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Arkansas launches mobile app to navigate new food stamps junk food ban

The Arkansas Department of Human Services launched a new mobile app Monday to help food stamp beneficiaries navigate a new ban on junk food purchases that will go into effect this week. Arkansas is one of several states that received federal permission to ban the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funds to purchase soda,…

ByTess Vrbin, Arkansas AdvocateJuly 1, 20260Comments

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Commentary: Enough is enough. Arkansas is failing its children and it’s time for the Legislature to act.

Something is deeply wrong with the way Arkansas protects its children. And the people responsible for fixing it keep saying the same thing: We're trying our best. That is not good enough. Not anymore. Across our corner of the state, a pattern has emerged that should alarm every parent, grandparent and taxpayer in Arkansas. Children…

ByChris FultonMarch 20, 20260Comments

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DHS calls promise of transparency a ‘mistake’ after 29 missed abuse reports involving Mountain Home teen

The Arkansas Department of Human Services acknowledged making "a mistake" when it promised to publicly release findings about how the agency failed to act on 29 abuse reports over 11 years, citing the same confidentiality laws that existed when the promise was made. In a Sept. 15 letter to Baxter County Prosecutor David Ethredge, Tiffany…

ByChris FultonSeptember 29, 20250Comments

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It’s ‘confidential’: DHS denies Ethredge promised report on 29 ignored abuse complaints against couple who locked naked teenager in bathroom

The Arkansas Department of Human Services has reversed its promise to release findings from an internal investigation into how the agency failed to act on 29 child abuse complaints over 11 years, leaving prosecutors and the public without answers about systemic failures that allowed a teenager to allegedly endure years of severe abuse. The case…

ByChris FultonSeptember 8, 20250Comments

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Grandma’s House: A safe haven for abused children in the Twin Lakes Area

Editor's note: This article is free to the public. If you or your child are being abused or have been abused, pleased seek immediate help. Our community is home to numerous advocate servants that will do everything in their power to help you through your situation. "See that you do not despise one…

ByChris FultonAugust 22, 20240Comments

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Hutchinson announces resignation of Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Human Services Cindy Gillespie

Governor Asa Hutchinson today announced that Cindy Gillespie will resign as Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Human Services. “Cindy Gillespie has given the state of Arkansas her experience, management capabilities, and the right ideas that have led us in a great direction,” Governor Hutchinson said. “She is a great friend, and she is truly…

ByMHO Newsroom StaffSeptember 16, 20220Comments

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