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Arkansas

Colleen’s Story About CCDBG

Colleen’s focus extends beyond the 120 children in her Warren Arkansas Better Chance (ABC) Preschool. As the program coordinator, Colleen believes that she and her staff must also help the parents of the 3- and 4-year-olds they teach. In this…

Jennifer’s Story About CCDBG and Head Start

When Jennifer’s husband lost his welding job in July 2008, she started working to help support their four children. While her husband looked for another job in southeast Arkansas, daycare would be needed for the youngest children – now ages…

Brooke’s Story About CCDBG

The pay at Brooke’s old job as a carhop at Sonic didn’t come close to covering childcare, rent and living expenses. Childcare assistance gave her just the bit of help she needed to move up.* Now she’s on her way…

Debra’s Story About CCDBG

To leave her job as an unskilled factory worker and train for a career that offered a brighter future, Debra needed help paying for childcare.* That assistance made it a little easier for the divorced mother of four to attend…

Indicators of poverty in Arkansas

Percentage of people living in poverty

2007
17.9%

2009
18.8%

Percentage of low-income people (200% of poverty or below)

2007
40.6%

2009
41.8%