Revoking “safe places” will cause real harm in Arkansas communities
Rescinding these long-standing understandings and leaving immigration enforcement up to “common sense,” is bad policy and will lead to dangerous consequences.
Families Need to Move Quickly to Avoid Losing Out on Summer EBT Benefits
Arkansas is one of 35 states that agreed to participate in a new federal program this year designed to combat childhood hunger. Summer EBT (electronic benefits transfer) is designed to reach low-income families. Those children who receive SNAP or...
Arkansas to Help Combat Childhood Summer Hunger with Summer EBT Program
Kids who experience hunger often are more likely to face long-term health consequences, like iron deficiency, anemia, asthma, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease.
Congress Must Act Now to Make Sure Vulnerable Women and Babies Have the Nutrition and Resources They Need
In Arkansas, WIC serves nearly 61,000 low-income, food insecure women, babies, and children under four years old.
WIC Program Faces Major Funding Cuts: Congress is Looking to Gut Resources to Support Pregnant Moms, Babies, and Young Children
Congress has made a mess by failing to review and update the Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR) since they last did in 2010.
Hunger Action Month: Time to Eliminate Hunger and Food Insecurity in Arkansas
Access to high quality, healthy foods is a basic human right that helps people develop fully and reach their full potential.
It’s Past Time for Congress to Address Food Insecurity: Families Need the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Passed Now
No child should go hungry no matter where they live, what they look like, or how much their parents earn. Everyone deserves to have access to nutritious food to ensure they can achieve their full potential.
Hispanic Heritage Month is a Time to Reflect on the Strength of Our Immigrant Roots and Values
When immigrant families succeed, we all succeed.
Lack of Data Impacts BIPOC Children in Arkansas
The lack of disaggregated data is especially troubling for Arkansas as, according to research from the Census Bureau, Arkansas has the highest undercount in the 2020 Census of any state at 5%.
Juneteenth 2022: Still Miles to Go Before We Rest
Also known as Emancipation Day or Black Independence Day, Juneteenth celebrates the day, June 19, 1865, that Black enslaved people in Texas learned that they had been declared free more than two years prior, when the Emancipation Proclamation...