Medicaid is Critical in Arkansas Public Schools

Medicaid is the largest insurer in the United States, and in 2025, around 48% of the program’s enrollees were children. More than 409,000 children in Arkansas are enrolled in Medicaid […]

AACF Testimony on Arkansas’s Educational Adequacy Study

Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families was asked to provide written testimony by the Arkansas House and Senate Education Committees on our recommendations of how to improve the state’s public […]

Arkansas’s K-12 Voucher Program: Rising Costs, Limited Savings, Growing Fiscal Concerns

Introduction What is the fiscal impact of the Education Freedom Account (EFA) program, the state’s K-12 school voucher program established by the LEARNS Act? This is one question the Department […]

Tax-Free Weekend Not the Policy Win it Seems to Be

For a growing number of Arkansas families, back-to-school requires careful financial planning and often involves hardship.