2010 Annual Report
Every other year we spend months gearing up for the regular session of the Arkansas General Assembly with a flurry of research, reports and outreach. That work in 2010 was some of our most challenging yet as we prepared...
News
Analyzing the Success of Arkansas’s Charter Schools – Unfulfilled Promises
A joint report by AACF, The Arkansas Public Policy Panel, and The Arkansas Education Association. An analysis of Arkansas benchmark test scores from the 2008‐09 academic year shows that open enrollment charter schools score better than their peer public...
Federal budget bill slashes support for working families
Arkansas Congressional leaders head back to Washington this week as the federal budget battle enters its most critical phase. If leaders cannot reach a spending compromise on FY2011 budget (October 2010 – September 2011) by Friday, the federal government...
AACF not associated with Florida-based fundraising company
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families is in no way affiliated with a Florida-based group that Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announced today he will sue for misleading Arkansans with an alleged fundraising scheme to help disadvantaged children. Read more...
Thank the representatives who blocked this week’s anti-immigrant bill!
HB 1292 would have ended prenatal services for mothers of citizen children. On Wednesday, the House Committee on State Agencies heard House Bill 1292. This was a wide-sweeping piece of legislation which sought to force state agency officials to require...
Northwest Arkansas Soup List!!!
Check out the tantalizing lineup for this weekend’s Northwest Arkansas Soup Sunday! The event is from 4:30-7 p.m. at the NWA Convention Center on 48th Street in Springdale. Tickets are $20/$5 kids. Acapulco Mexican Grill – Sopa de Tortilla...
ALERT: Anti-immigration bill to be heard Wednesday
HB 1292 would end prenatal services for mothers of citizen children A House committee on Wednesday will hear a bill that would directly harm Arkansas children and families, residing here legally or not. We need you there to show...
Good News for Kids’ Oral Health
On Thursday morning, two bills were delivered to Governor Beebe that will greatly improve the oral health of children in Arkansas by reducing their chances of having tooth decay. Senate Bill 42 will allow dental hygienists to perform procedures...
Soup List!
This Sunday, 4 p.m. at Embassy Suites in Little Rock. Come and enjoy: Embassy Suites: Curried Chicken Soup Loca Luna/Red Door: Roasted Green Chili and Sweet Corn Bisque Capitol Bistro: Potato-Bacon-Cheddar Cheese Soup Olive Garden LR and NLR: Pasta...
ALERT: Tell your state senator to vote for people
ALERT: Tell your state senator to vote for people No on Cap Gains cuts, yes for low-income parents. Next week your state senator will have two important votes to make. Help us make sure they are votes that support...