Child Abuse Hotline seeing fewer acceptance rates
The hotline that serves as Arkansas’s front door for child-abuse reports took in 17,335 contacts last quarter. Yet lawmakers zeroed in on a different number — a 6% drop in…
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Fewer accepted hotline calls, fewer foster kids — But…
But… Lawmakers Aren’t Convinced Arkansas Kids Are Safer At the same Capitol hearing where lawmakers heard wrenching testimony from a family about a traumatic child-abuse investigation, Arkansas’s child-welfare chief walked…
When the System Becomes the Harm
How a Family Was Forced Into a Traumatic Sexual Abuse Exam With No Evidence of a Crime When Kimberly and Luis Tafoya walked into Arkansas Children’s Hospital last summer, they…
Arkansas Faces Higher SNAP Costs — And Its Error Rate Is the Price Tag
The bad news: SNAP is about to cost the state a lot more money — potentially more than $50 million a year if Arkansas doesn’t lower its error rate. The…
Arkansas’ SNAP Waiver Faces Retail Pushback: “This Isn’t Workable”
Explain it like I’m 5 version 🥤 Arkansas received federal permission back in June to block SNAP from being used to buy soda, candy, and other junk food starting in…
CVS sends alarming letter to Medicare recipients
Explain It Like I’m 5 version 💊 Arkansas made a new rule (Rule 128) that says big pharmacy middlemen (PBMs) have to pay pharmacies fairly and can’t own the pharmacies…
Lawmakers Question Contract After Vendor’s Transgender Stance Conflicts With Arkansas Law
Explain it like I’m 5 version ❓ Arkansas’s child-protection agency wanted to give a company called Evident Change a much bigger job helping decide which child-abuse reports get looked into…
Faith First: Finding Our Place in a Politicized World
Watch 👇 The Problem In our society today, we’re divided by identity — divided by race, gender, beliefs, and especially by political party.And I’ll be honest — I love politics.…