Time to Act: Addressing the Cost Crisis of Child Care
In Arkansas, the cost of sending an infant and a 4-year old to a child care center is higher than annual mortgage payments.
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State SNAP Policies Are Failing Arkansas’s Kids and Families
Arkansas has the highest hunger rate in the nation, but participation in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is relatively low here. That is due in part to state-level barriers to enrollment, a new report has found. The...
AACF Testimony Against SB3
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 Arkansas $11 Minimum Wage is Not Enough
It is once again time for the people of Arkansas to lead by increasing the minimum wage through direct democracy.
Revoking “safe places” will cause real harm in Arkansas communities
Rescinding these long-standing understandings and leaving immigration enforcement up to “common sense,” is bad policy and will lead to dangerous consequences.
Arkansas Advocates 2025 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 2
It was a relatively quiet week at the Arkansas Capitol.
Arkansas’s Maternal Health Crisis: Women Across the State Share their Experiences and Views
In 2024, Arkansas Advocates held a series of focus groups with women around the state who were pregnant or had recently given birth. The corresponding white paper, Arkansas’s Maternal Health Crisis: Women Across the State Share their Experiences and...
Federal Medicaid Cuts Would Decimate Arkansas Small Towns and Rural Communities
Our leaders must take Medicaid funding cuts off the table.
Arkansas Advocates 2025 Legislative Session Preview
Prefiling of bills began on November 15, 2024, and some legislators did not waste any time!