The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires states to have a health insurance “Exchange” that will provide high-value and affordable coverage for consumers, including individuals and small businesses, in place by 2014. The Exchange will be a...
Making Sure the Health Insurance Exchange Works For Arkansas Families The Arkansas Insurance Department is quickly moving forward with its efforts to build a health insurance Exchange by January 2014. Though Arkansas will have a federally-facilitated Exchange, stakeholders are...
Don’t Cut the Kids Governor Mike Huckabee and the state General Assembly established the ARKids First program in 1997 (with the help of then-Senator Mike Beebe who was the lead sponsor of the legislation). Since then, ARKids First has...
A Level Playing Field? NPR’s Morning Edition had a great, thought-provoking story this morning. It’s a story about Juan Carlos Reyes, a poor Dominican kid from the Bronx who was able to excel academically despite circumstances that might have...
Research continues to confirm the importance of high-quality early childhood education as a strategy for improving the social, emotional, and intellectual development of children as well as increasing the likelihood of their future academic and economic success. A 2008...
Congress breaks promise, votes against working families Leaders in the United States House of Representatives went back on their word last night. Last summer, Congress and the President agreed on a deficit reduction deal that would force equal cuts...
Executive Summary: Download the executive summary for a brief overview of the full report. Over the last two decades, standards-based education reform has led the march toward accountability, high-stakes testing, and rigorous performance standards for the United States’ education...
Kellams Named Honorary Social Worker of the Year AACF Northwest Arkansas Director Laura Kellams will be named Honorary Social Worker of the Year by the social work department at the University of Arkansas. Nobody works harder as an advocate...
State should ensure every student has the resources needed to succeed All children can learn and excel in school if they have the opportunity and the resources needed to be successful. A new report from Arkansas Advocates for Children...
Health Care Advocacy Having a Positive Impact on Kids According to a new report from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and Mathematica Policy Research, advocacy organizations in twelve states have reduced the number of uninsured children over the past...