AACF Statement on ADE Changes to School Readiness Assistance Program
AACF calls on the Arkansas Department of Education to delay implementation and consider community input.
Arkansas Kids Are Losing Health Coverage, and Families Are Paying the Price
In Arkansas, more children are losing health insurance. A new report by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families shows that from 2022 to 2024, the number of uninsured kids in our state jumped from 44,000 to 57,000....
Tax and Budget 101: Revenue and Expenditures
Giving away revenue risks a balanced budget. Arkansas families know, when they are putting together a budget, that total family income must be more than total family expenses. Likewise, the Arkansas state government must ensure that revenue be greater...
Arkansas, It’s Time to Dive Deep: A Review of Disaggregated Data Shows the Real Risks Arkansas’s Black and Brown Children Are Currently Facing
The KIDS COUNT Data Book tracks children’s well-being across four domains and 16 indicators. The topline numbers are not encouraging — overall, Arkansas ranks 45th in child well-being. However, the disaggregated data underlying each of those indicators by race shows consistent...
September 16 is National Voter Registration Day
This National Voter Registration Day, let’s talk about bureaucracy — people’s favorite policy topic! Though you might not realize it, many aspects of bureaucracy are good. Bureaucracy helps ensure buildings don’t collapse during an earthquake. It has created well-known...
Learn About the History and Culture that Hispanic Heritage Month Brings
Hispanic Heritage Month is unique in that it runs between two months every year, from September 15 to October 15. Hispanic Heritage Month begins on September 15 to coincide with the independence celebrations of several Latin American countries, including...
Arkansas Children Are Left Behind by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s Child Tax Credit
No child should face the crushing effects of poverty, and an Arkansas child tax credit will make a tremendous difference.
Even Public Education Not Safe from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
While we have frequently highlighted how the One Big Beautiful Bill Act slashes funding for health care and food assistance, another provision of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act stands to harm public education: the creation of the federal...
The Overlooked School Supply: Medicaid
Earlier this month, Arkansas students and teachers returned to the classroom. Lunches were packed, backpacks filled, and buses rolled out for the start of a new school year. But behind the first-day photos and hallway reunions is something often...
How and When the OBBBA will Harm Arkansans
The impact of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” will be enormous and wide-reaching in Arkansas. Our higher poverty rates mean cuts to health care coverage and food assistance will sharply increase hardship across the state. The legislation, which...