On May 17, 2017, at 5 p.m., Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families and KABF 88.3 aired the nineteenth episode of “Speak Up Arkansas,” a talk radio show dedicated to covering issues like health care, education, juvenile justice, the state...
The federal health bill that the House recently passed, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), would be particularly harmful to Arkansas’s rural communities, according to a new report released today by the Washington, DC-based Center on Budget and Policy...
In partnership with the Arkansas Campaign for Grade-Level Reading and the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, today we’re releasing a new policy brief on the importance of talking, reading, and singing with children from birth. More than half of Arkansas children start kindergarten...
On April 19, 2017, at 5 p.m., Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families and KABF 88.3 aired the sixteenth episode of “Speak Up Arkansas,” a talk radio show dedicated to covering issues like health care, education, juvenile justice, the state...
On April 12, 2017, at 5 p.m., Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families and KABF 88.3 aired the fifteenth episode of “Speak Up Arkansas,” a talk radio show dedicated to covering issues like health care, education, juvenile justice, the...
Even though the American Health Care Act (AHCA) did not pass last month, we’re not out of the woods yet. With rumors of Congress returning soon with an updated version of the AHCA featuring even more worrisome changes, it’s...
On April 5, 2017, at 5 p.m., Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families and KABF 88.3 aired the fourteenth episode of “Speak Up Arkansas,” a talk radio show dedicated to covering issues like health care, education, juvenile justice, the state budget,...
On March 29, 2017, at 5 p.m., Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families and KABF 88.3 aired the thirteenth episode of “Speak Up Arkansas,” a talk radio show dedicated to covering issues like health care, education, juvenile justice, the state budget,...
On March 22, 2017, at 5 p.m., Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families and KABF 88.3 aired the twelfth episode of “Speak Up Arkansas,” a talk radio show dedicated to covering issues like health care, education, juvenile justice, the state budget,...