From left: Evident Change Chief Executive Officer Kathy Park, Chief Program Officer Angie Wolf, Arkansas Division of Children and Family Services Director Tiffany Wright and Department of Human Services Chief Procurement Officer Sarah Cunningham answer questions from the Arkansas Legislative Council’s Review subcommittee on Dec. 16, 2025. (Photo by Tess Vrbin/Arkansas Advocate)
Arkansas lawmakers approved changes to a contract between the state’s child welfare agency and a California-based company Friday after a House member questioned the quality of the company’s work and whether the state has become too reliant on it.
Evident Change, a nonprofit that aims to improve child welfare programs and other social services, provides “professional consultant services” to the Division of Children and Family Services within the Arkansas Department of Human Services, according to documents provided to the Arkansas Legislative Council…