Incremental Improvements in Economic Well-Being Fall Too Short for Arkansas’s Children

A state budget that puts more dollars toward programs to help children and families, like childcare for infants and toddlers, early childhood education, affordable housing, and health care for moms and babies would do more to help all Arkansans.

What to watch and how to advocate during Arkansas’s 93rd General Assembly

Last year was a difficult one for Arkansas’s children and families. But thanks to the advocacy of people like you, several major pieces of legislation passed to help keep families in […]

Children living in poverty is decreasing, but we’re still in the bottom 10 states

A new report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation gives Arkansas some reason to be hopeful: 2014 data shows more young workers are on track to a stable career, many […]

Arkansas climbs eight spots in national child economic well-being rankings

For the first time in six years, the number of Arkansas children living in poverty decreased, according to the 2016 Annie E. Casey Foundation KIDS COUNT® Data Book. Last year the […]