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Issue: Food Security

Home > Archive for Food Security

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

March 30, 2026

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

February 26, 2026

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 Bill Act (H.R. 1) taking effect in the near...

SNAP Costs Shifts Are Coming: How Hunger Will Rise for Arkansans if the State Does Not Act

February 24, 2026

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 the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). You may...

SNAP Back — But Not for Long: Forthcoming November SNAP relief will fade for many due to H.R.1 cuts

November 13, 2025

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 part, or not at all — has been in...

Preventable harm: How suspending SNAP benefits in November harms families and our communities

October 28, 2025

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 funds to partially pay November SNAP benefits as the...

Refusing To Measure Hunger Won’t Erase the Problem

September 29, 2025

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 each year. With this data, we’re able to compare...

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 

September 17, 2025

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 underlying each of those indicators by race shows consistent...

Congressional Budget Bill Will Strip Health Care from 15 Million Nationwide, Put Parents and Kids at Risk of Hunger

July 3, 2025

The United States House of Representatives today passed the Senate’s version of the reconciliation bill that will worsen hunger and strip health care coverage from millions of families. The bill now goes to President Donald Trump to be signed...

U.S. Senate’s Budget Bill Would Take Away Health Care from at Least 140,000 Arkansans, Put Parents and Kids at Risk of Hunger

July 1, 2025

We need our Congressional delegation to stand up for Arkansas and reject this reckless plan that will devastate our fellow Arkansans.

Veterans, Unhoused People, and Youth Aging Out of Foster Care Lose Out in Senate Bill 

June 20, 2025

The congressional budget bill would require veterans, unhoused people, and youth aging out of foster care to meet a work requirement 80 hours a month or risk losing food assistance.

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