About the Bill SB3 | Sen. Dan Sullivan and Rep. Mary Bentley This bill would prohibit state agencies from providing programs targeted toward historically excluded groups, including on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin but specifically excludes veteran status in...
The proposed CTC expansion would significantly reduce childhood poverty across the country and in Arkansas.
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%.
Emancipation Day | Black Independence Day | Juneteenth June 19, 1865, marks the day that Black enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, were informed they had been declared free more than two years prior, when President Lincoln signed the Emancipation...
If HB1576 passes, it will make schools a safe place for Black children where they know they will not be targeted for the way their hair grows out of their heads.
When immigrant families succeed, we all succeed.
The lack of disaggregated data is especially troubling for Arkansas as, according to research from the Census Bureau, Arkansas has the highest undercount in the 2020 Census of any state at 5%.
Data Show Alarming Increase in Low Birth Weight Babies and Child and Teen Deaths in Arkansas Arkansas ranks 43rd in child well-being, according to the 2022 KIDS COUNT® Data Book, a 50-state report of recent household data developed by...
Policymakers, health care professionals, and communities must work together to improve Black women’s health.
This should be a time that people of all political backgrounds can agree that the well-being of mothers and children should be the top priority in our public policy.