It was a short second week at the Capitol, with state offices closed Monday in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, and no committee meetings on Friday. Did you know both chambers are streaming live? Watch your...
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families is growing our Northwest Arkansas office to help build our organization’s capacity to provide a strong voice on behalf of all children. Today, Missy Darwin Kincaid joins the AACF staff as our first Northwest...
The 92nd General Assembly of Arkansas officially began Monday with swearing in ceremonies for 135 state legislators and Gov. Asa Hutchinson. Read Gov. Hutchinson’s State of the State transcript here. Tying the record set in 2009, 25 women are...
Around 300,000 working Arkansans, many of whom are parents with children at home, would qualify for a Working Families Tax Credit, and almost $40 million would return to Arkansas’s economy.
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families and the Arkansas Campaign for Grade-Level Reading have produced a new guide to help parents understand the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The Arkansas Department of Education now uses ESSA to measure...
Arkansas has been in the national news a lot this year for a major change to our health care system. While the disenrollment of nearly 17,000 Arkansas Works beneficiaries is newsworthy, there is another major change underway that’s not...
The following is a post from Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families Northwest Arkansas Director Laura Kellams. We’re seeing more and more evidence that Arkansas Works enrollees are confused or unaware about the new policy to cancel their health...
A historically large share of the nation’s wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few, reducing opportunities for millions of Americans and reinforcing barriers that make it harder for people of color to make gains. These inequities are...
As we head into the 2019 legislative session, we need your donations more than ever. Your gift to Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families can help give Arkansas’s littlest learners a strong start through quality early education. And ensure that...
Nationally, Children’s Coverage Gains Reverse Course The number of uninsured children nationwide increased by about 276,000 children last year, the first significant increase in a decade, according to a new report released by the Georgetown University Center for Children...