If you haven’t seen Chad Day’s story in this morning’s Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, it’s worth a look. The headline reads: “Search on at youth lockup for runaway.” A 17-year-old boy who ran away from guards at the state’s largest youth...
ARKids First has been hugely successful in providing health coverage for kids in Arkansas, despite growing child poverty rates. While the number of children living in poverty has increased to almost 30 percent since 2008, the percentage of children...
Arkansans could lose $537 million in tax credits for health plans purchased on the insurance marketplace based on the outcome of the upcoming Supreme Court decision in King v. Burwell. These tax credits lower the costs of health coverage...
Hey Arkansas! Summer Learning Day is on June 19, and in celebration, the Arkansas Campaign for Grade-Level Reading is offering YOU a chance to win a $100 Walmart gift card! How? Show us how you keep your kids reading...
One in five young children experience serious concerns with emotions and behavior. Mental health issues can lead to behavior problems in young students and disciplinary action that keeps kids out of the classroom. A new strategic plan released today...
State collections in May continue to push general revenues above forecast for the year as a whole. Last month, general revenue collections reached a healthy $335.9 million. That total was $20.5 million (or 6.5 percent) higher than last year...
Imagine living in a state where every child enrolled in an early education center or a preschool classroom and received the highest quality of education. Imagine that every child left well prepared for not just kindergarten, but the rest...
Too many children in Arkansas’s child welfare system experience multiple placements, moving from one place to another, whether it is a family foster home or a residential facility. This is known as placement instability and it takes a toll...
Arkansas’s state funded pre-K program is falling behind other states who are increasing spending on pre-K. The Arkansas Better Chance program, or ABC, still ranks high in many categories in an update of an annual review of state pre-K...
A new federal law provides an opportunity for Arkansas to expand children’s health coverage while spending less at the state level. We need to make sure we take advantage of this opportunity while also ensuring that any cost savings...
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