§ 5-4-909. Administrative Office of the Courts

The Administrative Office of the Courts shall:
(1) Serve as a coordinator between pre-adjudication probation program judges, the Department of Community Correction, and other parties;
(2) Establish, manage, and maintain a uniform statewide pre-adjudication probation program information system to track information and data on pre-adjudication probation program participants;
(3) Train and educate pre-adjudication probation program judges and pre-adjudication probation program staff in those judicial districts maintaining a pre-adjudication probation program;
(4) Oversee the disbursement of funds appropriated to the Administrative Office of the Courts for the maintenance and operation of local pre-adjudication probation programs based on a formula developed by the office; and
(5) Develop guidelines to serve as a framework for developing effective local pre-adjudication probation programs and to provide a structure for conducting research and evaluation for pre-adjudication probation program accountability.

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