Arkansas Advocates 2023 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 6
Some bills (some helpful, some harmful) have cleared the final hurdle and have become law, so we’re really in the thick of it now.
AACF Statement on Medicaid Work Requirements
Gov. Sanders’ proposal to impose work requirements on people enrolled in Arkansas’s Medicaid expansion plan (ARHOME) is a misguided policy that’s already been tried — and failed. What we learned from the flawed experiment was that work requirements don’t...
Arkansas Advocates 2023 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 5
Find an overview of bills on AACF’s legislative agenda and that AACF generally either supports or opposes.
Arkansas Advocates 2023 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 4
Week 4 While some parts of the state were weighed down with ice and stymied by power outages, business was pretty usual at the Arkansas Capitol, despite the will-it-or-won’t-it-ice debacle. We are continually grateful for the everyday Arkansans who...
AACF announces new Executive Director
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families is thrilled to announce that Keesa Smith has been named our new Executive Director! Keesa will begin at AACF on February 20, and she will help us create and execute a vision for...
Arkansas Advocates 2023 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 3
Get updates on bills that could have a positive or negative impact on Arkansas’s children and families.
Arkansas Advocates 2023 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 2
Find an overview of bills on AACF’s legislative agenda and that AACF generally either supports or opposes.
Arkansas Advocates 2023 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 1
Here you'll find an overview of bills that Arkansas Advocates either supports or opposes.
AACF Announces Update to Executive Director Transition
AACF is pleased to announce that Jennifer Ferguson and Laura Kellams will serve as interim co-executive directors, beginning January 1, 2023.
Arkansas Advocates 2022 Special Legislative Session Recap
We hope to carry this momentum into the 2023 Regular Legislative Session, as we can be sure there will be many bills to support and defend against that will affect the lives of Arkansas's children and families.