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Arkansas foster youth will soon have access to a new savings and investment opportunity through the federal Trump Account program, according to an announcement from Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. The tax-advantaged investment accounts were created through President Trump’s One, Big, …

Families involved in Arkansas’s child welfare system will now find a more welcoming space during their most emotional moments, thanks to a recent renovation project at the Department of Human Services Division of Children and Family Services office in Morrilton. …

Earlier this month, Arkansas Advocates honored Christie Erwin, executive director and co-founder of Project Zero, with the “Friends of Children” award. The award represents Erwin’s tireless work on behalf of the waiting children of Arkansas. Her passion for the nonprofit …

Arkansas is full of “dynamic duos,” those couples and partners in business who’ve made lasting impacts on their communities. And they come in many different flavors, from community business leaders to those Arkansans making noise on a global stage. Arkansas …

Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation has forged a partnership with Arkansas’ Division of Children and Family Services (DCFS), and Public Knowledge to disrupt the pipeline into the child welfare system in Pulaski County. The partnership will provide funds to select community-based entities …

The CALL, a statewide nonprofit organization that mobilizes local churches to serve children and youth placed in foster care, has named Christen Butler as the new executive director. Butler has served as financial director with The CALL for more than …

In his weekly radio address last Friday, Governor Asa Hutchinson celebrated the fact that Americans United for Life has ranked Arkansas as the No. 1 pro-life state in the nation, crediting the people and organizations that made that ranking possible. …

A University of Arkansas at Little Rock research team is investigating how a successful collaborative foster care network is run in Arkansas. The goal of the study is for the lessons learned in Arkansas to be used to help other …

Pulaski County Friends of CASA, along with County Judge Barry Hyde, held the 27th Annual Judge’s Cup CASA Classic, a celebrity tournament, on Saturday, Oct. 30 at Eagle Hill Golf Course in Little Rock. The Judge’s Cup CASA Classic is …

Northwest Arkansas’ Kelly Krout officially announced she is running for Arkansas Lieutenant Governor at a press conference in Little Rock this afternoon. A modest, but enthusiastic crowd gathered at Crump Park Thursday afternoon to witness Krout’s official announcement. The venue- …