Losing Coverage: State Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements Stripped 18,000 Arkansans of Health Insurance in 2018
Thousands of Arkansans who aren’t required to work to be eligible for Medicaid are losing their coverage because they failed to report or report adequately their exemption.
Closing achievement gaps for low-income students by spending more wisely
We can close the educational achievement gap for low-income students by spending more wisely.
School Discipline that Works
Many Arkansas public schools still use ineffective and discriminatory school discipline policies. As a member of the state’s Task Force on School Discipline, Arkansas Advocates calls for more effective, research-based options to help improve outcomes for kids and schools.
Investing in Arkansans with a Working Families Tax Credit
Around 300,000 working Arkansans, many of whom are parents with children at home, would qualify for a Working Families Tax Credit, and almost $40 million would return to Arkansas’s economy.
Making Sure Every Student Succeeds: Understanding ESSA and School Report Cards
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families and the Arkansas Campaign for Grade-Level Reading have produced a new guide to help parents understand the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The […]
Transforming Medicaid in Arkansas: An Early Look at the PASSE Program
Arkansas has been in the national news a lot this year for a major change to our health care system. While the disenrollment of nearly 17,000 Arkansas Works beneficiaries is […]
An Early Look at the Impact: New Medicaid Work Requirement Hurts Health Coverage in Arkansas
Nearly 8,500 Arkansans lose health care coverage, with more losses expected each month A new brief from Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families highlights that few people got new jobs, […]
Reducing Chronic Absenteeism for Children in Foster Care and FINS
Too many children in Arkansas are missing too much school to make academic progress. In 2014-15, 13 percent of K-12 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 18 or more […]
Child Poverty in Northwest Arkansas: Policy Solutions to Build a Stronger Community
Statewide, many people think of Northwest Arkansas as a place where poverty is rare, where families and communities thrive in a booming economy. But as our updated Northwest Arkansas Child […]
Breaking Down the Barriers for Arkansas’s Black Men and Boys: Part III (education)
As we’ve demonstrated over the past few months with the release of our data snapshot series, black men and boys in Arkansas encounter significant barriers. They face a higher rate […]