Arkansas’s Child Poverty Rate Remains Unacceptably High
Child poverty in Arkansas held steady at an unacceptable rate of about 22%, one of the highest rates in the nation.
Hunger Action Month: Time to Eliminate Hunger and Food Insecurity in Arkansas
Access to high quality, healthy foods is a basic human right that helps people develop fully and reach their full potential.
Now is not the time for more tax cuts
Another round of tax breaks won’t do much to help the average Arkansan, and they definitely won’t get Arkansas where we need to be.
Arkansas Students with Disabilities and LEARNS Vouchers
Every parent of a child with disabilities wants the best, most appropriate, environment for their student to thrive alongside their peers.
How Federal Policy Made Hunger Worse
Inequity for Marshallese Migrants in the Food Safety Net Every Arkansan should have access to adequate and nutritious food. But all too often, our “safety net” programs leave out the ones who need it most. For example, people born...
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.