AACF Weekly Legislative Update Vol. 7

February 27, 2015

HEALTH: Next week, the bill to allow local municipalities to determine the fluoride levels of their water system is expected to be presented to the Senate Public Health, Welfare, and Labor Committee. This bill, HB1355, establishes a maximum not...

New Bill for Working Families

February 26, 2015

A bill for the Working Families Opportunity Act (WFOA) was filed last week and, if passed, it would be the first of its kind in Arkansas and a huge step towards reducing poverty for hard working families in our...

Check out the soup list for Northwest Arkansas Soup Sunday!

February 26, 2015

Everyone loves the food list for Soup Sunday. Our Northwest Arkansas event is Sunday from 4-7 p.m. at the NWA Convention Center on 48th Street in Springdale. There’s still time to get tickets! For more information on the event...

Northwest Arkansas Soup Sunday’s silent auction is better than ever!

February 24, 2015

We have more than 100 items waiting for your bids at Northwest Arkansas Soup Sunday this weekend. Private performances by popular local bands, parties for kids and adults, fine art photography, jewelry, a cabin getaway, $2,000 in orthodontics services,...

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Education in the Post Lake View Era

February 19, 2015

When Keith A. Nitta, then of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, and I developed our 2008 study “Arkansas Education in the Post-Lake View Era: What Is Arkansas Doing to Close the Achievement Gap?,” Arkansas was...

Child Poverty in Northwest Arkansas

January 29, 2015

Even during relatively “good” economic times in Northwest Arkansas, child poverty has grown faster than the overall population. As our region has grown more successful, many of our children have fallen behind. While the region’s poverty percentage is lower than that of most of...

Arkansas’s Private Option Works for Families and our Economy

January 6, 2015

In 2013, one out of four Arkansans did not have health insurance. Thousands of low-income Arkansans made too much money to qualify for Medicaid, but not enough to receive financial help in the health insurance Marketplace (through tax subsidies). Arkansas faced...

Creating a Prosperous Future: Reducing Poverty in Arkansas

December 17, 2014

Imagine you’re exhausted. You’ve worked for the past 20 hours straight, your son has a cold that has gotten worse over the last week and your daycare won’t let him come back until he’s fever-free. You have to take...

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