Nearly two out of every five Arkansas school-age children are overweight or at risk of becoming overweight1. Obesity among children and adults has been increasing across the United States since the mid-1970s,2 including in Arkansas, which has consistently ranked...
Arkansas’s economy has followed the national downward slide over the past year or so, though experts still debate whether the “r” word — recession — truly applies. No matter what you call it, most low- and middle-income working Arkansans...
Arkansas’s state and local governments play an important role in providing a wide variety of critical services to their citizens. They ensure that our children and the elderly have adequate health care; that roads and parks are well maintained;...
Welcome to the third e-brief of Moving Families Forward! This e-brief will provide updates and alerts on state and federal tax and budget issues that impact low-income children and their families.
Over the past few decades, there have been many attempts to pass a state lottery in Arkansas—all of which have been defeated. Under the latest lottery plan, proposed by Lt. Gov. Bill Halter, lottery revenue would be used for...
Persistent poverty, declining drop-out rates and juvenile justice reform spotlighted. Arkansas children are better off than they were in 2000 in several key areas, but the state still ranks among the bottom of states for child well-being, according to...
Welcome to the second e-brief of Moving Families Forward! This e-brief will provide updates and alerts on state and federal tax and budget issues that impact low-income children and their families.
Welcome to the first e-brief of Moving Families Forward! This e-brief will provide updates and alerts on state and federal tax and budget issues that impact low-income children and their families. Our goal is to give you information you...
A state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) would provide tax relief to hard-working, low-income families, helping them close the gap between what they earn and what they need to make ends meet. A state EITC, piggybacking on the federal...
In these uncertain economic times, Arkansas’s hard-working families are having trouble making ends meet. They need help, and a state earned income tax credit, or EITC, could make a real difference. A state EITC based on the federal version,...