AACF Seeks Sexual Health Education Intern
Join efforts aimed at reducing the state’s teen birth rate by improving access to age-appropriate, effective, and equitable sexual health education.
AACF Seeks Education Policy Director
Candidates should have experience in analysis of education policy; knowledge of local, state, and federal education policy; and advocacy.
Arkansas Ranks 45TH in 2024 KIDS COUNT Data Book
Arkansas leaders must do more to protect children and prepare them to learn so they can flourish in adulthood.
The Fiscal Session of Arkansas’s 94th General Assembly
Several noteworthy issues arose during this year’s session. Find our summary here.
In-depth study finds Arkansas’s tax system makes inequality much worse
for years we’ve been cutting income taxes in a way that primarily benefits rich corporations and the wealthiest individuals.
Race for Results 2024
While 9.5% of all babies in Arkansas were born with low birth weights in 2021, the low birth weight rate for Black babies in our state was almost 17%.
Arkansas will lose $4.9 billion to tax cuts by 2028
Arkansas has lost $757 million public dollars 2022-2023 due to income tax cuts.
Arkansas’s babies aren’t getting everything they need
Arkansas was among 13 states across the United States to earn a bottom ranking.
First Extraordinary Session of Arkansas’s 94th General Assembly
Even when the bills we oppose pass, or the bills we support don't, we are encouraged to see the issues we care about gaining traction in the media.
Lawmakers Returning to Work This Week Should Reject Costly Tax Cuts for the Wealthy
The proposed changes would offer only meager benefits to most low- and middle-income taxpayers, versus a windfall to our state’s wealthiest households and corporations.