The state Legislative Task Force on Reducing Poverty and Promoting Economic Opportunity will conduct a town hall meeting in Northwest Arkansas on May 26th as part of its statewide effort to create a more coordinated, comprehensive effort to reduce poverty...
National Report Highlights Importance of Grade Level Reading to Students, State and Economy Several factors shown to affect Arkansas students ability to read and succeed LITTLE ROCK – A special Kids Count report from the Annie E. Casey...
In 2008, the national Closing the Addiction Treatment Gap (CATG) initiative was launched in Arkansas with support from the Open Society Foundation and with local support from the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation and the Arkansas Community Foundation. The goal of...
A new report from Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families (AACF) finds that a startling number of children in the state who are eligible for ARKids First are either unenrolled or are being dropped from the program because of...
The more than 400 children waiting for adoption in Arkansas today now have a better chance at being adopted by loving homes more quickly thanks to Circuit Judge Chris Piazza’s decision to overturn Act 1. The law prevented unmarried...
“What does this mean to me?” is the question we most commonly hear on the news about health reform. What’s often lost is how many things go into effect this year. Thanks again to our friends at Georgetown Health...
After decades of setbacks, years of controversy, and multiple legislative hearings, it’s easy to be skeptical about anything really changing at the Arkansas Division of Youth Services (DYS). A recent legislative hearing about the large numbers of youth being...
Pre-K Now has released a new brief, “The Case for Pre-K,” highlighting the vast and emerging body of research that continues to demonstrate the potential of publicly funded, large-scale pre-k programs as a strategy for school reform. The brief...
On March 17, 2010, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas released her “mark” for Child Nutrition Reauthorization. The bill, known as the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (“the Act”), was passed by the Senate Agricultural Committee on March...
From our partners at the Half in Ten project: Tell the Senate to Create Over 2 Million Jobs in Low-Income Communities The Senate is considering legislation to spur job creation, but it isn’t clear if the bill will include...