Untangling the Complexities of the Child Care Crisis

Even though other states have much higher costs, Arkansas families struggle just as much or more to find child care.

Data reveal Arkansas is slipping in our duty to educate and care for our kids

Editor’s note: The 2021 KIDS COUNT® Data Book is a 50-state report of recent household data developed by the Annie E. Casey Foundation analyzing how families have fared between the […]

How are Arkansas’s Families and Communities Doing?

Note: This blog is the fourth and final in a series of posts covering the findings in the Annie E. Casey Foundation 2019 KIDS COUNT® Data Book. To read the first blog […]

Ninety-Six Percent of Arkansas Kids Now Have Health Insurance, But Other Areas Need Improvement

Note: This blog is fourth in a series of posts covering the findings in the 2018 Annie E. Casey Foundation Kids Count Data Book. To read the introductory blog post, click […]

Education Progress is Stalling, Leaving an Uncertain Future for Kids and Our State

Note: This blog is third in a series of posts covering the findings in the 2018 Annie E. Casey Foundation Kids Count Data Book. To read the introductory blog post, click […]

Arkansas Child Poverty Rate Sees Improvement; Investments Needed to Maintain Gains

Note: This blog is second in a series of posts covering the findings in the 2018 Annie E. Casey Foundation Kids Count Data Book. To read the first blog post, […]

AR Poverty Rate Improving, According to Latest National Rankings

The number of Arkansas children in poverty has decreased by 28,000 since 2010, according to data in the 2018 KIDS COUNT® Data Book released today by the Annie E. Casey […]

Standing Up for Kids During the 2018 Elections

Note: AACF Executive Director Rich Huddleston released the following comments at our March 1 Voters’ Guide Press Conference at the Arkansas State Capitol. A full video of that event, which […]

43 Years of Advocacy for Children and Families: An AACF Timeline

AACF’s founders believed children and families needed an independent voice at our state Capitol. Since 1977, we have served as that voice, just as our founders intended. With offices in […]

Unemployment Rate May Be Down, But the Kids are Not Alright

Note: This blog is fifth in a series of posts covering the findings in the 2017 Annie E. Casey Foundation Kids Count Data Book.  Although employment is on the rise […]