Arkansas has nation’s highest rate of rural Medicaid coverage for kids
65% of Arkansas's rural kids have health insurance through Medicaid and ARKids First.
Another 25k+ Children in Arkansas Lost Medicaid Coverage Last Month
The Governor should not allow DHS to continue disenrolling children without confirmation that they no longer qualify.
2022 Annual Report
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families (AACF) had a noteworthy 2022! We celebrated AACF’s 45th year of operation throughout the year, sharing highlights of the organization’s history and looking forward to what a shared future vision for Arkansas might...
Juneteenth 2023
Emancipation Day | Black Independence Day | Juneteenth June 19, 1865, marks the day that Black enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, were informed they had been declared free more than two years prior, when President Lincoln signed the Emancipation...
Untangling the Complexities of the Child Care Crisis
Even though other states have much higher costs, Arkansas families struggle just as much or more to find child care.
Arkansas Ranks 43rd in Child Well-Being While Inaccessible Child Care Pushes Parents to the Breaking Point
50-state Data show economy loses $122 billion a year as child care challenges cause parents to miss, quit or scale back work, Annie E. Casey Foundation finds. Arkansas parents are struggling more than most to access quality child care,...
Another Month of Alarming Medicaid News
More than 54,000 Arkansas children have lost their health insurance in just two months.
Kids at the Capitol: 2023 Legislative Summary
Arkansas’s 2023 General Assembly passed 889 bills. Many of these new laws will impact Arkansas’s kids. From depression-screening coverage for pregnant women and new moms to free school meals for more kids, our Kids at the Capitol 2023 Legislative...
Arkansas’s Progress in Pre-K Remains Stalled
Every child in Arkansas deserve access to high-quality preschool programs.
More than 20 National Patient Advocacy Organizations are Worried for Arkansans
No one who is eligible for Medicaid should have to go without coverage.