Every year, the Annie E. Casey Foundation releases the Kids Count Data Book, a comprehensive, 50-state look at child welfare. Arkansas made gains in health coverage and education over the last year, but the child poverty rate went up...
Too many children enter foster care for a very short period of time. Removal from the home and placement in foster care can be a traumatic experience for a child, and the state is looking at ways to serve...
Arkansas ranks 40th nationally in annual child well-being rankings Arkansas edged up to 40th in the nation in the annual Annie E. Casey Foundation Kids Count Data Book rankings, showing improvements in child health and education indicators. Last year...
Children of immigrants important to Arkansas’s future economic success Ensuring that children of immigrants have the opportunity to thrive will be key to our state’s economic future, a report released today by Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families (AACF)...
When Adults Hurt Children in the Name of Political Gain Politics can be frustrating. I think most of us agree that the tone of our political discourse sinks lower every year. This is a Presidential election year, which means...
State should ensure every student has the resources needed to succeed All children can learn and excel in school if they have the opportunity and the resources needed to be successful. A new report from Arkansas Advocates for Children...
Child Poverty Rate in Chicot County over 50 percent Earlier this spring we released a report that tracked our state’s frustratingly-high child poverty rate. For years we have been struggling in Arkansas to make sure more kids are raised...
Invest in Children, Invest in the Future Growing up is difficult. Questions abound while answers seem scarce. Virtually every decision a child makes is dependent in some form or fashion upon the willingness of an adult to grant permission....
Finding enough foster homes for children has always been tough, but finding homes for kids with disabilities is often harder. Arkansas Support Network facilitates Care and Training/Respite homes for families willing to open their homes to kids needing a...
The more than 400 children waiting for adoption in Arkansas today now have a better chance at being adopted by loving homes more quickly thanks to Circuit Judge Chris Piazza’s decision to overturn Act 1. The law prevented unmarried...