AHCCCS Supports Military Families and Their Children
Honoring military service means caring for the whole family. In Arizona, that commitment includes protecting access to affordable, reliable health coverage through AHCCCS — our state’s Medicaid program, which helps military families get much-needed care without the added stress of high medical fees…
Medicaid in Schools: A Key Funding Stream to Ensure Children Get the Health Services They Need to Thrive
Health care services delivered in schools are an opportunity to meet children where they are and deliver critical health services in a setting where they spend most of their time. School-based health services are especially important in low-income and rural communities where access to health care services…
It’s Called ‘Head Start’ for a Reason
Head Start celebrates 60 years this year as a federally funded program that works to provide comprehensive and high-quality early childhood education, health, and nutrition services to low-income children and families. Head Start serves nearly 800,000 children each year and provides significant short-…
Medicaid/AHCCCS Matters for Maternal and Infant Health
When moms have quality, affordable health insurance, they can get the support and care they need to be healthy and care for their babies. Medicaid — known as AHCCCS in Arizona — is health insurance that covers a range of maternity care services that support healthy pregnancies, new moms, and thriving…
Budget Threatens Health Care and Food Assistance
The budget process marches forward in Washington, and we continue to learn how devastating the budget cuts they’ve targeted for health care and food security would be to Arizonans and our economy. Families are working just as hard as ever but struggling to keep up with high costs, yet Congressional…
Cuts to Medicaid and SNAP Will Cut Jobs
In February of 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a budget resolution that requires devastating Medicaid cuts and cuts to the Supplemental Assistance Nutrition Program (SNAP). Such cuts would cut off hundreds of thousands of Arizonans from vital services and…
The Countdown Begins - AZ Students Need a Permanent Fix to the School Spending Limit
Arizona voters approved into law a limit on what public schools can spend in a year based on the needs in 1980. If schools exceed the limit in a school year, as they did last year and again this year, the law allows the legislature to provide an “expenditure override” to allow districts to spend…
Group Homes – Our Take
You may be seeing the term “group homes” in the news this week. The topic is being discussed due to a budget shortfall to fund group home placements for children in the foster care system in Arizona. While the executive and legislative branches haggle over process, timing, and dollars, what Children’s…
Proposed Cuts to School Meals Put Arizona Kids at Risk
Each day, millions of students fuel their minds and bodies with good, nutritious meals at their schools. School meals have proven to support children’s health and development while improving test scores, attendance, and behavior. However, access to school meals for thousands of children in Arizona…
Kids Need Health Insurance
Every child should have access to health care. Being able to see a health care provider for preventative health care and to treat illness is essential to the ability of a child to thrive. Yet, Arizona has the second highest rate of uninsured children in the United States. That’s just one reason why…
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