2026 Special Session Keys Up to Further Starve SNAP and Other Programs The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) suffered a significant loss last week that will likely destabilize the program in our state. What’s more, an attempt to cut...
Arkansas is the most food insecure state in the nation, and SNAP is the most powerful anti-hunger program we have.
On Tuesday we shared about the big decisions Arkansas lawmakers need to make this spring to shore up the state’s SNAP program due to provisions from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) taking effect in the near...
It’s no secret that once again Arkansas has the highest rate of food insecurity in the nation at 19.4% according to the most recent (and final) federal insecurity report from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). You may...
The Arkansas Kids Count Coalition is celebrating 30 years of advocacy for our state’s children. And we thought our anniversary would be a great time to go back to the basics. This year, the Arkansas Kids Count Coalition is...
We should all want children of immigrants to meet their full potential. It’s good for Arkansas, from the strength of our economy to our education system and community health overall.
Open enrollment for 2026 marketplace coverage officially started on November 1, 2025, and will run through January 15, 2026. We are already hearing from Arkansans whose premiums are jumping – in some cases, by hundreds of dollars a month....
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as Food Stamps) has been featured heavily in recent headlines as the availability of November SNAP benefits — either in whole, in part, or not at all — has been in...
Note: Since this blog was originally published on October 28, the Trump administration announced on November 3, 2025, that it will comply with federal court orders and begin using contingency funds to partially pay November SNAP benefits as the...
Arkansas has the highest hunger rate in the nation. We know this because our federal government measures it — officially referred to as food insecurity — and publishes the results each year. With this data, we’re able to compare...