Strengthening voluntary home visiting programs – a legislative victory Today, Gov. Beebe participated in a signing ceremony for Act 528, “An Act to Improve the Health and Stability of Arkansas Families and to Strengthen Voluntary Home Visitation Programs.” Voluntary...
Medicaid Monday: This is why health coverage matters On Wednesday, March 6, hundreds gathered on the steps of the State Capitol to show their support for affordable health coverage for all Arkansans. Advocates came from all areas of the...
New Outreach and Enrollment Opportunities (please apply!) New opportunities for affordable health coverage will be here in Arkansas on January 1, 2014. Arkansas still faces decisions about strengthening coverage for those earning less than 138 percent of the federal...
What about this “private option” for strengthening Medicaid? Last week, state officials sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services outlining a framework for Arkansas’s plan to extend health coverage to 250,000 uninsured, low-income Arkansans. However,...
The debate on extending Medicaid has changed Our goal at Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families has always been to make sure quality, affordable health coverage is available to every Arkansan that needs it. For a lot of working Arkansans private...
Medicaid Monday: What’s in it for kids? If you’re reading or watching the news lately, I’m sure you see daily news stories and discussions about Medicaid -both the Medicaid that serves low-income children, those with disabilities, and the elderly...
SISTERS UNITED working to reduce infant mortality As part of its efforts to ensure that children grow up healthy, AACF has been part of efforts to reduce infant deaths in Arkansas. According to the Arkansas Department of Health, Arkansas continues...
Arkansas Medicaid Expansion: It Makes Cents It’s been three weeks since the United States Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act, and it seems at least one new question has popped up each of these 21 days. The biggest...
It’s Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day “Prevention Works. Treatment is Effective. People Recover.” So goes this year’s slogan for Mental Health Awareness Month. May 9th is a special day in that month – it’s Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day....
AACF’s Elisabeth Burak appeared on THV’s morning show today to share details on the Health Reform bill that the Senate is expected to vote on this week. Thanks to ARKids First, many low-income children have access to health insurance,...