Cuts to Medicaid and SNAP would increase hardship and deepen the effects of poverty at a time when many Arkansas families already struggle to put food on the table and afford health insurance, child care, and housing.
It’s a no-brainer that students will learn better when their bellies are full.
The budget proposals would be extremely harmful. And they do nothing to fulfill elected officials’ promises of easing economic burdens or bringing down the price of groceries.
Every year, we share the national 2024 KIDS COUNT® Data Book rankings that indicate how we’re doing in child well-being, and just about every year, Arkansans respond with a disappointed sigh. This year was no different. We’re 45th. It’s...
Today we are celebrating the restoration of benefits for Marshallese Arkansans!
Child poverty in Arkansas held steady at an unacceptable rate of about 22%, one of the highest rates in the nation.
65% of Arkansas's rural kids have health insurance through Medicaid and ARKids First.
We all want to live in a state with great schools, well-maintained infrastructure, thriving communities, and strong families. But Arkansas’s Governor and many legislative leaders have expressed their support for sharply cutting – or even eliminating – our personal...
A legislative effort to change child labor laws would make it easier for businesses to hire children under 16 without their parents’ permission.
We must ensure that all children have the opportunities and resources they need to reach their full potential, a mission that we have long worked toward through public policy reform.