The Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center (ACNC) is celebrating three decades of discoveries that have helped children around the world grow up healthier and stronger.

ACNC was established in 1994 through congressional appropriation of USDA funding and today has a portfolio of large-scale studies exploring how maternal diet, physical activity, and early feeding practices influence a child’s growth and development.

This article by Tess Vrbin was published in the Arkansas Advocate on October 28, 2024

Roughly 60% of postpartum Arkansans who qualified for Medicaid between July 1 and Sept. 30 retained some form of Medicaid coverage 60 days after giving birth, Arkansas Department of Human Services officials told a legislative panel Monday.

DHS found that most of the remaining 40% were ineligible for Medicaid by 60 days postpartum, Secretary Kristi Putnam and state Medicaid Director Janet Mann told the Joint Public Health, Welfare and Labor committee.