Press Release: 40 Years After Creation, Medicaid Continues Improving and Saving Lives
This week the nation celebrates the 40th birthday of Medicaid. It was signed into law on July 30, 1965. And 40 years later it is providing 605,000 Arkansas residents with […]
Press Release: Child Advocacy Group Takes Issue With Governor Huckabee’s Medicaid Reform Plan
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families (AACF) took issue with comments made recently by Governor Huckabee concerning reform of the state and federal Medicaid system that provides health care for […]
Press Release: AACF Helps Arkansas Kick-off National Cover the Uninsured Week
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, in conjunction with Arkansas Center for Health Improvement, Community Health Centers of Arkansas and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) joined hundreds of communities […]
Press Release: National Cover the Uninsured Week – Urban
As Cover the Uninsured Week is launched in Arkansas, a new analysis of government data shows that millions of uninsured adults in the U.S. suffer with chronic illness and have […]
Closing the Gap on Healthcare for Arkansas Children
n 1997, Arkansas created the ARKids First Program, an expansion of Medicaid to cover children in low-income working families up to 200 percent of the federal poverty line. Since that […]
Health Insurance for Children: The Arkansas Success Story
Executive Summary In 1997, Arkansas established the ARKids First program to provide health insurance for lowincome children up to 200 percent of the federal poverty line. Arkansas Advocates led an […]
Arkansas’ Efforts to Provide Health Care for Uninsured Children: Have We Been Successful?
In 1996, the lack of health care coverage was a critical problem for Arkansas children. Nearly one in five Arkansas children lacked health insurance coverage. Children in low-income families were […]
Covering Kids and Families Coalition Updates: Volume 2, Issue 3
Statewide Videoconference A Success!! On July 16, 2004, Arkansas Advocates for Children & Families and the Covering Kids & Families Initiative teamed up to sponsor a statewide videoconference. This videoconference […]
Covering Kids and Families Coalition Updates: Volume 2, Issue 2
Our very own Anita Saig is teaming up with Jessica Aple, Crittenden Memorial Hospital’s Youth Health Services Coordinator, to complete “Open Airways” Asthma Education in elementary schools in Crittenden County. […]
Covering Kids and Families Coalition Updates: Volume 2, Issue 1
Deb Garrison and Gail Cannady are the two newest members of our team and ifyou haven’t taken out the time to get to know them….” you really don’t know what […]