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Arkansas Child Poverty Rate Sees Improvement; Investments Needed to Maintain Gains

Note: This blog is second in a series of posts covering the findings in the 2018 Annie E. Casey Foundation Kids Count Data Book. To read the first blog post, […]

AR Poverty Rate Improving, According to Latest National Rankings

The number of Arkansas children in poverty has decreased by 28,000 since 2010, according to data in the 2018 KIDS COUNT® Data Book released today by the Annie E. Casey […]

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