Arkansas lawmakers question implementation of federal refugee resettlement program • Arkansas Advocate
Arkansas lawmakers on a split vote approved an amended Department of Human Services appropriations bill Thursday and promised continued discussion about the state’s involvement in a federal refugee resettlement program. The Joint Budget Committee advanced an amended version of House Bill 1077 that changed some appropriations for DHS’ Division of County Operations, but the refugee […]
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Arkansas agencies pursue initiatives to improve state’s maternal health • Arkansas Advocate
Arkansas officials are collaborating on outreach events and initiatives to fill gaps in women’s health care services in response to the governor’s directive to improve maternal health. Arkansas has the nation’s highest maternal mortality rate and the third highest infant mortality rate, according to the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement. Black mothers are most at […]
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Arkansas governor authorizes committee, strategic plan aimed at bolstering maternal health • Arkansas Advocate
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday announced a campaign aimed at improving maternal health in Arkansas. At a morning press conference, Sanders signed an executive order creating a committee, which includes some cabinet officials, that will formulate a “comprehensive statewide strategic health plan.” One of the goals of the plan will be to connect more […]
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Arkansas opts into new federal food assistance program for children during summer break
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Google-News-Wire
- January 4, 2024
- arkansas department of education
- Arkansas department of human services
- arkansas hunger relief alliance
- Consolidated Appropriations Act
- EBT
- food stamps
- free and reduced price lunch
- jim pillen
- John Boozman
- kathy webb
- Kevin Stitt
- Kim Reynolds
- kristi putnam
- national school lunch program
- Non-Congregate Summer Meal Service
- nutrition assistance
- Sarah Huckabee Sanders
- summer EBT
- usda
- WIC
Arkansas will participate in a federal program providing food assistance for children during summer break from school this year, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Tuesday. Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer, or Summer EBT, will provide $120 in food benefits for each Arkansas child eligible for the National School Lunch Program, a U.S. Department of Agriculture service […]
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U.S. HHS Secretary asks Arkansas to re-enroll Medicaid-eligible children who lost coverage
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Google-News-Wire
- December 19, 2023
- Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families
- Arkansas department of human services
- arkansas medicaid
- ARKids
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- children
- COVID-19
- health care
- health coverage
- kristi putnam
- medicaid
- medicaid eligibility
- medicaid unwinding
- public health emergency
- Sarah Huckabee Sanders
- tanf
- u.s. department of health and human services
- Xavier Becerra
Arkansas’ removal of thousands of children from Medicaid coverage this year has raised concerns with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, according to a Monday letter from the department secretary to Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. In Arkansas, 78,506 fewer children were enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in September […]
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