As we draw to the end of National Kinship Care Month this September, we continue to honor the grandparents, other relatives, and close family friends who step up to raise children whose parents cannot. Importantly, this National Kinship Care...
During the 2025 legislative session, the Arkansas General Assembly passed HB1653, now Act 636. You can read AACF’s testimony against this piece of legislation here. This law allows the number of psychiatric residential treatment facility (PRTF) beds in Arkansas to...
Why can Arkansas not improve its teen birth rate at the same rate as some other states?
The congressional budget bill would require veterans, unhoused people, and youth aging out of foster care to meet a work requirement 80 hours a month or risk losing food assistance.
Even without cuts to SNAP, Arkansas has the highest food insecurity rate in the country at a rate of 18.9%.
About the Bill SB217 | Sen. Clint Penzo and Rep. Mary Bentley | Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare and LaborThis bill would require the Department of Human Services (DHS) to request a waiver that would allow Arkansas to...
This bill would help reduce hunger in our state while also allowing families to build self-sufficiency.
This bill would result in more children being institutionalized in highly restrictive settings.
About the Bill SB585 | Sen. Greg Leding | Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor This bill would require every employer with more than ten employees to provide pay stubs to each employee who is under the age...
Cuts to Medicaid would mean cutting critical support and services for children in foster care in Arkansas and their families.