Arkansas § 5-4-909 - Administrative Office of the Courts.

§ 5-4-909. Administrative Office of the Courts.

The Administrative Office of the Courts shall: Serve as a coordinator between pre-adjudication probation program judges, the Department of Community Correction, and other parties; Establish, manage, and maintain a uniform statewide pre-adjudication probation program information system to track information and data on pre-adjudication probation program participants; Train and educate pre-adjudication probation program judges and pre-adjudication probation program staff in those judicial districts maintaining a pre-adjudication probation program; 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 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.