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Arkansas Advocates for Children & Families

Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families' mission is to ensure that all children
and their
families have the resources and opportunities they need to lead healthy
and productive lives and to realize their full potential.


Hot Issues & Latest Releases Arkansas Advocates Highlights

An Overdue Win in Unemployment Insurance (pdf)

• Arkansas is expected to receive approximately $271 million in new funding for unemployment insurance benefits through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). This money will not only help protect thousands of additional Arkansas workers from job cuts and loss of income during this recession, but it has also presented a great opportunity for the state to fundamentally reform its unemployment insurance program over the long term.
 

Five Questions Advocates Should Ask of Health Reform

Press release and recommendations
We must ensure that our most vulnerable families have access to health insurance and to the quality health services they need. Any reform plan should build on and strengthen the successful Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) programs, which provide critical services to low-income children and families.
 

Stimulus Money and Health in Arkansas: Recommendations For Use (pdf)

Arkansas can make several investments in its health system to ensure that thousands of federal stimulus dollars aren’t left on the table.
 

Stimulus Money and Arkansas Schools: Recommendations For Use (pdf)

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) provides an unprecedented opportunity for Arkansas school districts to target more resources to research-proven strategies for closing educational achievement gaps
 

Obama's Budget a Win for Arkansas Children (pdf)

Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families analyzed President Barack Obama’s detailed 2010 budget released in early May to assess how Arkansas’s low-income children and families are prioritized. Arkansas is set to receive $1.7 billion in new funding for certain programs that support low- and moderate-income children and their families.
 

Announcing Kids Count Champions

On May 14, the Kids Count Coalition recognized 15 legislators who made a difference for kids during the 2009 legislative session, both up front and behind-the-scenes.
 

Kids at the Capitol 2009 (pdf)

Our summary of the 2009 Arkansas General Assembly provides child advocates with all the important legislation affecting children and families.
 

What's in the stimulus package for Arkansas children? (pdf)

Arkansas will receive up to $2.9 billion over the next two or more years from the federal economic stimulus package. As the state and local leaders decide how best to spend these dollars, advocates should call for investments that will offer the greatest benefit for our most vulnerable children and families.
 

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Moving Families Forward Update: Tax Day Edition

 

PRESS RELEASE: Single Working Moms Getting Mixed Tax Day Message

 

Poverty Task Force Would Make Poverty Reduction a Priority in Arkansas

 

Improve Parents’ Access to Public School Information

 

PRESS RELEASE: Faith Leaders sign “Call to Fairness,” urge anti-poverty legislation

 

Closing Corporate Tax Loopholes: Tax Fairness for Families and Small Businesses

 

Moving Families Forward Update

 

Juvenile Justice in Arkansas: A Long Road to a Promising Future






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