Children Left Behind: A Study of the Arkansas Child Welfare System

The performance of the Arkansas Child Welfare System declined significantly beginning in 2004, as measured by a broad range of indicators related to protecting children from abuse and neglect and […]

A Long Road Ahead: An Update of the Arkansas Child Welfare System

In August 2005 Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families (AACF) released a report on the Arkansas child welfare system entitled “More Than a Decade of Change – Yet Many Things […]

Press Release: A Long Road Ahead: An Update of the Arkansas Child Welfare System

Today, Arkansas Advocates for Children & Families (AACF) released an updated child welfare report examining performance data from the Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)/Child Welfare System. The […]

The Arkansas Child Welfare System: More Than a Decade of Change, Yet Many Things Remain the Same

Historically, changes in Arkansas’ child welfare system have been closely tied to high profile incidents of severe abuse or deaths in cases involving child maltreatment and the resulting public and […]

Special Report: The Changing Faces of Arkansas’ Children

In March, the U.S. Census Bureau released data from the 2000 Census. The Census reported the number of people over age 18 and the total population by race and Hispanic […]

Special Report: The Economic Impact of Welfare Reform on Arkansas Families

Welfare reform is now 4 years old in Arkansas. In April 1997, the Arkansas General Assembly passed legislation establishing the Transitional Employment Assistance (TEA) program, the state’s version of welfare […]