A new federal rule is likely to have a chilling effect on Arkansas families applying for essential services for which they’re eligible, likely resulting in higher uninsured rates, fewer families seeking help for food and housing benefits, and more....
Today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision affirming birthright citizenship is a landmark ruling for American equality, rejecting the Trump administration’s policy that would have created a segregated underclass in America. In 2023, an estimated 36,000 Arkansas children had at least...
We should all want children of immigrants to meet their full potential. It’s good for Arkansas, from the strength of our economy to our education system and community health overall.
Arkansas has the highest hunger rate in the nation. We know this because our federal government measures it — officially referred to as food insecurity — and publishes the results each year. With this data, we’re able to compare...
The impact of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” will be enormous and wide-reaching in Arkansas. Our higher poverty rates mean cuts to health care coverage and food assistance will sharply increase hardship across the state. The legislation, which...
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!