Arkansas Ranked 44th in Recent Assets and Opportunities Scorecard
  The Corporation for Enterprise Development released their Assets and Opportunities Scorecard recently, and the news is not great for Arkansas. On balance...


Get Tickets While They Last!
  We may have mild temperatures right now but February should bring colder weather and thoughts of your favorite soups.  Plans are underway...


More Kids Covered by Health Insurance but Challenges Linger
*AACF releases study showing that more Arkansas kids are being covered by health insurance, yet many challenges remain.* The number of uninsured children...


AACF Hires New Communications Director
Arkansas Advocates for Children & Families (AACF) is excited to announce it has hired a new communications director.  He is Gerard Matthews,...


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State Taxes & Budgets

State tax and budget issues are a major focus of AACF’s State Fiscal Analysis Initiative (SFAI) project. We conduct analysis and public education to promote a balanced tax system that meets the needs of our state and our low- and middle-income families.

Current Issues

Arkansas Losing $113 Million Each Year on Internet Sales
November 1st 2011

Tax Day 2011: Pooling Our Resources for the Common Good
April 15th 2011

Recession’s Toll on Arkansas Workers Hardest on Low-Income Families
April 13th 2011

The Impact of the Earned Income Tax Credit and Refund Anticipation Loans on Low-Income Families
January 2011

Capital Gains Tax Cuts Would Only Benefit Arkansas' Super Rich
December 15th 2010

Health Program Unfunded Despite Robust Tobacco Tax Revenue
December 1st 2010

Poverty Task Force Releases Recommendations on Economic Security
November 29th 2010

Arkansas Schools Stockpiling Millions Intended for Poor Students
November 16th 2010

Arkansas Taxes Hit Poor Twice as Hard as Wealthy
November 18th 2009

Arkansas and Its Working Families Miss Out on up to $110 Million a Year in Unclaimed Federal Tax Credits
November 2nd 2009

Payday lending is history in Arkansas
August 11th 2009

Welfare Reform Redux: ARRA's Potential to Help Arkansas Families in Financial Crisis (July 2009)

Background on TANF in Arkansas (July 2009)

Open Letter to the Arkansas Lottery Director (July 2009)

Unemployment Insurance and ARRA: An Overdue Win for Arkansas Families (July 2009)

Advocate's Guide to State Tax and Budget System (June 2009)

AACF Tax and Budget Update (April 2009)

ARRA Funding for Education in Arkansas: A Jumpstart for Moving from Adequacy to Excellence (April 2009)

PRESS RELEASE: Single Working Moms Getting Mixed Tax Day Message (April 2009)

Meeting Notes: The Stimulus Package: What in it for Low-Income Children and Families? (March 2009)

Closing Corporate Tax Loopholes: Tax Fairness for Families and Small Businesses (March 2009)

PRESS RELEASE: Faith Leaders sign “Call to Fairness,” urge anti-poverty legislation (March 2009)

State of Working Arkansas Report (September 2008)

Rebuilding Our Fiscal Foundation: Seven Steps to Overcoming Arkansas' Structural Budget Deficit (July 2008)

Fact Sheet: Help Arkansas Working Families Become Self-Sufficient: It's Time to Support a State Earned Income Tax Credit (April 2008)

Press Release: AACF Statement on Proposed Severence Tax Increase (March 2008)

Tax Relief for Low-Income Arkansans: What Are the Options? (January 2007)

The Defecit Reduction Act of 2005: The Effects of Citizenship Verification for Medicaid Eligibility in Arkansas (December 2006)

PRESS RELEASE: The 2005 State of Working Arkansas - Families Experience Economic Roller Coaster (January 2006)

State of Working Arkansas Report 2005 (December 2005)

PRESS RELEASE: Arkansas's tax burden skewed by methodological errors in report (April 2005)

Moving Families Forward newsletters

2009: January, February, March, April, May, July, August, October, November

2008: April, May, June, September, October

Paycheck$ and Politics newsletters

2010: Issue 49

2009: Issue 48

2008: Issue 42 Issue 43

2006: Issue 36 Issue 37 Issue 38 Issue 39 Issue 40 Issue 41

2005: Issue 29 Issue 30 Issue 31 Issue 32 Issue 33 Issue 34 Issue 35

2004: Issue 24 Issue 25 Issue 26 Issue 27 Issue 28

2003: Issue 16 Issue 17 Issue 18 Issue 19 Issue 20 Issue 21 Issue 22 Issue 23

2002: Issue 9 Issue 10 Issue 11 Issue 12 Issue 13 Issue 14 Issue 15

2001: Issue 7 Issue 8

2000: Issue 5

Arkansas Advocates for Children & Families
Union Station - 1400 West Markham Suite 306 - Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone: (501) 371-9678 - Fax: (501) 371-9681 - Email: info@aradvocates.org