AACF Statement on Gov. Sanders’ Inaugural Vision
We must ensure that all children have the opportunities and resources they need to reach their full potential, a mission that we have long worked toward through public policy reform.
We must ensure that all children have the opportunities and resources they need to reach their full potential, a mission that we have long worked toward through public policy reform.
Overall, we’re relieved to see that some key provisions will make life measurably better for Arkansas’s children.
AACF is pleased to announce that Jennifer Ferguson and Laura Kellams will serve as interim co-executive directors, beginning January 1, 2023.
On August 9, 2022, Governor Asa Hutchinson announced that Arkansas will be expanding its Medicaid programs to include more coverage for new and expecting mothers. With the help of federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act, Arkansas will...
No child should go hungry no matter where they live, what they look like, or how much their parents earn. Everyone deserves to have access to nutritious food to ensure they can achieve their full potential.
When immigrant families succeed, we all succeed.
Between 2016 and 2020, Arkansas had the third-highest increase in childhood depression and anxiety, behind California and South Dakota.
Our state Legislature needs to decide if we want to follow along and treat student loan forgiveness as tax-free.
Arkansas still has a long way to go to get to number one in child health and well-being.
On Thursday, the Arkansas Legislature passed SB2, and Gov. Hutchinson signed it into law. The new act will allow the Arkansas Department of Education to receive $50 million in general revenue funds to go toward school safety grants. And...