Arkansas Advocates 2025 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 2
It was a relatively quiet week at the Arkansas Capitol.
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Arkansas’s Maternal Health Crisis: Women Across the State Share their Experiences and Views
In 2024, Arkansas Advocates held a series of focus groups with women around the state who were pregnant or had recently given birth. The corresponding white paper, Arkansas’s Maternal Health Crisis: Women Across the State Share their Experiences and...
Federal Medicaid Cuts Would Decimate Arkansas Small Towns and Rural Communities
Our leaders must take Medicaid funding cuts off the table.
Arkansas Advocates 2025 Legislative Session Preview
Prefiling of bills began on November 15, 2024, and some legislators did not waste any time!
Medicaid Town Hall: The Voices of Medicaid in Arkansas
We are working to highlight the impact of Medicaid in Arkansas communities through stories of lived experience.
Arkansas continues disappointing trend of increasing the number of kids without health insurance
We have been heading in the wrong direction when it comes to child health insurance trends, and it’s time to turn things around.
State Budget Making is Policymaking
The Governor’s Budget is Dominated by Education Freedom Accounts At Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, we believe the state has the duty to invest in Arkansans, with a robust state budget that fully funds critical programs and...
Preventing Exploitative Child Labor In Arkansas
A new report by Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families finds that Arkansas child labor violations increased significantly over the past decade, both at the state and federal level. The number of cases, violations and penalties were all on...