Pitching in for the common good
Pitching in for the common good As many Arkansans rush to beat the April 17th tax deadline this year, we wanted to take a moment to think about what it […]
It’s Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day
It’s Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day “Prevention Works. Treatment is Effective. People Recover.” So goes this year’s slogan for Mental Health Awareness Month. May 9th is a special day in […]
How are public schools funded in Arkansas? We’ll tell you how.
How are public schools funded in Arkansas? We’ll tell you how. Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families has released a new report, “A Citizen’s Guide to Arkansas Public School Financing,” […]
Affordable Care Act helps Arkansas kids get preventive care
Affordable Care Act helps Arkansas kids get preventive care More than 64% of Arkansas’s children have gained or maintained access to cost-effective preventive care services as a result of the […]
Denial of “pre-existing conditions” no longer a threat to Arkansas children
This week child advocates celebrate the two year anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act. When the health reform law takes full effect in 2014, Americans can no […]
New Figures on Child Poverty Show Upward Trend
New figures on child poverty compiled by Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families show a disturbing upward trend that is likely to continue as our economy slowly recovers. The child […]
A Tale of Two Sundays
Thanks to our supporters throughout the state, our Soup Sunday events were big successes this year. We hit record turnout and fundraising milestones in both Little Rock and Northwest Arkansas. […]
The Trouble with Tax Rankings
It has become trendy of late for think tanks to publish a ranking system that measures the relative tax burden each of the 50 states places on businesses. The Tax […]
Proposed budget cuts could be harmful to Arkansas children
After a month of preliminary budget hearings, it came as a surprise this week to see a proposal that would cut more than $20 million from the state budget for […]
ommunity-based alternatives better than secure confinement for juveniles, report says
The National Center for Youth Law and the National Council on Crime and Delinquency released a report today released a report today detailing efforts to transform the juvenile justice system in Arkansas. The gist? […]