Arkansas Ranks 45TH in 2024 KIDS COUNT Data Book
Arkansas leaders must do more to protect children and prepare them to learn so they can flourish in adulthood.
In-depth study finds Arkansas’s tax system makes inequality much worse
for years we’ve been cutting income taxes in a way that primarily benefits rich corporations and the wealthiest individuals.
Race for Results 2024
While 9.5% of all babies in Arkansas were born with low birth weights in 2021, the low birth weight rate for Black babies in our state was almost 17%.
Arkansas Advocates 2021 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 10
This was a BUSY week at the Arkansas State Capitol. A lot of bills we are following were heard. Despite both chambers breaking for at least a few days next week, keep an eye out on several bills under...
AACF Statement: Senate Plan Doesn’t Meet Needs of Families, Match Scope of Unprecedented Economic Challenges
The Senate COVID-19 relief plan unveiled Monday doesn’t meet the needs of Arkansas’s families and doesn’t address our looming state fiscal crisis, which means it will make the recession longer and more painful, Rich Huddleston, Executive Director of Arkansas...
Arkansas losing ground in several national child well-being rankings
Child advocates concerned about pandemic’s impact The 31st Kids Count® Data Book, the most comprehensive annual report on child well-being in the United States, is available to ensure continuity of access to data for policymakers and advocates. The number of...
Assessment Finds an Arkansas EITC Would Lead to Healthier Arkansans
Benefits of state-level EITCs go beyond economic, have positive effects on children’s health Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, along with Children’s HealthWatch, today released an assessment examining the potential health-related effects of creating a state-level, refundable Earned...
Arkansas Rises in Overall State Child Well-Being Ranking
The number of Arkansas children living in poverty has continued to improve, according to data released today in the annual Annie E. Casey Foundation KIDS COUNT® Data Book. The number of Arkansas children living in poverty decreased by 9,000...
New Report Finds Medicaid Expansion Leads to Healthier Mothers and Babies
A new report shows Arkansas saw one of the sharpest declines in the uninsured rate for women of childbearing age following the state’s decision to expand Medicaid. Between 2013 and 2017, the uninsured rate for women ages 18-44 declined...
2018 State of Preschool report ranks Arkansas 5th in access for 3-year-olds
Study shows all states need faster expansion and greater investment in early childhood education In The State of Preschool 2018 annual report, the National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers University found that Arkansas preschool state-funded enrollment increased, but funding...
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