The 92nd General Assembly of Arkansas officially began Monday with swearing in ceremonies for 135 state legislators and Gov. Asa Hutchinson. Read Gov. Hutchinson’s State of the State transcript here. Tying the record set in 2009, 25 women are...
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, a nonprofit advocacy organization in Little Rock, is looking for a driven individual to assist AACF’s director of health care policy in efforts to improve health care coverage, access, and quality for Arkansas’s low...
Around 300,000 working Arkansans, many of whom are parents with children at home, would qualify for a Working Families Tax Credit, and almost $40 million would return to Arkansas’s economy.
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families and the Arkansas Campaign for Grade-Level Reading have produced a new guide to help parents understand the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The Arkansas Department of Education now uses ESSA to measure...
Arkansas has been in the national news a lot this year for a major change to our health care system. While the disenrollment of nearly 17,000 Arkansas Works beneficiaries is newsworthy, there is another major change underway that’s not...
The following is a post from Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families Northwest Arkansas Director Laura Kellams. We’re seeing more and more evidence that Arkansas Works enrollees are confused or unaware about the new policy to cancel their health...
A historically large share of the nation’s wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few, reducing opportunities for millions of Americans and reinforcing barriers that make it harder for people of color to make gains. These inequities are...
As we head into the 2019 legislative session, we need your donations more than ever. Your gift to Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families can help give Arkansas’s littlest learners a strong start through quality early education. And ensure that...
Nationally, Children’s Coverage Gains Reverse Course The number of uninsured children nationwide increased by about 276,000 children last year, the first significant increase in a decade, according to a new report released by the Georgetown University Center for Children...
#GivingTuesday is a global day of giving that harnesses the collective power of individuals, communities and organizations to encourage philanthropy and to celebrate generosity worldwide. Following Thanksgiving and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday, this...