Arkansas climbs eight spots in national child economic well-being rankings
For the first time in six years, the number of Arkansas children living in poverty decreased, according to the 2016 Annie E. Casey Foundation KIDS COUNT® Data Book. Last year the […]
Game On: How Would You Balance the Budget to Put the Needs of Arkansas Kids First?
Would you like Arkansas to become a national leader in children’s education and health? What if we reversed the recent $1 million cuts to libraries? Would you like for Arkansas to […]
Health Care for Thousands Left Hanging in the Balance
Yesterday’s failed Senate vote on the Medicaid appropriation was critical to keeping hundreds of thousands of Arkansans insured. Earlier this week, we wrote about the devastating impact to the state budget, if […]
Proposed Fiscal Session Budget Cuts Endanger Children in Foster Care
Potentially devastating budget cuts – now under consideration at the state legislature – would endanger children in foster care and halt the progress we were just starting to make to […]
The Future of Arkansas’s Education System Depends on Funding “Arkansas Works”
The state general revenue budget is often fluid. To arrive at a forecast, you look at long-term trends, national trends, local economic conditions … those calculations will tell you within […]
Update – Managed Care in Arkansas: Access, Costs, and Quality Matter
Since we first examined the managed care issue in 2015, a few important developments have occurred. In December 2015, the Health Reform Legislative Task Force released its preliminary report, and […]
Why aren’t Arkansas families keeping their health care coverage?
Currently, the health care issues in the forefront are the Private Option (or newly coined Arkansas Works) program and whether we will adopt a Medicaid managed care model, which will […]
Uninsured rate for Hispanic children twice that of state average
The uninsured rate for Hispanic children in Arkansas (11 percent) is more than double the rate of uninsurance for all children in the state (4.8 percent). A report released by […]
Watch this video to find out more about AACF
Find out more about Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families by watching this brief video. In it, we talk about our history, our work, and what has made Advocates what […]
Work requirements for Private Option miss the mark
If you missed the blogs on managed care and private option changes, check those out before reading this final blog in our series on health care reform. Today, we will […]