News
15,000 More Arkansas Children Living in Poverty, Report Shows
June 30th, 2020 KUAF The Annie E. Casey Foundation has released the 31st edition of its Kids Count Data Book. The annual report looks at child well-being in the United States by analyzing economics, health, education, and family and community. While Arkansas’ overall ranking of childhood well-being remained the same as last year’s report at 40th, […]
Arkansas foster numbers rise as pandemic closes court hearings
Children in foster care have supervised and, when appropriate, unsupervised visitations with their biological families while living with their foster parents. DCFS has encouraged more teleconferenced visitations during the pandemic to reduce the chances of exposure to everyone concerned. However, there are cases where a home visit is more appropriate, such as one mother who […]
Advocacy
Arkansas organizations urge Congress to act swiftly to address impacts on children and families caused by the Covid-19 pandemic
Arkansas organizations are among more than 570 national, state and local organizations that are urging Congress for emergency child welfare support to address the COVID-19 crisis. Read letter here. Arkansas Advocates for Children and FamiliesMethodist Family Health