Ripple Effects of Proposed SNAP Cuts: The Connection Between Reductions to SNAP and Child Welfare Involvement
Even without cuts to SNAP, Arkansas has the highest food insecurity rate in the country at a rate of 18.9%.
Proposed Federal Budget Cuts would Harm State Budget and Devastate Tens of Thousands of Arkansans
Cuts to Medicaid and SNAP would increase hardship and deepen the effects of poverty at a time when many Arkansas families already struggle to put food on the table and afford health insurance, child care, and housing.
Cutting Medicaid is Equivalent to Cutting School District Budgets
As members of Congress work through the budget reconciliation process, deep cuts to Medicaid, among other programs, continue to loom. Reductions in Medicaid would be devastating to Arkansas where almost half (47.1%) of our children are insured through Medicaid,...
Arkansas Combatting Increased Summer Hunger with Summer EBT
Arkansas is participating in the Federal Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) Program for the second year in a row.
Town Hall: Stop Medicaid Work Requirements!
Community members gathered at the Arkansas Education Association last week to express concerns about the state’s most recent attempt to bring a Medicaid work requirement to Arkansas. The “Pathway to Prosperity” amendment adds work requirements for Medicaid in the...
Why are we still talking about additional income tax cuts?
Arkansans are facing a “perfect storm” of fiscal uncertainty.
Arkansas’s New Ballot Measure Laws: A Game You Can’t Win
Thanks to new state laws, ballot measure campaigns will have to navigate a practically impossible gauntlet to get measures on the ballot.
2025 Legislative Session Preemption Efforts Had Mixed Results
This session, the legislature focused on changes that chip away at local control over housing, rentals, and progressive policies.
Adding Restrictions to Already Limited SNAP Benefits Will Not Improve Nutrition or Health for Arkansans
If there is one thing I am certain of, it is that everyone is entitled to food choice autonomy. This includes choice for families participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps). Families know...
Arkansas Advocates 2025 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 13
We did it! After 93 days, Arkansas’s 95th General Assembly has recessed for the remainder of the regular session. The session is scheduled to officially end on May 5. Below you will find an overview of bills on...