COVID-19 And Policy Update, Vol. 17
August 21, 2020 Reopening schools, constitutional amendment proposals and pandemic unemployment payments are among the issues in this edition of your Arkansas Advocates’ policy update. It will arrive in your […]
AACF Statement on the Reopening of Arkansas Public Schools
The mission of Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families (AACF) is to ensure that all children and families have the resources and opportunities they need to lead healthy and productive […]
AACF Statement: Hate Crime Proposal Is a Step To Building Equity
Arkansas is one of the last three states without a Hate Crimes Law. We also have one of the highest numbers of hate crime groups per capita in the nation. […]
COVID-19 And Policy Update, Vol. 16
August 7, 2020 Ensuring a complete census in Arkansas just got harder, and negotiations on federal coronavirus relief legislation remain in limbo. These and other issues are included in this […]
56,900 Essential Workers in Arkansas at Risk from Medicaid Cuts
Federal Policymakers Must Increase Medicaid Funding and Maintain Strong Beneficiary Protections Medicaid enrollees working in essential frontline industries are among those at risk if federal policymakers fail to provide needed […]
AACF Statement: Senate Plan Doesn’t Meet Needs of Families, Match Scope of Unprecedented Economic Challenges
The Senate COVID-19 relief plan unveiled Monday doesn’t meet the needs of Arkansas’s families and doesn’t address our looming state fiscal crisis, which means it will make the recession longer […]
Issue 3 is Bad for Arkansans
Your rights as a voter are significantly at risk this election year In the addition to your right to vote for candidates to represent you, as an Arkansan you also […]
Arkansans need a 15 percent SNAP increase
Prior to the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, food insecurity was a problem for over 15 percent of Arkansas households, higher than the national average of 11 percent. In fact, […]
Federal COVID-19 Recommendations: Bold Action Necessary
Families across the state are facing serious hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting sharp economic decline, which likely will be severe and long-lasting. While Congress has passed a […]
COVID-19 And Policy Update, Vol. 14
July 10, 2020 Arkansas Advocates’ updates are becoming bi-weekly. Starting today, we will publish here every other Friday. State Updates Going Back to School in Arkansas Governor Hutchinson announced on Thursday that […]