Arkansas, It’s Time to Dive Deep: A Review of Disaggregated Data Shows the Real Risks Arkansas’s Black and Brown Children Are Currently Facing
The KIDS COUNT Data Book tracks children’s well-being across four domains and 16 indicators. The topline numbers are not encouraging — overall, Arkansas ranks 45th in child well-being. However, the disaggregated data […]
Learn About the History and Culture that Hispanic Heritage Month Brings
Hispanic Heritage Month is unique in that it runs between two months every year, from September 15 to October 15. Hispanic Heritage Month begins on September 15 to coincide with […]
We Must Create Safe Spaces for Our LGBTQ+ Community during Pride Month and Beyond
We must stand up for the rights of and create safe spaces for members of the LGBTQ+ community year-round.
Arkansas Ranks 45th in 2025 KIDS COUNT Data Book
We encourage lawmakers and officials in Arkansas to use this detailed information to unite across party lines and respond with initiatives that invest in young people.
AACF Testimony Against SB486
About the Bill SB486 | Sen. Blake Johnson and Rep. Mary Bentley | Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs This bill would prohibit transgender individuals from using restrooms, changing […]
AACF Testimony against HB1916
This bill unnecessarily targets Arkansas’s transgender children.
AACF Testimony Against SB3
About the Bill SB3 | Sen. Dan Sullivan and Rep. Mary Bentley This bill would prohibit state agencies from providing programs targeted toward historically excluded groups, including on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, […]
Bipartisan Child Tax Credit Expansion Would Have Big Impact in Arkansas
The proposed CTC expansion would significantly reduce childhood poverty across the country and in Arkansas.
Race for Results 2024
While 9.5% of all babies in Arkansas were born with low birth weights in 2021, the low birth weight rate for Black babies in our state was almost 17%.
Juneteenth 2023
Emancipation Day | Black Independence Day | Juneteenth June 19, 1865, marks the day that Black enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, were informed they had been declared free more than […]