Lessons Learned from the Medicaid: The Lived Experience Project
This year, Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families engaged in a Medicaid story collection project with grant funding. Our goal was to amplify the lived experiences of those within the […]
Our State’s Budget, Our State’s Values
Tax cuts, surplus, and the Waiver waiting list This blog is the first in a series of blogs Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families will be sharing over the next […]
A disappointing & dangerous Special Session for Arkansas’s kids & families
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families is deeply disappointed by the Arkansas General Assembly’s refusal to pass legislation to address the surging public health crisis that has re-emerged with the […]
AACF Statement on COVID-19 Summer 2021 Surge
Arkansas is facing a health care crisis impacting the health and safety of our families and children, our schools, our health care system and health care workforce, and our economy. […]
Data: Arkansas needs a different strategy for preventing teen births
Editor’s note: The 2021 KIDS COUNT® Data Book is a 50-state report of recent household data developed by the Annie E. Casey Foundation analyzing how families have fared between the […]
Pride Month and a Reflection on Arkansas’s Recent Passage of Anti-Transgender Legislation
June is nationally recognized as Pride Month for the LGBTQIA+ community. This month-long celebration was established to recognize how individuals within the LGBTQIA+ community have strengthened American society. Pride month […]
Failure to get Arkansas’s children insured will lead to worsening health outcomes
Editor’s note: The 2021 KIDS COUNT® Data Book is a 50-state report of recent household data developed by the Annie E. Casey Foundation analyzing how families have fared between the […]
Arkansas’s rankings are troubling in KIDS COUNT Data Book 2021
Data Across 50 States Show Struggles with Poverty, Health Indicators, But Hopes for Recovery Remain, Annie E. Casey Foundation Finds The number of Arkansas’s children going without health insurance surged […]
Arkansas Medicaid Story Collection Project
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families (AACF) is conducting a Story Collection Project on the Arkansas Medicaid program. We want to highlight what is working and what needs to be […]
Arkansas Advocates 2021 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 16
Arkansas lawmakers are headed home today for a few months, taking a long recess in one of the most difficult sessions in recent memory. We want to thank you for […]