2026 Kids Count Data Book: Family and Community
Despite progress made, Arkansas remains 49th in the country for births to teens, 45th for Family and Community Domain According to the 2026 KIDS COUNT Data Book, Arkansas’s teen birth […]
2026 KIDS COUNT Data Book: Education
Arkansas children have the best chance to thrive when they have quality education, including during their early years. Education is one of the four KIDS COUNT Data Book domains in […]
2026 KIDS COUNT Data Book: Health
Arkansas Falls to 48th in Child Health in the 2026 KIDS COUNT Data Book The 2026 KIDS COUNT Data Book paints a concerning picture of children’s health in Arkansas. This […]
KIDS COUNT Data Book Now Includes Scores as Well as Traditional Rankings
For more than 35 years, the KIDS COUNT Data Book has ranked states on child well-being overall and in four domains: Economic Well-Being, Education, Health, and Family and Community. In […]
Arkansas Ranks 43rd in 2026 KIDS COUNT Data Book
New Scoring Index from the Annie E. Casey Foundation to Increase Accountability by Showing How Arkansas’s Policies and Investment Affect Children’s Daily Lives Sharp increases in the children’s uninsured rate […]
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. 15
We are officially in the “home stretch” of the 93rd General Assembly. The session is expected to wrap up Tuesday, April 27, so bills that haven’t passed in at least […]
Arkansas Advocates 2021 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 14
As we near the end of the 93rd General Assembly’s 2021 session, things are jumping into hyperdrive. Legislators are scrambling to have their bills heard in committees and on the […]
Arkansas Advocates 2021 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 13
It was a contentious week in the General Assembly, with the Legislature overriding a veto for the first time since Governor Hutchinson took office. As you may have read, it was […]