Veterans, Unhoused People, and Youth Aging Out of Foster Care Lose Out in Senate Bill 

The congressional budget bill would require veterans, unhoused people, and youth aging out of foster care to meet a work requirement 80 hours a month or risk losing food assistance.

Arkansas Ranks 45th in 2025 KIDS COUNT Data Book

We encourage lawmakers and officials in Arkansas to use this detailed information to unite across party lines and respond with initiatives that invest in young people.

House Tax and Spending Cuts Bill Reveals Policy Priorities

Early on Thursday morning (May 22), the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly approved its sweeping tax and spending cuts bill. While details are still emerging and we await the Congressional […]

Ripple Effects of Proposed SNAP Cuts: The Connection Between Reductions to SNAP and Child Welfare Involvement 

Even without cuts to SNAP, Arkansas has the highest food insecurity rate in the country at a rate of 18.9%.

Proposed Federal Budget Cuts would Harm State Budget and Devastate Tens of Thousands of Arkansans

Cuts to Medicaid and SNAP would increase hardship and deepen the effects of poverty at a time when many Arkansas families already struggle to put food on the table and afford health insurance, child care, and housing.

Cutting Medicaid is Equivalent to Cutting School District Budgets

As members of Congress work through the budget reconciliation process, deep cuts to Medicaid, among other programs, continue to loom. Reductions in Medicaid would be devastating to Arkansas where almost […]

Arkansas Combatting Increased Summer Hunger with Summer EBT

Arkansas is participating in the Federal Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) Program for the second year in a row.

Town Hall: Stop Medicaid Work Requirements!

Community members gathered at the Arkansas Education Association last week to express concerns about the state’s most recent attempt to bring a Medicaid work requirement to Arkansas. The “Pathway to […]

Arkansas’s New Ballot Measure Laws: A Game You Can’t Win

Thanks to new state laws, ballot measure campaigns will have to navigate a practically impossible gauntlet to get measures on the ballot.

Arkansas Advocates 2025 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 13 

We did it! After 93 days, Arkansas’s 95th General Assembly has recessed for the remainder of the regular session. The session is scheduled to officially end on May 5.   […]