The House and Senate negotiators have reached an agreement on the federal budget, so now it is time to turn our focus to long-term federal efforts to craft policies that support a balanced tax system and ensure that revenues...
AACF’s tax and budget team would like to be the first (and, perhaps, only one) to wish you a Happy Tax Day! Sometimes we all forget how important our tax dollars are to the health and well-being of our...
Arkansas has dramatically increased education funding in recent years in order to meet the state Supreme Court’s mandate to provide adequate and equitable education for all students. However, overall academic achievement still lags behind that of other states and...
This overview offers tips to advocates on the best way to learn more about Arkansas’s share of the ARRA. It also charts the larger funding streams impacting children and families that flow to states and local communities. It does...
The clock is ticking in both state and federal legislative bodies on many bills that would affect children and families in Arkansas—and our legislators need to hear from you. Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families’ tax and budget team...
AACF worked with our federal delegation on elements of the stimulus package, which now moves to state implementation. AACF will now work to keep track of stimulus priorities and decisions at the state level and also provide continued feedback...
The burden of paying for statewide programs and services falls disproportionately upon low- and middle-income families – as well as small businesses that operate only in Arkansas. Meanwhile, many large corporations that take full advantage of Arkansas highways, school...
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families saw a year of growth in 2008 as we launched two milestone projects. First was the formation of the Arkansas Finish Line Coalition, an initiative to get health insurance for every Arkansas child....
Arkansas lawmakers couldn’t miss dozens of child advocates as they entered the House chamber to cast a vote that will impact children for years to come.
Arkansas has done a great deal to improve data collection and fiscal and academic accountability requirements for public schools in recent years. However, the system has been ineffective in broadly disseminating much of this information to parents, or to...