Implementing Work Requirements Caused Health Premiums to Increase for Arkansans
Arkansas’s Medicaid work reporting requirements not only kicked 18,000 Arkansans off their health insurance, it also raised premiums on some Arkansans who purchased their insurance through the state’s marketplace. Arkansas […]
Substance Use Disorders and Medicaid Expansion: How do they Intersect?
Drug misuse is an epidemic in the United States, and Medicaid has a considerable role in the solution. We try to tell ourselves that it could never happen in our […]
Appeal of Arkansas Works Work Reporting Requirement Heard in Federal Court
October 11, 2019 has been circled on the calendar for months. This morning, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held oral arguments for the case Charles […]
AACF Statement on the Future of the Little Rock School District
With the decision about the next steps for Little Rock School District (LRSD) following nearly five years of state control approaching, we are nearing another crucial moment in the history […]
AACF Comments on Changes to the Poverty Line
In May, the federal government asked for comments on changing how it calculates the poverty line (read our previous blog post on this topic). The federal poverty line represents the […]
Thousands of Arkansans Dropped from Coverage: Latest Report on the Impact of the Work Reporting Requirement
The state’s Medicaid work reporting requirement has created unnecessary red tape that caused thousands of Arkansans to lose their health insurance this month. They won’t be able to reapply until […]
Part IV: Economic Security and Family Supports are Critical to Early Childhood Development
When do children begin to learn? Believe it or not, school readiness begins in the womb. Research show the first few years of life, including the prenatal months, are the […]
AACF & Partners Respond to Tax Task Force Vote
Following the Tax Reform and Relief Legislative Task Force’s vote on tax recommendations earlier this week, Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families and the undersigned partners released this joint statement: […]
AACF Statement on Medicaid Lawsuit
Following the filing of a federal lawsuit concerning the state’s new Medicaid work-reporting policy in Arkansas, Rich Huddleston, Executive Director of Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, issued the following […]
AACF’s Northwest AR Director Laura Kellams Celebrates 10 Years!
Today, on August 7, 2018, Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families celebrates the 10-year work anniversary of Laura King Kellams, the amazing director of our Northwest Arkansas (NWA) office, who helped […]