Resources
Family-Friendly Resources
- Business Case for Child Care Benefits: The Employee Benefit that Pays for Itself (Moms First and Boston Consulting Group, 2024)
- The Business Case For Early Education Investments (CED)
- Employer Tax Incentives: Child Care Summary
- Employee Child Care Tax Benefits (for Parents)
- Work Flex & Telework Guide (Society for Human Resource Management, SHRM)
- Impact of On-Site Early Education and Child Care: Primrose School at HUDL (First Five Nebraska, Case Study, 2025)
- Information about Better Beginnings
- 5 Good Reasons to Choose Better Beginnings’ High-Quality Child Care Providers
Arkansas Child Care Financial Assistance
The Arkansas Department of Education, Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Early Childhood, administers the School Readiness Assistance Program – child care subsidies for families to help make child care more affordable. Family eligibility for the School Readiness Assistance Program is based on income and family size. Families with income up to 85% of the state median income level are eligible. For a family of three, this is $61,812. For a family of 4, this is $73,584. Learn more here.
The Arkansas Better Chance (ABC) Program serves low-income three and four-year old children in areas at high-risk for academic failure with high-quality pre-k services. The ABC program models are offered in child care centers, family child care homes, and through home-visiting programs.
UAMS Child Care Reports
- 2023 Arkansas Child Care Market Price Study (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 2024)
- Arkansas Early Childhood Education Cost Models 2023 (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 2023)
Arkansas Child & Family Data by County
Children in Working Families
- Children under age 6 with all available parents working (both parents in a 2-parent household & single parents raising children)
- % of children under age 6 with all available parents working
Labor Force Participation of Moms
- Moms with children under 6 years only
- Moms with children under 6 years & 6 to 17 years
- Moms with children 6 to 17 years only
Children by Age
- Children under 3 years
- Children under age 6
- Children age 6-12
Income & Poverty
- Median household income
- Average household income
- Under age 6 below poverty
- Under age 6 below 200% of the federal poverty line (FPL)
- Age 6-11 below poverty
- Age 6-11 below 200% FPL