SNAP Enrollment Decreases Likely to Worsen Food Insecurity Crisis in Arkansas
Last week, the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance and the six Feeding America Arkansas food banks released results from a survey they recently commissioned showing that about 37% of Arkansans did […]
What Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements Could Mean for Arkansas Families
A new report from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families takes a closer look at who will be affected by Medicaid work reporting requirements. The findings raise concerns […]
2026 State Fiscal Session Leaves Arkansas SNAP Budget Hungry for State Funding
2026 Special Session Keys Up to Further Starve SNAP and Other Programs The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) suffered a significant loss last week that will likely destabilize the program […]
The Arkansas SNAP Call Center is an Important Resource As Arkansans Start to Feel the Impact of Expanded SNAP Work Requirements and Related SNAP Changes
Arkansas is the most food insecure state in the nation, and SNAP is the most powerful anti-hunger program we have.
A Deeper Dive on SNAP Cost Shifts and Their Potential Impact on Families Struggling to Make Ends Meet
On Tuesday we shared about the big decisions Arkansas lawmakers need to make this spring to shore up the state’s SNAP program due to provisions from the One Big Beautiful […]
SNAP Costs Shifts Are Coming: How Hunger Will Rise for Arkansans if the State Does Not Act
It’s no secret that once again Arkansas has the highest rate of food insecurity in the nation at 19.4% according to the most recent (and final) federal insecurity report from […]
Open Enrollment Is Here, and Many Arkansans Are Already Seeing Premiums Skyrocket
Open enrollment for 2026 marketplace coverage officially started on November 1, 2025, and will run through January 15, 2026. We are already hearing from Arkansans whose premiums are jumping – […]
SNAP Back — But Not for Long: Forthcoming November SNAP relief will fade for many due to H.R.1 cuts
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as Food Stamps) has been featured heavily in recent headlines as the availability of November SNAP benefits — either in whole, in […]
Preventable harm: How suspending SNAP benefits in November harms families and our communities
Note: Since this blog was originally published on October 28, the Trump administration announced on November 3, 2025, that it will comply with federal court orders and begin using contingency […]
Refusing To Measure Hunger Won’t Erase the Problem
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 […]