Medicaid and ARKids First Will Play a Critical Role in Pandemic
Making Medicaid more flexible can help Arkansas and its families in the fight against COVID-19, and Arkansas can take advantage of several options in an emergency like this one. Tricia […]
Coronavirus Highlights Public Health Policy Issues
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday, March 11, held a live-streamed press event to announce the state’s first presumptive positive case of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Gov. Hutchinson also […]
Census 2020: Arkansas Needs an Accurate and Complete Count
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families calls on business leaders, elected officials and nonprofit executives to encourage all Arkansans to participate in the 2020 U.S. Census. The request for leaders […]
Black History Month 2020: Reflections on a Sunday Morning in 1964
This has been the most reflective Black History Month I’ve ever experienced, which makes me think of a very personal story from my dad’s childhood and its relationship to racial […]
Appeals Court delivers another blow to Arkansas’s Medicaid work reporting requirement
Will it finally be abandoned? On Friday, Feb. 14, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit unanimously upheld the District Court’s decision to […]
Proposed 2021 Budget: A $4.8 Trillion Attack on the Most Vulnerable Americans
The White House released its proposed FY 2021 budget on February 10, 2020. If passed, it would make huge cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and other federal […]
President’s Proposed Cuts Puts State Budget At Risk
President Trump’s 2021 budget proposes deep cuts to healthcare and basic assistance programs for low-income families while investing relatively little in our nation’s infrastructure. This is partially because it needs […]
House Districts with a Primary Race in 2020, Part Two
This is part of our blog series, Running for Arkansas. In the series, we are featuring each district with an upcoming election and legislative candidate running to help you be […]
Black History Month Photo Challenge: Week 1
February is Black History Month, and we are sharing a weekly round-up of Black History Month Photo Challenge posts from Melvin Clayton, our Race Equity Director for Advocacy. Please enjoy […]
House Districts with a Primary Race in 2020
This is part of our blog series, Running for Arkansas. In the series, we are featuring each district with an upcoming election and legislative candidate running to help you be […]