The Joint Budget Committee of the Arkansas General Assembly recently rejected an increase in state funding for the Arkansas Better Chance pre-K program for fiscal year 2016. This marks the eighth straight year without an increase, a cut once...
Every year, the Annie E. Casey Foundation releases the Kids Count Data Book, a comprehensive, 50-state look at child welfare. Arkansas made gains in health coverage and education over the last year, but the child poverty rate went up...
Youth detention must be utilized carefully to make sure low-level, non-violent youthful offenders do not move deeper into the criminal justice system. A new report by Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families says juvenile detention – the short-term involuntary...
Thanks to our supporters throughout the state, our Soup Sunday events were big successes this year. We hit record turnout and fundraising milestones in both Little Rock and Northwest Arkansas. Combined, we brought in more than $110,000 and served...
Finding enough foster homes for children has always been tough, but finding homes for kids with disabilities is often harder. Arkansas Support Network facilitates Care and Training/Respite homes for families willing to open their homes to kids needing a...
Check out the tantalizing lineup for this weekend’s Northwest Arkansas Soup Sunday! The event is from 4:30-7 p.m. at the NWA Convention Center on 48th Street in Springdale. Tickets are $20/$5 kids. Acapulco Mexican Grill – Sopa de Tortilla...
Our NWA office is featured in this week’s “Doing Good” segment on KNWA, the NBC affiliate. Each week, the station takes a look at an organization or a person working to improve the community. KNWA’s Laine Baker interviewed Laura...
More than 50 people attended AACF’s Policy Cafe in Bentonville last week to learn about children’s issues and to share their concerns with our staff and volunteers. They included representatives of our partner organizations, parents, school officials, students and...
Congratulations to Laura Kellams, AACF’s Northwest Arkansas Director. She was named to Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s “40 Under 40” list! She has been working hard since 2008 to serve the community through researching the state of children in the...
The state Legislative Task Force on Reducing Poverty and Promoting Economic Opportunity will conduct a town hall meeting in Northwest Arkansas on May 26th as part of its statewide effort to create a more coordinated, comprehensive effort to reduce poverty...