Statewide, many people think of Northwest Arkansas as a place where poverty is rare, where families and communities thrive in a booming economy. But as our updated Northwest Arkansas Child Poverty report explains, thousands of families struggle to get...
SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) is facing serious threats at the Arkansas Capitol this year. Despite all the good it does (keeping thousands of kids from going hungry, encouraging work, and acting as an economic safeguard to name...
A significant victory for anti-hunger advocates (the defeat of HB1035) was tempered by the introduction of a new bill (HB1462), which could be even more damaging to families who rely on food assistance. HB1462 puts families at risk of...