The 2021 KIDS COUNT® Data Book is a 50-state report of recent household data developed by the Annie E. Casey Foundation analyzing how families have fared between the Great Recession and the COVID-19 crisis. Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families is Arkansas’s member of the national KIDS COUNT network.
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AACF Posts
Arkansas’s Rankings Are Troubling In KIDS COUNT Data Book 2021
Failure To Get Arkansas’s Children Insured Will Lead To Worsening Health Outcomes
Data Reveal Arkansas Is Slipping In Our Duty To Educate And Care For Our Kids
Combating Racial Inequity Requires Bold And Intentional Changes
Data: Arkansas Needs A Different Strategy For Preventing Teen Births
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Press Coverage
Arkansas’ child-welfare ranking up; worse reality feared; Ginny Monk, Arkansas Democrat Gazette
OPINION | RICH HUDDLESTON: Invest in our kids; Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Well-being report shows Arkansas’ kids lag behind rest of nation; Alex Golden, Axios Northwest Arkansas
Report Sheds Light On Poverty, Child Wellbeing In Arkansas; Daniel Breen, KUAF
Arkansas children suffer high rates of poverty and racial inequity, but we want tax cuts anyway; Austin Bailey, Arkansas Times
New report ranks Arkansas 39th among US states in factors supporting children; KLRT-TV Fox16
New Study Reveals Continued Increase in Uninsured Arkansas Children; Antoinette Grajeda, KUAF
New report shows Arkansas ranks 41st for kids without health insurance; KNWA-TV Fox24
Report Shows State’s Progress on Child Wellbeing Imperiled by Pandemic; Daniel Caruth, KUAF
Report: 26% surge in Arkansas children without health insurance; Roby Brock, Talk Business & Politics
Candidates for Arkansas governor respond to children’s health report; Roby Brock, Talk Business & Politics
Report shows one in five Arkansas children in poverty pre-pandemic; concerns for after 2020; KNWA-TV Fox24