Arkansas agriculture department opens applications for free student fruit and vegetable program

The Arkansas Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for a program that lets schools serve free fresh fruits and ...

Arkansas students outperform national average after universal school choice expansion, governor says

About 50,000 kids participated in Arkansas' Education Freedom Account program as standardized test results show scores above ...

Work requirement expected to cause 10% increase in average cost of coverage under Arkansas’ Medicaid expansion program

The work requirement that will take effect for Arkansas' Medicaid expansion program on Jan. 1 will not only decrease enrollment in the program but increase the average cost of providing coverage to ...

Arkansas Workforce Challenge Scholarship program will open to trade school students

Students at trade schools are eligible in the coming school year for the Arkansas Workforce Challenge Scholarship program.
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New AR program aims to tackle childhood hunger in the South

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A new farm-to-school pilot program is set to launch in Arkansas for the 2025 to 2026 school year, and state officials say it could become a model for tackling childhood hunger ...