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- What They Told Us: Medicaid Stories from El Dorado
- Report: Mass Deportations Contribute to Affordability Crisis and Arkansas Job Losses
- What the heck is going on with Medicaid Expansion (ARHOME) in Arkansas?
- Our Taxes Make A Difference
- SNAP Enrollment Decreases Likely to Worsen Food Insecurity Crisis in Arkansas
- Medicaid is Critical in Arkansas Public Schools
- New Immigration Application Rule Could Make it Harder for Families to Receive Essential Services
- Another Quarter, Another Record Number of Arkansas Moms Losing Health Coverage
- Let’s Use the State Budget Surplus to Invest in Arkansans
- Upholding Birthright Citizenship Keeps an American Promise of Children’s Rights
- Proposed Senate Farm Bill 2.0 Keeps Arkansas on a Path to Increased Hunger
- Budget And Income Tax Cuts Are Not In The Interest Of Arkansans
- 2026 Kids Count Data Book: Family and Community
- 2026 KIDS COUNT Data Book: Education
- 2026 KIDS COUNT Data Book: Health
- 2026 KIDS COUNT Data Book: Economic Well-Being
- KIDS COUNT Data Book Now Includes Scores as Well as Traditional Rankings
- Arkansas Ranks 43rd in 2026 KIDS COUNT Data Book
- Third Grade Retention — A Policy with Purpose, Just Not the Purpose You Think
- What Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements Could Mean for Arkansas Families
- 2026 State Fiscal Session Leaves Arkansas SNAP Budget Hungry for State Funding
- Supreme Court Ruling Greenlights Voter Suppression
- Reflections on Tax Day: Our Taxes are an Investment in Families and Democracy
- What They Told Us: Medicaid Stories from Hot Springs
- AACF Testimony on Arkansas's Educational Adequacy Study
- The Arkansas SNAP Call Center is an Important Resource As Arkansans Start to Feel the Impact of Expanded SNAP Work Requirements and Related SNAP Changes
- The Governor’s FY27 Budget Request: Four Key Takeaways
- Everything, Everywhere, All at Once on the Postpartum Front
- Repost: What Baby Bonds Mean to Us, to Arkansas, and to the South
- A Deeper Dive on SNAP Cost Shifts and Their Potential Impact on Families Struggling to Make Ends Meet
- SNAP Costs Shifts Are Coming: How Hunger Will Rise for Arkansans if the State Does Not Act
- New laws could make it harder for legally eligible Arkansans to vote
- Arkansas Kids Count Coalition Policy 101 Series
- Examining Arkansas's Rural Health Transformation Plan
- Arkansas’s K-12 Voucher Program: Rising Costs, Limited Savings, Growing Fiscal Concerns
- Tell Your Story — It Deserves to be Heard
- New “Public Charge” Rule Likely to Harm Children, Increase Hunger
- Exploring Recent School Readiness Assistance Changes in Light of Federal Rules Meant to Prioritize Needs of Families
- Tax and Budget 201: The Two Sides of Affordability
- Open Enrollment Is Here, and Many Arkansans Are Already Seeing Premiums Skyrocket
- SNAP Back — But Not for Long: Forthcoming November SNAP relief will fade for many due to H.R.1 cuts
- Arkansas Advocates and Circles NWA join national Beyond the Cliff coalition to address upward mobility of families with low incomes
- What’s going on with Arkansas’s Medicaid work requirement proposal?
- Statement: Arkansas Leaders Must Focus on Ensuring Families Receive Food Assistance
- New Report: Arkansas Could Raise $460 Million with a New Wealth Proceeds Tax
- Preventable harm: How suspending SNAP benefits in November harms families and our communities
- Child Poverty Increases by 5.6% in Arkansas
- Tax and Budget 102: Strong Families Make for a Strong Arkansas
- Doing Right by Families: Arkansas is Leading in Kinship Placements — Let’s Keep the Momentum Going
- Refusing To Measure Hunger Won’t Erase the Problem
- AACF Statement on ADE Changes to School Readiness Assistance Program
- Arkansas Kids Are Losing Health Coverage, and Families Are Paying the Price
- Tax and Budget 101: Revenue and Expenditures
- Arkansas, It’s Time to Dive Deep: A Review of Disaggregated Data Shows the Real Risks Arkansas’s Black and Brown Children Are Currently Facing
- September 16 is National Voter Registration Day
- Learn About the History and Culture that Hispanic Heritage Month Brings
- Arkansas Children Are Left Behind by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s Child Tax Credit
- Even Public Education Not Safe from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
- The Overlooked School Supply: Medicaid
- How and When the OBBBA will Harm Arkansans
- We Stand for Direct Democracy
- 2025 Arkansas Kids Count Coalition Champion for Children Awards
- Tax-Free Weekend Not the Policy Win it Seems to Be
- The Kids Count Data Book: Education
- AACF Public Comments Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility Services for Under 21
- The Kids Count Data Book: Health
- Arkansas, We Need a Plan for Our Kids
- The Kids Count Data Book: Family and Community
- Congressional Budget Bill Will Strip Health Care from 15 Million Nationwide, Put Parents and Kids at Risk of Hunger
- Tax benefits of the U.S. Senate Reconciliation Bill are not evenly distributed
- U.S. Senate’s Budget Bill Would Take Away Health Care from at Least 140,000 Arkansans, Put Parents and Kids at Risk of Hunger
- We Must Create Safe Spaces for Our LGBTQ+ Community during Pride Month and Beyond
- A Glaring Omission in Arkansas’s Maternal Health Wins
- AACF's Federal Town Halls: The Recap
- New Maps Available: What AR Counties Stand to Lose
- An Open Letter to Arkansas’s Congressional Delegation
- Veterans, Unhoused People, and Youth Aging Out of Foster Care Lose Out in Senate Bill
- The Kids Count Data Book: Economic Well-Being
- Arkansas Ranks 45th in 2025 KIDS COUNT Data Book
- House Tax and Spending Cuts Bill Reveals Policy Priorities
- Ripple Effects of Proposed SNAP Cuts: The Connection Between Reductions to SNAP and Child Welfare Involvement
- Proposed Federal Budget Cuts would Harm State Budget and Devastate Tens of Thousands of Arkansans
- Cutting Medicaid is Equivalent to Cutting School District Budgets
- Arkansas Combatting Increased Summer Hunger with Summer EBT
- Town Hall: Stop Medicaid Work Requirements!
- Why are we still talking about additional income tax cuts?
- Arkansas's New Ballot Measure Laws: A Game You Can’t Win
- 2025 Legislative Session Preemption Efforts Had Mixed Results
- Adding Restrictions to Already Limited SNAP Benefits Will Not Improve Nutrition or Health for Arkansans
- Arkansas Advocates 2025 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 13
- AACF Testimony Against SB217
- AACF Testimony Against SB486
- Arkansas Advocates 2025 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 12
- Postpartum Extension Fails in Senate Committee
- AACF Testimony in Support of HB1915
- AACF Testimony against HB1916
- AACF Testimony against HB1653
- Arkansas Advocates 2025 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 11
- AACF Testimony In Support Of SB585
- The Federal Education Choice for Children Act of 2025 Would Have a Disastrous Impact on Tax Revenue and Public Education
- Drastically Shrinking the Federal Workforce Means Cutting Arkansas Jobs and Services
- Arkansas Advocates 2025 Legislative Session Update, Spring Break Edition
- Arkansas Preemption Bills: Local Control Under Threat
- Arkansas Advocates 2025 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 10
- AACF Testimony Against 1422
- 99% of Children in Foster Care Count on Medicaid: Here’s How Funding Cuts Could Disrupt Their Access to Care
- AACF Testimony Against HB1789
- AACF Testimony Against SB307
- Arkansas Advocates 2025 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 9
- Federal Budget Cuts Likely to Increase Hunger for Arkansas Families
- Cuts to Medicaid Would Put Maternal Health at Risk
- Arkansas Advocates 2025 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 8
- AACF Testimony Against SB209
- Why to Advocate Even When You Are Tired
- AACF Testimony in Support of SB252
- The Proposed Medicaid Cuts Will Cost Arkansas Billions
- Arkansas Advocates 2025 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 7
- AACF Testimony Against HB1180
- Arkansas Advocates 2025 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 6
- Let’s Rejoice in a Big Win for Kids
- Arkansas Could Raise $242 Million a Year with One Policy Change Targeting Corporate Tax Avoidance
- Oral Comments on Arkansas DHS Medicaid 1115 Waiver
- Medicaid and SNAP in jeopardy with proposed federal cuts
- The Federal and State Budgets are both Important in the Lives of Arkansans
- AACF Testimony Against SB207, SB208 and SB211
- Arkansas Advocates 2025 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 5
- Arkansas Advocates 2025 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 4
- AACF Testimony for SB50
- Arkansas Advocates 2025 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 3
- Time to Act: Addressing the Cost Crisis of Child Care
- AACF Testimony Against SB3
- The Arkansas $11 Minimum Wage is Not Enough
- Revoking “safe places” will cause real harm in Arkansas communities
- Arkansas Advocates 2025 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 2
- Federal Medicaid Cuts Would Decimate Arkansas Small Towns and Rural Communities
- Arkansas Advocates 2025 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 1
- Arkansas Advocates 2025 Legislative Session Preview
- A New Year’s [Budget] Resolution
- Medicaid Town Hall: The Voices of Medicaid in Arkansas
- Arkansas continues disappointing trend of increasing the number of kids without health insurance
- State Budget Making is Policymaking
- Nearly 40% of Postpartum Moms Are Losing Medicaid—It’s Time for Arkansas to Act
- Teen Births: A Low Ranking Arkansas Can Actually Change
- State Budget Revenue Forecasting
- The Medicaid Minute with Chloe
- Register to Vote!
- Medicaid 101
- The Disconnect Between Income and Taxes in Arkansas
- Medicaid Matters on Labor Day
- On This Labor Day: The Failed Southern Economic Development Model
- Arkansas Ruling Makes Registering to Vote Less Accessible
- IRS Direct File Would Save Arkansans More Than $150 Million a Year
- Families Need to Move Quickly to Avoid Losing Out on Summer EBT Benefits
- Undocumented Immigrants Contribute Nearly $200 Million in Arkansas Taxes a Year
- Lost in Transition: Maya’s Story Highlights the Impact of Medicaid Barriers on Postpartum Care in Arkansas
- 2024 June Special Session Recap
- AACF Testimony on June 2024 Special Session Tax Cuts
- The Definition of Regressive
- A Decade of Personal Income Tax Cuts in Arkansas: Where Did the Money Go?
- Arkansas Ranks 45TH in 2024 KIDS COUNT Data Book
- Income Tax Cuts Hurt Arkansans
- Arkansas to Help Combat Childhood Summer Hunger with Summer EBT Program
- The Fiscal Session of Arkansas’s 94th General Assembly
- Arkansas Educational Adequacy Process Explained
- Report shows huge losses in children's healthcare coverage: urgent action needed
- Leaders In Arkansas Have Decisions to Make About Expanding Pre-K Access
- Taxes help all our communities thrive
- Federal Legislation Restores Benefits to Marshallese, at Long Last
- Why spanking in schools needs to go
- Let’s put everything on the table for maternal and infant health
- Congress Must Act Now to Make Sure Vulnerable Women and Babies Have the Nutrition and Resources They Need
- An update on school disciplinary practices in Arkansas
- Advocating for Kids in an Election Year
- Administrative Win for the Child Care Workforce
- Bipartisan Child Tax Credit Expansion Would Have Big Impact in Arkansas
- In-depth study finds Arkansas’s tax system makes inequality much worse
- Race for Results 2024
- Who Pays? 2024
- WIC Program Faces Major Funding Cuts: Congress is Looking to Gut Resources to Support Pregnant Moms, Babies, and Young Children
- Federal Government Calls on Arkansas to do Better by Kids
- Arkansas will lose $4.9 billion to tax cuts by 2028
- More than One-Third of Arkansas Medicaid Recipients Removed from Program Since April
- Arkansas's babies aren't getting everything they need
- First Extraordinary Session of Arkansas's 94th General Assembly
- Arkansas’s Child Poverty Rate Remains Unacceptably High
- Hunger Action Month: Time to Eliminate Hunger and Food Insecurity in Arkansas
- Lawmakers Returning to Work This Week Should Reject Costly Tax Cuts for the Wealthy
- Now is not the time for more tax cuts
- Arkansas Students with Disabilities and LEARNS Vouchers
- Arkansas has nation's highest rate of rural Medicaid coverage for kids
- Another 25k+ Children in Arkansas Lost Medicaid Coverage Last Month
- Loss of Local Control on the Rise
- The Marketplace: Affordable Health Coverage for Families Who Lose Medicaid
- 2023 Champion for Children Awardees
- Juneteenth 2023
- Untangling the Complexities of the Child Care Crisis
- Arkansas Ranks 43rd in Child Well-Being While Inaccessible Child Care Pushes Parents to the Breaking Point
- Another Month of Alarming Medicaid News
- Arkansas’s Progress in Pre-K Remains Stalled
- More than 20 National Patient Advocacy Organizations are Worried for Arkansans
- Arkansas's Medicaid Unwinding Report Raises Alarms
- Arkansas Legislature Further Erodes Local Democracy
- More Big Tax Cuts for Big Business
- Arkansas Advocates 2023 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 12
- The Importance of the CROWN Act
- Cuts To Top Tax Rate Endanger Services and Chiefly Benefit the Wealthy
- Arkansas Advocates 2023 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 11
- Sign the Petition to Invest in Arkansas Communities
- Vital Services at Risk With Income Tax Elimination
- Arkansas Advocates 2023 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 10
- Legislators: Please Stop Trying to Limit the Ballot Measure Process
- Arkansas Advocates 2023 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 9
- Arkansas Advocates 2023 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 8
- New Law Will Make Arkansas Youth More Vulnerable to Exploitation
- Arkansas Advocates 2023 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 7
- Arkansas LEARNS sets a dangerous course for public schools
- Arkansas Lawmakers Considering Dangerous Changes to State Child Labor Law
- 422,112 Arkansans At Risk of Losing Medicaid when Public Health Emergency Ends
- Arkansas Advocates 2023 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 6
- AACF Statement on Medicaid Work Requirements
- Arkansas Advocates 2023 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 5
- AACF Statement on Governor Sanders’ LEARNS Act
- The Case for Increasing Teacher Pay in Arkansas
- Arkansas Advocates 2023 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 4
- AACF announces new Executive Director
- Work Requirements Still Don’t Work
- Arkansas Advocates 2023 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 3
- Arkansas Advocates 2023 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 2
- Arkansas Advocates 2023 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 1
- AACF Statement on Gov. Sanders' Inaugural Vision
- A Fond Farewell to Our Executive Director
- Arkansas Should Help Protect Workers' Wages
- Omnibus bill includes big policy wins for Arkansas’s children
- AACF Announces Update to Executive Director Transition
- The State Makes Positive Strides for Maternal Health, But More is Needed
- Family Glitch Resolved Just In Time For The Marketplace Open Enrollment
- It’s Past Time for Congress to Address Food Insecurity: Families Need the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Passed Now
- New Census Data Point to Importance of Government Relief
- Hispanic Heritage Month is a Time to Reflect on the Strength of Our Immigrant Roots and Values
- Helping Arkansans Keep Medicaid Coverage as the Federal Public Health Emergency Ends
- Arkansas must change its strategy to prevent teen births
- Addressing the Childhood Mental Health Crisis in Arkansas
- Arkansas Legislature can choose not to tax student loan forgiveness
- Improving Health Outcomes for the Children of Arkansas
- Arkansas has room for improvement in providing quality education
- Incremental Improvements in Economic Well-Being Fall Too Short for Arkansas’s Children
- Arkansas Advocates 2022 Special Legislative Session Recap
- AACF Statement on School Safety Grants
- AACF Statement on 2022 Tax Cuts
- Lack of Data Impacts BIPOC Children in Arkansas
- AACF Statement on Maternal Health Care Initiatives
- Arkansas’s Child Well-Being Rank Falls to Bottom 10
- AACF to honor Sen. Joyce Elliott and Ray Hanley at annual luncheon
- For Healthy Pregnancies, Arkansas Should Streamline Medicaid Eligibility
- Creating a Healthier Arkansas for Black Women, Part 3
- A Decade of Tax Cuts for Arkansas's Rich and Powerful
- End of legal abortion in Arkansas will put pressure on systems serving children and families
- Why does Arkansas make it hard for some families to get food?
- Juneteenth 2022: Still Miles to Go Before We Rest
- Creating a Healthier Arkansas for Black Women, Part 2
- State Lawmakers Across the Country Thwart Local Democracy Through Preemption
- Congress should not extend corporate tax cuts without expanding the Child Tax Credit
- Arkansas to receive $786,560,790 in recovery funds
- AACF Statement on the shooting at Robb Elementary School
- Too Many Arkansas Preschoolers Didn’t Receive High-Quality Education Amid Pandemic
- Creating a Healthier Arkansas for Black Women
- To protect mothers, Arkansas needs better postpartum health coverage now
- Eliminating Needed Access to Food Programs This Summer Hurts Kids
- AACF Statement on Hutchinson's Rejection of Federal Funds
- Voting will look different this spring
- Expanded CTC Helped Keep Arkansas Families Afloat
- AACF Board of Directors Announce Executive Director Stepping Down
- Understanding the Vanderbilt Study of Tennessee Pre-K
- What is the Fiscal Session?
- For Black History Month, Let’s Focus on Black Excellence
- Important Soup Sunday Announcements!
- What's your advocacy resolution?
- Anti-Equity Bills Narrowly Avoided
- Arkansas is making the wrong investments
- Tax Cut Plan Even More Expensive, Skewed Toward the Wealthy
- Lessons Learned from the Medicaid: The Lived Experience Project
- Our State's Budget, Our State's Values
- Language Matters: Why I Choose Latine
- Proposed Cuts to the Top Tax Rate Are Costly and Heavily Favor the Rich
- Schools key to ensuring many children get the nutritious meals they need to thrive
- Cutting the Top Tax Rate is Bad Policy
- Seniors are Among Most Vulnerable for Food Insecurity
- WIC is a lifeline, and improving the program would benefit many
- Pandemic Highlights Glaring Issues with Food Assistance Programs
- How the City of Little Rock Met a Hunger Crisis Head On During the Pandemic
- AACF Statement on the Debt Ceiling
- Policy hurdles keep Marshallese in Arkansas from accessing hunger-fighting programs
- Lessons Learned from the Pandemic: Implementing Systems Change Can End Child Hunger
- WIC provides food security for new mom of twins during pandemic
- How Using a Racial Equity Lens Can Reduce Hunger for All Children
- Hispanic Heritage Month: Learn About and Celebrate the Rich Traditions, Cultures, and Contributions of Latino and Hispanic People
- More than 100 Arkansas community members and leaders call on Arkansans to help end hunger
- Cuts to the Top Tax Rate Worsen Racial Inequality, Don’t Help Growth
- How the Central Arkansas Library System Stepped Up to Ensure Kids Didn’t Go Hungry During the Pandemic
- A disappointing & dangerous Special Session for Arkansas’s kids & families
- Policy opportunities could help curb child hunger
- AACF Statement on COVID-19 Summer 2021 Surge
- Congress must step up. Arkansas’s children deserve better.
- Data: Arkansas needs a different strategy for preventing teen births
- Combating Racial Inequity Requires Bold and Intentional Changes
- Pride Month and a Reflection on Arkansas’s Recent Passage of Anti-Transgender Legislation
- Failure to get Arkansas’s children insured will lead to worsening health outcomes
- Data reveal Arkansas is slipping in our duty to educate and care for our kids
- Arkansas’s Persistently High Child Poverty Shows Need for Permanent CTC Expansion and State Solutions
- Arkansas's rankings are troubling in KIDS COUNT Data Book 2021
- Juneteenth National Independence Day: A First Step, But Not the Last
- Arkansas Medicaid Story Collection Project
- American Families Plan
- Arkansas Advocates 2021 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 16
- Arkansas Advocates 2021 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 15
- Arkansas Advocates 2021 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 14
- Arkansas Advocates 2021 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 13
- The American Rescue Plan & the Continued Need for State Investments
- Arkansas Advocates 2021 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 12
- Arkansas Advocates 2021 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 11
- Arkansas Advocates 2021 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 10
- Arkansas needs an implied warranty of habitability
- Arkansas Advocates 2021 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 9
- Arkansas Advocates 2021 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 8
- Arkansas Advocates 2021 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 7
- At long last, Medicaid coverage for Marshallese Arkansans
- Arkansas Advocates 2021 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 6
- Arkansas Advocates 2021 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 5
- Arkansas Advocates 2021 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 4
- Legislature considering voting-rights bills
- Arkansas Advocates 2021 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 3
- Arkansas Advocates 2021 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 2
- Arkansas Advocates 2021 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 1
- Hate Crimes Law: Let's Not Be Last
- What to watch and how to advocate during Arkansas's 93rd General Assembly
- Afterschool Alliance Releases New Data About Afterschool in Arkansas
- Arkansas data show families with children struggling during COVID crisis
- COVID-19 And Policy Update, Vol. 23
- Arkansas Can Help Fuel an Economic Recovery for All by Taxing Wealth and High Incomes
- Arkansas’s Lost Einsteins: Today’s Investments are Tomorrow’s Technologies and Medical Advancements
- Philanthropy and systemic change
- State EITC Most Efficient, Targeted Way to Cut Taxes for Working Arkansans
- AACF will push for hate crime legislation
- COVID-19 And Policy Update, Vol. 22
- We sent this memo to candidates, urging them to keep kids top of mind
- ACA repeal lawsuit would end health coverage for 230,000 Arkansans, new data show
- Children’s Health Coverage in Arkansas: Losing Ground at a Rapid Pace
- COVID-19 And Policy Update, Vol. 21
- Arkansas saw one of the biggest jumps in uninsured kids in USA over three years
- COVID-19 And Policy Update, Vol. 20
- COVID-19 And Policy Update, Vol. 19
- New data show troubling trend in health coverage and food security
- COVID-19 And Policy Update, Vol. 18
- Racist voter suppression continues
- COVID-19 And Policy Update, Vol. 17
- AACF Statement on the Reopening of Arkansas Public Schools
- AACF Statement: Hate Crime Proposal Is a Step To Building Equity
- COVID-19 And Policy Update, Vol. 16
- 56,900 Essential Workers in Arkansas at Risk from Medicaid Cuts
- AACF Statement: Senate Plan Doesn’t Meet Needs of Families, Match Scope of Unprecedented Economic Challenges
- COVID-19 And Policy Update, Vol. 15
- Issue 3 is Bad for Arkansans
- Unemployment Insurance Helped Create Demand -- and Jobs
- Arkansans need a 15 percent SNAP increase
- Federal COVID-19 Recommendations: Bold Action Necessary
- COVID-19 And Policy Update, Vol. 14
- Resources for Racial Equity
- Weekly COVID-19 And Policy Update, Vol. 13
- ACA repeal more dangerous than ever for Arkansans during pandemic and economic crisis
- Arkansas Ranks as Bottom-Quarter State for Babies
- Arkansas losing ground in several national child well-being rankings
- Weekly COVID-19 and Policy Update, Vol. 12
- Juneteenth: An American Holiday
- DACA Ruling Is a Reprieve, But We Need Solutions
- 110,000 Arkansans missing out on $101 million in stimulus payments
- Weekly COVID-19 and Policy Update, Vol. 11
- Voters First
- COVID-19 Weekly Policy Update, Vol. 10
- Including ITIN filers in stimulus payments helps families and state finances
- Black Lives Matter
- COVID-19 Weekly Policy Update, Vol. 9
- Families to Receive Meal Replacement Assistance
- COVID-19: 3 Policy Principles to Advance Equity
- Arkansas's Pacific Islanders Harder Hit by Pandemic
- The Color of Coronavirus: Black Arkansans Face Higher Risk of Death from COVID-19
- COVID-19 Weekly Policy Update, Vol. 8
- COVID-19 Weekly Policy Update, Vol. 7
- COVID-19 Weekly Policy Update, Vol. 6
- COVID-19 Weekly Policy Update, Vol. 5
- COVID-19 Weekly Policy Update, Vol. 4
- Arkansas must do more to support our health care workers fighting COVID-19
- Arkansas Needs Significantly More Fiscal Support to Address the Severe Health and Economic Harms of COVID-19
- COVID-19 Weekly Policy Update, Vol. 3
- COVID-19 Unemployment Rate Already Rivals the Great Recession
- COVID-19 Weekly Policy Update, Vol. 2
- Looking Ahead During Unprecedented Times
- Arkansas Advocates COVID-19 Policy Recap, Vol. 1
- Help Is On The Way for Unemployed, But More Reform Needed in Arkansas
- Arkansas's Latino Children Nearly Four Times More Likely to be Uninsured
- Underlying Health Issues Put Arkansans at Higher Risk
- Coronavirus and the Prospect of an Economic Recession
- Medicaid and ARKids First Will Play a Critical Role in Pandemic
- Coronavirus Highlights Public Health Policy Issues
- 2020 Census: How You Can Help
- Census 2020: Arkansas Needs an Accurate and Complete Count
- Black History Month 2020: Reflections on a Sunday Morning in 1964
- Appeals Court delivers another blow to Arkansas’s Medicaid work reporting requirement
- Proposed 2021 Budget: A $4.8 Trillion Attack on the Most Vulnerable Americans
- President’s Proposed Cuts Puts State Budget At Risk
- The U.S. Census and Racial Equity
- House Districts with a Primary Race in 2020, Part Two
- Black History Month Photo Challenge: Week 1
- House Districts with a Primary Race in 2020
- Block Grants for Medicaid Would Put Arkansans at Risk
- Court Order on Public Charge Will Create Harm
- More than 116,000 children would benefit from a high-quality early child care and education system in Arkansas
- Senate Districts with a Primary Race in 2020
- Equitable Economic Development Part 2: What Works For Economic Growth and Equity
- Democrats Should Stop Trying to Cut Taxes for the Wealthy and Invest in Kids Instead
- Special Election for House District 34
- Equitable Economic Development Part 1: Why Tax Breaks for Business are a Bad Deal for Public Budgets
- Running for Arkansas: A New Blog Series from AACF
- Implementing Work Requirements Caused Health Premiums to Increase for Arkansans
- Local Schools: Counting on You to Take the Census
- Open Enrollment Nov.1-Dec. 15; Qualifying Arkansans Can Save $ on Health Insurance
- Progress Has Stalled in Covering Arkansas Children with Health Insurance
- ARKids First: Low-Cost or Free Health Insurance for Arkansas's Children
- Substance Use Disorders and Medicaid Expansion: How do they Intersect?
- Appeal of Arkansas Works Work Reporting Requirement Heard in Federal Court
- What's the Big Deal About the 2020 Census?
- Honoring the Elaine Massacre Victims with Legislative Action
- New Census Data Show Worrying Increase in Child Poverty, Uninsured Rates in Arkansas
- Arkansas Shows Improvement in Number of Children Living in Concentrated Poverty
- AACF Comments on Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility
- Census 2020: Counting the Hard to Count
- AACF Statement on the Future of the Little Rock School District
- Survey Says: More People Without Insurance; Employment and Incomes Rising, If Unevenly
- Census Data Releases: What to Look for in Which Data Sets
- Get Engaged in Education Advocacy in September
- State of Working Arkansas
- Who Benefits from Opportunity Zones?
- Arkansas Can Strengthen Its Economy and Communities With Four Inclusive Policies for Immigrants
- Get Involved in Education: Advocacy Works!
- New Public Charge Rule Puts Millions of Kids at Risk
- New school discipline laws aim to help all kids stay safe and engaged in learning
- Why Children Under 5 Are Left Out of the Census
- Assessment Finds an Arkansas EITC Would Lead to Healthier Arkansans
- AACF Recaps New Education Laws on the Books This Week
- More Evidence: Minimum Wage Increases Raise Pay Without Decreasing Employment
- New CBO Report Shows Big Reductions in Family Poverty
- AACF Comments on Changes to the Poverty Line
- AACF and Partners Applaud Census Ruling
- How are Arkansas's Families and Communities Doing?
- Children's Health in Arkansas: Losing Ground on Key Measures
- Arkansas Students Need Help in Math and Reading Proficiency
- The Kids Are... Doing Better, Still Not Great
- Arkansas Rises in Overall State Child Well-Being Ranking
- Legitimate Concerns Over Poverty Measure, But Proposed Changes Miss the Mark
- You Can Help Move Arkansas from Adequacy to Excellence in Education
- New Report Finds Medicaid Expansion Leads to Healthier Mothers and Babies
- Cheers to our Legislative Champions!
- 2018 State of Preschool report ranks Arkansas 5th in access for 3-year-olds
- Hurray for Tax (Credits) Day!
- Arkansas Advocates 2019 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 13
- New proposal gives needed boost to Arkansas's working families
- Medicaid is a Lifeline for Arkansas Children and Families
- Arkansas Advocates 2019 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 12
- Report: More Arkansas Foster Children Connected to Families
- We Must Count All Children
- Arkansas Advocates 2019 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 11
- Judge’s ruling saves thousands more Arkansans from losing health care
- Helping Our Littlest Learners by Supporting the Early Childhood Workforce
- Arkansas should focus taxpayer dollars on improving public schools
- Arkansas Advocates 2019 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 10
- Call NOW: Ask your Rep to vote NO on Restrictions on Food Assistance
- Reducing smoking in Arkansas: part of the solution lies in the tax code
- Arkansas Advocates 2019 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 9
- Arkansas Advocates 2019 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 8
- Major Juvenile Justice Reform Signed into Law
- Arkansas Advocates 2019 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 7
- Arkansas Advocates 2019 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 6
- A “Perfect Storm” is Brewing for Arkansas's Low-Income Taxpayers This Session
- Arkansas Advocates 2019 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 5
- Arkansas Advocates 2019 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 4
- Arkansas Advocates 2019 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 3
- Tax Cut Bill Filed: Plan Revised But Not Fixed
- Arkansas Advocates 2019 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 2
- AACF Welcomes Missy Darwin Kincaid in NWA
- Arkansas Advocates 2019 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 1
- Confusion Contributing to Dramatic Loss of Coverage
- Arkansas Can Boost Opportunity and Combat Inequality by Expanding Wealth Taxes
- Donate to AACF Now to Help Children Tomorrow and Beyond
- Report: Arkansas Kids' Uninsured Rate on the Rise
- Arkansas Advocates Celebrates #GivingTuesday
- Governor's Plan to Reform Juvenile Justice System is Great News for Arkansas Children and Families
- The Governor's Proposed Personal Income Tax Cut: Who Wins and Who Loses?
- Data Reveal Strengths, Weaknesses of Foster System
- Tax Proposals Target Benefits to Those at the Top, Corporations
- Arkansas Tax System Worsens Economic Inequality
- Arkansas Advocates' Statement Opposing Issue 1
- Children Would Suffer Under Proposed Federal Rule
- Arkansas Missing Opportunities for Young Parents and Their Kids
- Medicaid Expansion Drastically Cut Arkansas Rural Uninsured Rate
- 1 in 4 Arkansas Workers Would Benefit from Minimum Wage Increase
- Thousands of Arkansans Dropped from Coverage: Latest Report on the Impact of the Work Reporting Requirement
- School Discipline that Works: Helping All Kids Learn and Thrive
- Part IV: Economic Security and Family Supports are Critical to Early Childhood Development
- AACF & Partners Respond to Tax Task Force Vote
- Part III: Quality Early Childhood Education is the Building Block of Success in K-12 and Beyond
- AACF Statement on Medicaid Lawsuit
- Citizenship Question Threatens Accuracy of Census
- AACF's Northwest AR Director Laura Kellams Celebrates 10 Years!
- Itchy Tax Trigger Finger: Tax Foundation Says Aim Toward Foot
- Employment Opportunity: AACF Seeks Senior Policy Analyst
- One Month into Medicaid Work Requirement, Warning Lights are Already Flashing
- Ninety-Six Percent of Arkansas Kids Now Have Health Insurance, But Other Areas Need Improvement
- Education Progress is Stalling, Leaving an Uncertain Future for Kids and Our State
- Arkansas Child Poverty Rate Sees Improvement; Investments Needed to Maintain Gains
- AR Poverty Rate Improving, According to Latest National Rankings
- Threats to Immigrant Families Escalate, Impact Arkansas
- The Good and The Bad: Tax Task Force Narrows Down Policies for Consideration
- New Reports Say Medicaid Eligibility Restrictions are Complex, Costly
- A Test of Our Own Prejudice
- AACF Co-Presents "The Raising of America" Documentary
- Remembering What the American Health Care Act Could Have Meant
- Arkansas's Fading Corporate Income Tax
- Proposed Property Tax Cut Is Yet Another That Benefits the Wealthy
- Arkansas Needs a Back-Up Plan for Online Sales Taxes
- National Report Shows Arkansas's Pre-K Quality Standards Remain High, but State Investment is Stalling
- On Tax Day, a Look at How Federal Tax Changes Impact Arkansans
- New Poll Finds Arkansans Strongly Support State-Level EITC, Investing in Children's Programs
- Join Us - and Give Kids a Voice at the Capitol!
- Fiscal and Special Sessions Education Recap
- Jonesboro Pre-K's First Class is All Grown Up
- Experts Agree: Arkansas Needs a Sales Tax Revamp
- AACF Statement on the March 24th March for Our Lives Arkansas Event
- Trump Budget Has Everything We Hated About Health Legislation Last Year (And Worse)
- E.I.T.C. Spells LOVE for Kids and Families in Arkansas
- Part II: Positive Early Learning Experiences Help Infants and Toddlers Become School-Ready
- Part I: Good Health is Essential for Infants and Toddlers to Become School-Ready
- AACF Statement on Work Requirements in Arkansas Works Program
- Standing Up for Kids During the 2018 Elections
- 2018 Voters' Guide
- What do muffin tins have to do with Soup Sunday?
- The Governor's State of the State Address: What Was Left Unsaid?
- Down to the Wire: Tax Task Force Looks at Internet Sales
- Fiscal Session Starts Monday - Here's What You Need to Know
- Paid Leave: To Finish the Job We Need Smart Policy
- AACF Testimony: Providing an Adequate and Equitable Education
- Here's Why Arkansas Needs a State EITC
- What the Governor's Proposed Budget Means for Arkansas Children and Families
- Long Overdue: CHIP Agreement Reached
- It's All About the Context: A Closer Look at Arkansas's Income Tax
- Apply to be a State Policy Fellow!
- AACF Statement on Passage of GOP Tax Plan
- Friendly Competition? Tax Policy Among States
- AACF Statement on Passage of Senate Tax Bill
- Untangling Arkansas's Sales Taxes
- Tax Bills Miss the Mark on The Child Tax Credit: A Wasted Opportunity
- Arkansas's Medicaid Expansion Saves Lives
- House Tax Plan: Benefit for Richest in Arkansas Grows Over Time
- Children's Health Coverage Shouldn't Be Partisan
- Hard-Working Arkansans Not Winners in Tax Plan
- During Insurance Enrollment Period, Consumer Help Available
- AACF Statement on Today's Congressional Budget Vote
- Governor Declares Lights On! Afterschool Day
- Report: Arkansas Children in Immigrant Families Face Toughest Climb
- Bipartisan Health Agreement is A Critical First Step
- White House Health Changes Will Hit Hard in Arkansas
- Arkansas Advocates: A 40-Year Legacy
- At Task Force: EITC An Option For Simplification and Fairness
- Happy 40th Birthday, AACF!
- 43 Years of Advocacy for Children and Families: An AACF Timeline
- Failure of Repeal Effort is a Relief for Arkansas
- House Budget Plan Would Hurt Arkansas Families
- Arkansas To Lose Billions with Latest Health Reform Plan
- New Census Data: Arkansas Poverty Improves, Disparities Remain
- New Repeal Bill Still the Wrong Prescription for Arkansas
- New Census Data Shows the Affordable Care Act is Working for Arkansas
- Census Shows: Policies Remain Critical for our Economic Success
- Tax Task Force Adds Consultant
- DACA, the Trump Administration, and the Future of America’s Children
- The Trump Tax Plan: What Would It Mean for Arkansas?
- DACA Ending - Dreamers Need Your Help Now!
- Back to School Means More than Just the End of Summer to Many Arkansas Kids
- Federal Health Care Recap and Update
- Celebrating Medicaid's 52nd Birthday
- AACF Statement on the Federal Health Care Bill
- AACF Presents at Tax Reform and Relief Task Force Meeting
- Amended Health Bill Removes Key Consumer Protections, Still Guts Medicaid
- Enormous Coverage Losses in AR Under Senate Health Plan
- Kansas (and North Carolina) to Arkansas: Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You
- 10 Reasons the Senate Health Reform Bill is Dangerous for Arkansas
- Submit Your Feedback on Arkansas's ESSA Plan by June 30!
- AACF Comments on Changes to Arkansas Works Coverage Program
- Unemployment Rate May Be Down, But the Kids are Not Alright
- The Tax Reform and Relief Task Force is Just Warming Up
- Quality Pre-K Still Needs State Investment to Thrive
- Child Health Data Shows Wins on Coverage, But Plenty of Room for Improvement
- Infographic: Public Policies To Help AR Improve Outcomes for Kids
- Arkansas Among Bottom States in Latest National Rankings for Economic Well-Being
- The American Health Care Act Would Effectively End ACA Medicaid Expansion
- Medicaid is Lifeline to Health Coverage for Families in Rural Arkansas
- New Congressional Budget Office Report Shows Federal Health Care Bill Still Harmful for Kids and Families
- Federal Health Care Bill Would Hit Rural Arkansas Hard
- Federal Health Care Bill Particularly Harmful in Arkansas
- The Health Care Dance Continues: Arkansas Takes One Step Forward and Two Steps Back
- AACF Seeks Part-Time Administrative Assistant
- Opportunities to Promote Early Learning and Grade-Level Reading in Arkansas’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Plan
- Arkansas Works 2.0 Brings Even More Changes for Low-Income Arkansans
- Raise Your Voice: Town Hall Meetings Across the State this Month
- AACF Statement on Arkansas Better Chance (ABC) Funding
- The 2017 Legislative Session: What it Means for Children and Families
- ICYMI: This week at the Capitol, March 27-31
- VIDEO: Gov. Hutchinson Signs House Concurrent Resolution 1012
- The Con of the ConCon Rears Its Ugly Head at the Arkansas Legislature - Again
- Tweet Your Legislators: #ShowPreKSomeLove. Let's Fund it Now!
- AACF Statement on the American Health Care Act (AHCA)
- It's Time to Fund the Positive Youth Development Act
- Tell Gov. Hutchinson: It's Time to Invest in Pre-K!
- ICYMI: This Week at the Arkansas State Capitol, March 13-17
- The SNAP Attack Continues at the AR State Capitol
- Privatizing Education Puts Our Kids and Our Democracy at Risk
- ICYMI: This week at the Arkansas State Capitol, March 6-10
- ARKids First turns 20!
- Push and pull for payday lenders
- Call Your Legislator Today to Support Funding for Quality Pre-K!
- Evangelical leaders urge Gov. Hutchinson to support quality pre-K
- ICYMI: Weekly Legislative Update Feb. 27-March 3
- New solution will open Medicaid to legally residing Marshallese children
- The fate of quality pre-K is in YOUR hands!
- SNAP Bill Goes from Bad to Worse
- ICYMI: This week at the Arkansas State Capitol, Feb. 20-24
- Saying No Way to Tooth Decay for Kids in Arkansas
- ICYMI: This week at the AR State Capitol
- The Con of the ConCon
- UPDATED: Making Sense of the Amazon and Online Sales Tax Debate at the Arkansas Legislature
- Paid Leave: A giant first step for Arkansas
- SNAP update: A new threat
- ACA Repeal Would Undermine Arkansas Education Goals
- State General Revenue Budget Highlights FY 2018
- Statement on Governor Hutchinson's Low-Income Tax Plan
- Gov. Hutchinson's low-income tax plan: A good start, but needs work
- 6 ways to make 2017 more prosperous for all Arkansans
- Legislative session begins today! Here's how you can serve as a voice for Arkansas's children.
- Share your #ARKidsFirst Story!
- What the Gov's proposed budget could mean for key agencies
- Arkansas Among States with Highest Income Inequality
- Part III: Hunger and ABAWDs Waivers
- Report Shows Repeal of ACA Would Double Number of Uninsured Kids
- We're #ThankfulForPrek and thankful for you!
- Part II: Child Hunger in Arkansas and Community Eligibility
- Why are you #ThankfulForPreK?
- Gov. Hutchinson's Revenue Forecast: A Solid Start
- Part I: Child Hunger in Arkansas and the Importance of SNAP
- New Report Celebrates Historic Gains in Children’s Health Coverage
- Putting Kids First on November 8
- AACF and ARAAP Shared Statement on Issues 6 & 7
- State Releases Plan to Overhaul Fragmented Mental Health System
- UPDATE: Census data shows one in five Arkansans live in poverty
- New Census data shows Arkansas continues to make historic health coverage gains
- New Census data: poverty numbers have improved, but work is far from over
- Arkansas's $100K wild goose chase
- Delta Grassroots Caucus to host economic equality event
- Research justifies bipartisan support of Arkansas preK
- Statement from Paul Kelly on Juvenile Justice Information Exchange story
- AACF's New Special Education Report and Next Steps for the Taskforce
- Garland County is committed to pre-K
- What do end-of-year revenue numbers really tell us?
- Becoming Your Brain's CEO
- Children living in poverty is decreasing, but we're still in the bottom 10 states
- Report shows coverage gains, but room for progress in child health
- Arkansas climbs eight spots in national child economic well-being rankings
- Unequal wage growth hurts average families
- Closing the Opportunity Gap
- AACF Statement on 5-Year Highway Funding Plan
- 5-Year Highway Plan Won't Get Us Far
- NIEER Annual Yearbook Released Today
- Dr. Steven Barnett to speak in Little Rock Friday, May 6
- #PreKstories: Bryant, Arkansas
- The Arkansas Legislature’s Continued Attack on the Poor
- Statement on the Little Rock School District Decision
- Game On: How Would You Balance the Budget to Put the Needs of Arkansas Kids First?
- Health Care for Thousands Left Hanging in the Balance
- Proposed Fiscal Session Budget Cuts Endanger Children in Foster Care
- ACTION ALERT: Stop major cuts to pre-K, other critical services
- The Future of Arkansas's Education System Depends on Funding "Arkansas Works"
- Time for a Change: Reforming the Juvenile Justice System
- Update - Managed Care in Arkansas: Access, Costs, and Quality Matter
- Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families Appoints New Board Members
- State agencies asked to do more with less
- ICYMI: Racial Disparities Remain in Arkansas School Discipline Practices
- Why aren’t Arkansas families keeping their health care coverage?
- Delay Kindergarten? It could be a good idea (if you’re in Denmark).
- Small surpluses will foil highway plan
- When your paycheck doesn’t cut it
- A Spotlight on Achievement Gaps
- Problems down the road with governor’s highway plan
- AACF statement on governor's highway funding proposal
- Uninsured rate for Hispanic children twice that of state average
- What’s in a “C-”?
- We’ve only just begun: Less money for public services at halfway mark
- Special Education Task Force Update
- Watch this video to find out more about AACF
- Work requirements for Private Option miss the mark
- Arkansas Works on changes to the Private Option
- “Surplus” is a backhanded compliment
- What do #ARKidsNeed from 0-8? You tell us!
- Managed care in Arkansas: access, costs, and quality matter
- This is why we can’t have nice things
- ForwARd to quality pre-K funding
- No such thing as free money
- Businesses Bank on Pre-K
- Why Race and Poverty Matter in Arkansas’s School Grading System
- AACF Applauds Carvers for Well-Deserved Honor
- Protect credits that help veterans
- Weak revenue growth hurts communities
- Restorative Justice Approaches to School Discipline
- Uninsured rate for kids now below 5 percent
- Dear Arkansas, Where do you see yourself in five years?
- AACF Earns Community Excellence Award
- Breaking down the Stephen Group Medicaid report
- Tax cuts weighing down revenue growth
- "The Private Option has been a blessing for us."
- Private Option is working for Arkansas, but where do beneficiaries work?
- ICYMI: Arkansas schools still disproportionally punishing black students
- Coding Careers are Built on Pre-K
- NWA Business Leaders Praise Early Education Investment
- Times are still tough for minority families
- With Too Many Arkansans Struggling, Now is the time for a State EITC
- Health reform is helping Arkansas according to new Census data
- Giving working families the credit they deserve
- 3 things you should know about school funding
- Supports for workers are at risk
- All you need to know about the Arkansas economy
- 4 things you should know about pre-K and the economy
- Statement on Medicaid and Private Option renewals
- Poverty line wages are too low
- #KeepARCoverage
- Statement on Threats to Medicaid
- Arkansas leads nation in reducing uninsured, but coverage terminations threaten progress
- Get the full story on minimum wage news
- Thousands of Arkansans may lose health coverage
- More programs for kids possible with extra revenue
- Medicaid at 50: A look at the long-term benefits in Arkansas
- Kathryn Hazelett to join AACF
- Being smart about tax cuts
- Let's end solitary confinement of youth
- Study shows uninsured kids still at record low
- Data Book shows need for pre-K funding boost
- The cost of an unpredictable work schedule
- Child poverty is too high, state holding steady on kids' health
- 5 things you should know about race equity and the 2015 session
- Statement on Supreme Court decision
- Watch our latest video and tell us your #prekstories
- Non-violent misdemeanor offender on the run
- ARKids First still a huge success in covering kids
- Supreme Court ruling on health subsidies will impact thousands in Arkansas
- Enter the #ARSummerReads contest
- Mental health issues create challenges for Arkansas's youngest students
- May revenues are up
- Good 2 Great in Arkansas: an update
- Too many foster children on the move
- Report shows lack of funding putting strain on pre-K
- Too many children in child welfare system not living in families
- A bump up for kids’ coverage in Arkansas
- Arkansas moms need our help
- Dr. Joan Lombardi to speak in Little Rock on Friday
- If bosses steal, Arkansas workers have few laws to protect themselves
- Tell us your #prekstories
- Time to protect Arkansas renters
- Celebrating public education
- Time to address gaps in behavioral health system
- Pondering equity and education on anniversary of King's letter
- AACF thanks Senators for renewing kids' health coverage
- On taxes, broccoli, and instant gratification
- Poverty can change how kids learn
- AACF Weekly Legislative Update Vol. 12
- Revenues down in March
- AACF statement on increase in pre-K funding
- No Luck in Improving NSLA Spending This Session
- AACF Weekly Legislative Update Vol. 11
- Drug-testing beneficiaries is bad policy
- Thanking the Arkansas delegation for CHIP vote
- Law enforcement group supports pre-K increase
- Capital gains tax cuts for the wealthy make a comeback
- AACF Weekly Legislative Summary Vol. 10
- More threats to unemployment benefits on the horizon
- Arkansas Gives is on April 2
- AACF Weekly Legislative Update Vol. 9
- Three bills don’t pass the test
- Tax cuts for the super-rich could return
- Evangelical leaders encourage Gov. Hutchinson to support pre-K
- A Step in the Right Direction for Improvements in Special Education
- AACF Weekly Legislative Update Vol. 8
- Hard times ahead for Arkansas families?
- Reducing soda pop tax will take the fizz out of Medicaid
- February revenue above forecast
- Reducing youth incarceration in Arkansas
- AACF Weekly Legislative Update Vol. 7
- New Bill for Working Families
- Check out the soup list for Northwest Arkansas Soup Sunday!
- AACF Weekly Legislative Update Vol. 6
- Why #BlackLivesMatter – in Arkansas too
- AACF and partners hosting press conference today
- Robbing Peter to pay Paul
- AACF Weekly Legislative Update Vol. 5
- AACF Weekly Legislative Update Vol. 4
- Statement on Private Option passage
- Show pre-K some love!
- Wonky Word Wednesday: Consumer Price Index
- January revenue up, above expectations
- Open Enrollment ends February 15
- AACF Weekly Legislative Update Vol. 3
- Corporate loopholes are costing Arkansas
- Child poverty in northwest Arkansas
- Kids Count Day at the Capitol - The budget is a moral document
- Changing how we tax capital gains
- AACF sits down with Tom-FM
- AACF Weekly Legislative Update Vol. 2
- Governor's tax plan leaves out poorest Arkansans
- AACF statement on Gov. Hutchinson's Private Option speech
- Correcting the record on pre-K
- Wonky Word Wednesday: restorative justice
- Arkansas ranks 11th in tax burden on poor
- Monthly Revenue Report: December
- Arkansas gets passing grade on pre-K, improvements needed
- Wonky Word Wednesday: Common Core
- AACF Weekly Legislative Update Vol. 1
- New Private Option fact sheet shows benefits to state
- Education: Year in review, with hopes for 2015
- 5 things you need to know about poverty in Arkansas
- 4 things you should know about budget surpluses in Arkansas
- Federal pre-K grant provides needed boost, doesn't solve funding issues in Arkansas
- School arrests on the rise
- Wage theft costs Arkansas workers
- VIDEO: Business community knows importance of pre-K
- Monthly revenue report for November
- Wonky Word Wednesday: progressive and regressive taxes
- Dec. 2 is Giving Tuesday
- Two Budget Proposals from Beebe
- Wonky Word Wednesday: Food insecurity
- Details on our Pre-Legislative Conferences
- AACF statement on (lack of) pre-K funding
- The pre-K clock is ticking
- Supporting enrollment in Arkansas
- Changes to private option could hurt families
- State EITC would help working families
- Private Option really working out for Arkansas hospitals
- National report notes gains for uninsured kids in Arkansas
- AACF statement on elections and moving forward
- Pre-K gives Arkansas kids a strong start
- Monthly revenue report for October
- Wonky Word Wednesday: COLA
- Misuse of poverty funding hurts poorer kids
- Wonky Word Wednesday: Living wage
- Mandatory retention policies could do more harm than good for Arkansas students
- AACF welcomes Kerri Michael Sernel
- Organizations launch effort to promote health enrollment
- Key revenue sources above expectations in August
- Success and setbacks in open enrollment prove need for education, outreach
- AACF welcomes Marquita Little
- Survey on racial profiling needs your help
- Three things you should know about flat taxes
- Education news as kids head back to school
- Economic hardship hurts Arkansas kids
- Arkansas shows nation's largest drop in uninsured, but challenges remain
- Common Core in Arkansas, illustrated
- Monthly revenue report for July
- Support free meals for Arkansas students
- What would it take to be number one?
- Poverty guidelines are out of date
- Investments in health, education paying off for Arkansas kids
- New report confirms AACF findings on school discipline
- Pre-K, not prisons
- Accounting year ends in surplus
- Report shows Private Option making a difference
- Children entering foster care may be better served at home
- Juneteenth - Freedom through education
- 85 percent of minimum wage earners are over 20
- Thousands of Arkansas kids rely on CTC renewal
- What makes special revenue special?
- Moving forward with the ACA, Private Option
- Thinking of men's health as Father's Day approaches
- Children will lose access to affordable health coverage if state drops part-time teacher and state employee insurance
- Modest Revenues in May
- Bailey Perkins to rejoin AACF as state policy fellow
- Tamika Edwards to join AACF as director of governmental affairs
- AACF statement on Common Core State Standards
- Covering the bases on Common Core
- How to "fix" schools in academic distress
- Tax breaks don't get people moving
- State-level EITC means more Arkansans can conquer poverty
- Speaking up for adequate education
- Annual pre-K report underlines need for more funding
- Crossing into new territory with 25,000 newly-covered kids
- Giving thanks to Arkansas moms
- Broadband is an educational adequacy issue
- April General Revenues See Predicted Dip
- HUGE NEWS - 25,000 kids with new health coverage
- Pre-K is OK in Oklahoma
- Youth Detention Should Be Limited
- Why quality teachers matter
- Recapping the March revenue report
- Children of color face barriers
- Children of Color Face Barriers
- More negative outcomes for students of color
- Minimum wage increase will save on SNAP
- Get enrolled: one student's enrollment story
- Poverty guidelines are out of date
- Fiscal session budget wrap-up: what changed?
- Improving the EITC will help Arkansans
- Arkansas’s Private Option lives on, with new amendments. Now what?
- AACF statement on passage of the Private Option
- Looking back, forward for Marshallese families in Arkansas
- Inequality in Arkansas needs a tune up!
- Dr. Wells - Private Option will help my patients
- Income inequality is hurting Arkansas
- Amendments to Private Option are bad public policy, will hurt enrollment
- Anita: Not having coverage has been really tough
- Some facts on the Private Option
- Poverty spending on education needs focus
- Hope: The Private Option brings peace of mind
- Poverty numbers don't look good for Arkansas
- AACF statement on delay of employer mandate in ACA
- Charter schools underperforming in Arkansas
- DHS to host hearing on Private Option Tuesday at 10 a.m.
- AACF applauds U.S. Senate for immigration reform vote
- Arkansas ranks 40th nationally in annual child well-being rankings
- AACF to hold Post-Legislative Conference in Jonesboro on June 28
- NSLA Funding in the 89th General Assembly
- Sequestration hits Arkansas education funding hard
- Immigration reform: A boon to the Arkansas economy
- Pre-K closes the education gap
- Number of uninsured kids on the decline
- Arkansas holds steady in national preschool report rankings
- AACF statement on passage of Private Option
- School discipline bill heads to the governor's office
- Small minority blocks popular "Private Option" bill
- "Private Option" good for veterans
- Strengthening voluntary home visiting programs - a legislative victory
- Drug-testing unemployment beneficiaries is bad policy
- Rough week for tax fairness at the Capitol
- Access to health coverage for low-income workers good for business
- Tax cuts for high earners don't spur the economy
- Highway Robbery bill still hurts services for kids
- Juvenile Justice in Arkansas: Building on Success
- Medicaid Monday: This is why health coverage matters
- Benefits of HB 1585 go to wealthy, low-income families left out
- New Outreach and Enrollment Opportunities (please apply!)
- Keeping low-income families in mind as debate moves forward
- What about this "private option" for strengthening Medicaid?
- The debate on extending Medicaid has changed
- New Kids Count report shows youth incarceration up 20 in Arkansas since 1997
- Medicaid Monday: What's in it for kids?
- Medicaid recap
- Drug Testing for Unemployment Insurance: Unnecessary, Not Helpful, and Possibly Unconstitutional
- Copays affect Medicaid recipients, providers
- Industries, low-income Arkansas workers to benefit from Medicaid expansion
- Spending Caps Mean Bad News for Kids and Families
- Black students more likely to be punished in Arkansas schools
- Locking up non-violent youthful offenders does not pay
- State education leaders tout real education reform agenda
- Huddleston: Gov Beebe on Right Track
- New Report Shows Importance of Immigrant Families to Arkansas's Economy
- 8 Principles to Guide Tax and Budget Policy
- Arkansas is a national leader in covering kids.
- Why grade-level reading matters
- More details on proposed DHS cuts
- AACF looks forward to working with new legislature
- Youth and work
- October is Advocacy & Organizing Month
- 80,000 Arkansas parents stand to benefit from Medicaid extension
- Health coverage exchange moving forward in Arkansas
- Make Plans to Attend Our Upcoming Advocacy Academy
- Happy Birthday AACF
- AACF to Host Documentary Screenings, Panel Discussions
- Countdown to more coverage options begins today
- Poverty numbers don't look good for Arkansas
- Study shows minority students graduate at lower rates than white counterparts
- Policy Cafe in Conway Oct. 2
- Policy Cafe in Conway Oct. 2
- Questions to Ask About the Issues That Matter
- Questions to Ask About the Issues That Matter
- Add Gov. Beebe to List of Supporters of Medicaid Extension
- Study shows minority students graduate at lower rates than white counterparts
- SISTERS UNITED working to reduce infant mortality
- Executive Director Rich Huddleston named one of state's 50 most influential
- Save the Date: AACF to Hold Advocacy Academy on August 29
- Top 10 reasons to extend Medicaid to those who qualify
- Arkansas 42nd in National Child Well-Being Rankings
- Arkansas Medicaid Expansion: It Makes Cents
- Children of Immigrants Important to Arkansas’s Future Economic Success
- AACF Applauds Barth Appointment to Arkansas State Board of Education
- What Would You Ask the Candidates?
- The Art of Governing
- Supreme Court upholds health reform; more Americans will now have coverage
- Arkansas Should Not Follow Arizona and Others in Cracking-Down on Immigrant Population
- AACF Applauds SC Ruling on Juvenile Sentencing, Says State Can Do More
- AACF Applauds President's Immigration Policy, Calls For State-Level Dream Act
- When Adults Hurt Children in the Name of Political Gain
- Get in the Game
- Making Sure the Health Insurance Exchange Works For Arkansas Families
- Don't Cut the Kids
- A Level Playing Field?
- Congress breaks promise, votes against working families
- Kellams Named Honorary Social Worker of the Year
- Arkansas should ensure every student has the resources needed to succeed
- Health Care Advocacy Having a Positive Impact on Kids
- Child Poverty Rate in Chicot County over 50 percent
- Invest in Children, Invest in the Future
- Budget Cuts Mean More than Politics to Abused Children
- Arkansas students are lagging behind. We can do better
- Public safety - Funded by our tax dollars
- Head Start - Funded by our tax dollars
- Pitching in for the common good
- It's Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day
- How are public schools funded in Arkansas? We'll tell you how.
- Affordable Care Act helps Arkansas kids get preventive care
- Denial of "pre-existing conditions" no longer a threat to Arkansas children
- New Figures on Child Poverty Show Upward Trend
- A Tale of Two Sundays
- The Trouble with Tax Rankings
- Proposed budget cuts could be harmful to Arkansas children
- ommunity-based alternatives better than secure confinement for juveniles, report says
- AACF Executive Director Rich Huddleston's Statement on President Obama's 2013 Budget Proposa
- The 2012 Fiscal Session Starts Next Week
- Arkansas Ranked 44th in Recent Assets and Opportunities Scorecard
- Get Tickets While They Last!
- More Kids Covered by Health Insurance but Challenges Linger
- AACF Hires New Communications Director
- Arkansas Ranks 47th in Child Well-Being Index
- Study on Impact of Family Structure on Economic Mobility Released
- December Revenue Forecast Shows Some Improvement
- Time to Cut the Red Tape
- Combined Reporting Gets Interim Study
- Announcing our new health policy director
- Exciting news about ARKids and Medicaid
- Arkansas Youth Justice Case Heads to U.S. Supreme Court
- October Revenue Collections Slightly Below Forecast
- The Federal Balanced Budget Amendment: How can something that sounds so good be so destructive?
- Protect Arkansans During Deficit Reduction
- Medicaid block grants would devastate Arkansas health system
- In defense of the poor
- Arkansas Kids DO Count: What it takes to be #1
- State Tax Increases Don’t Lead to Migration
- Keeping up with changes in the Arkansas health care system
- Our View of the Federal Deficit Deal
- Revenue collections down slightly in July
- Tell Congress: Balanced Approach
- Medicaid Cuts Loom Over Arkansas Families
- Debt Ceiling Talks Hit New Low
- ALERT: Tell Senators DO NOT CUT Medicaid
- Landmark Medicaid Study Proves Benefits to Poor
- Consumer voices needed in state Medicaid reform!
- Medicaid cuts could cut Arkansas enrollment in half
- Ask Justices to Require Taping of Juvenile Interrogations
- Study: Quality Pre-K Reduces Crime, Drug Use
- Study finds no link between investment taxes and economies
- Arkansas Lawmakers Ensure Kids Keep Coverage as Private Plans Leave the State
- Open your heart and home to a child with special needs
- For Mothers Day, I'm Thankful for Children's Health
- Federal Spending Cap Would Handcuff Recovery
- Lawmakers Lauded for Working for Kids
- Tell Congress NO on Ryan Plan
- Proposed SNAP cuts should worry Arkansas
- State revenue up, but still below pre-recession levels
- 2012 Federal Budget Proposal Threatens Kids and Arkansas Economy
- Thank taxes with us!
- Tax "Freedom" Day: Overestimating Taxes on a Typical Household
- Personal Income, Inflation and Economic Recovery
- UPDATE: Red Tape Signed by Governor
- ALERT: Health Insurance Exchange Needs Your Help
- Overdue Tax Cuts for Single Parents Heads to Governor
- Happy Birthday Affordable Care Act
- Wednesday at the Capitol: Cap Gains bill defeated, cutting ARKids red tape advances
- The long reach of childhood poverty
- Excellent hearing on Combined Reporting
- Moving forward with the Affordable Care Act
- Overdue Tax Cuts for Single Parents Waiting in Senate
- Kids won at the Capitol Wednesday
- Slashing student aid, Head Start, just the beginning of U.S. House budget proposal
- Federal budget bill slashes support for working families
- AACF not associated with Florida-based fundraising company
- Thank the representatives who blocked this week's anti-immigrant bill!
- Northwest Arkansas Soup List!!!
- ALERT: Anti-immigration bill to be heard Wednesday
- Good News for Kids' Oral Health
- Soup List!
- ALERT: Tell your state senator to vote for people
- Corporate Tax Breaks: Expensive and Inefficient
- Doing Good in Northwest Arkansas
- Capital gains break would rob investments in schools, health
- Red Tape Rally coverage
- Capital Gains getting attention
- Unemployment Benefits – Under a Legislative Microscope
- Bill Targets Unemployment Benefit Recipients (and Puts Arkansas at Odds with Federal Regulations)
- Estimates of Uninsured Arkansans – New Data Source
- States Continued to Improve Medicaid in 2010 Despite Budget Woes... but not Arkansas
- Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C. ...
- Committee Tables Anti-Dream Act Bill
- Now let's move forward with health
- Barth: "If you've got it, spend it"
- Ripping Through Red Tape
- Let's Move Forward, not backward on health care
- Another chance to promote affordable health care.
- Red Tape Bill Introduced
- Repealing Health Reform Will Harm Arkansas Children
- Quality of Life Top Business Draw
- Lame Duck Update: A Mixed Bag for Low-Income Families
- Make their DREAM a reality
- Moving Families Forward Update: Lame Duck Edition
- Remember Arkansas Children as You Celebrate the Harvest
- A glimpse at the 2011 tax agenda
- We oppose cutting capital gains taxes
- Get the facts, then vote for kids
- Early Education is the Best Investment
- 1 in 34 Americans earned nothing in 2009
- Proven Solutions to the Achievement Gap (5 pf 5
- Achievement Gap Causes: Family and Community (3 of 5)
- Achievement Gap Causes: Family and Community (3 of 5)
- Achievement Gap Causes: School Factors (2 of 5)
- What is the Achievement Gap? 1 of 5
- Working class gets double hit: lower earnings, higher expenses.
- Census Data Reveal Arkansas's Fundamental Tax Mismatch
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- Support AACF this Friday at 10,000 Villages in Little Rock
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- Moving Families Forward Update
- Over 40,000 AR Small Businesses Eligible for Tax Credits for Providing Insurance
- Food Insecurity vs. Childhood Obesity
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- Is health reform an unfunded mandate? Hardly
- Thousands of Arkansas children lose access to child care beginning today
- We’re not to the finish line yet! Many Arkansas children still need coverage
- Poverty Task Force to Conduct Town Hall Meeting in NWA on May 26th
- National Report Highlights Importance of Grade Level Reading to Students, State and Economy
- AACF applauds overturning of adoption law
- Health Reform Will Help Many Families in 2010
- Promising developments at the Division of Youth Services
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- Hitting the "Mark" with Child Nutrition Reauthorization
- Tell the Senate to Create Over 2 Million Jobs in Low-Income Communities
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- So what will this health reform bill mean?
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- A New Federal Poverty Measure
- It’s March Meeting Madness
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- Policy Cafés: a new AACF/Kids Count service
- Reconciliation is nothing new
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- Arkansas children alone after school
- Watch the national health reform summit
- NWA Soup Sunday Restaurant List!
- This week at the State Capitol: Medicaid worries
- AACF board member recognized for Springdale schools work
- And they're off!
- Why should I care about the Census?
- Happy anniversary CHIPRA!
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- Arkansas' First Fiscal Session
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- Arkansas needs a balanced approach to the economic crisis: cuts and new revenue
- Arkansas needs balanced approach to economic crisis: cuts, and new revenue
- Food stamp increase warns of rise in child poverty
- Understanding state budgets key to the Christian mission
- Annual meeting highlights
- Annual meeting highlights
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- Understanding state budgets key to the Christian mission
- Food stamp use in NWA climbing during recession
- Food stamp use in NWA climbing during recession
- Declining revenue means Arkansas must work harder to protect children and families
- Declining revenue means Arkansas must work harder to protect children and families
- A look back at Arkansas' top achievements for kids
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- AACF Takes Health to "School"
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- Child poverty in northwest Arkansas
- Kids and Families Need Health Reform NOW
- Kids and Families Need Health Reform NOW
- Poor and middle-income pay twice the taxes that the weathiest Arkansans do.
- Arkansas taxes hit poor twice as hard as wealthy
- Annual report on child well-being ranks Arkansas 45th for third straight year
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