LITTLE ROCK –The secretary of Human Services told lawmakers that the Arkansas Medicaid program would continue to reimburse assisted living facilities at the higher rate they were getting during the Covid-19 pandemic, at least until November.
While it’s no secret the federal government has become addicted to spending and debt, what isn’t well known is how quickly the problem is worsening. For perspective, it took our nation 223 years – from 1790 until 2008 – to become $10 trillion in debt.
While it’s no secret the federal government has become addicted to spending and debt, what isn’t well known is how quickly the problem is worsening. For perspective, it took our nation 223 years – from 1790 until 2008 – to become $10 trillion in debt.
LITTLE ROCK –The secretary of Human Services told lawmakers that the Arkansas Medicaid program would continue to reimburse assisted living facilities at the higher rate they were getting during the Covid-19 pandemic, at least until November.
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If you or someone you know is heading to college this fall, we want to remind you of an important deadline. July 1 is the last day to apply for the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship. Since 2009, the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery has raised more than $1.2 billion in proceeds for scholarships. Those proceeds have funded 720,000 college scholarships in Arkansas. Students applying for the upcoming year and expecting to attend an approved college or university in the academic year following their high school graduation must have an ACT composite score or superscore of at least a 19 (or an equivalent of a 19 composite on an equivalent test). The amount of the scholarship is as follows for 4-year institutions: $1,000 freshman year $4,000 sophomore year $4,000 junior year $5,000 senior year Students attending 2-year institutions are eligible for $1,000 their freshman year and $3,000 their sophomore year. During the recent legislative session, lawmakers created the Arkansas Challenge Plus Scholarship which provides additional funding for students with an Academic Challenge Scholarship based on their financial needs. ACT 386 requires that Arkansas Challenge Plus Scholarship Program scholarships be funded by available net proceeds remaining from the previous academic year after the transfer of the net lottery proceeds necessary to fund the existing scholarship programs. The General Assembly also passed Act 413 which requires the Division of Higher Education to update existing rules to allow the lottery-funded scholarships to be used during a summer term. For more information about lottery-funded scholarships and to apply for the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship visit sams.adhe. edu.
Many of those who battle addiction do so in silence. However, on occasion they are the ones with the biggest smiles and some of the kindest people. They are the ones who is always there for others but who still feels alone. Sometimes they require someone to speak up when they cannot. Find out how they are doing. Help them. Remind them of their advantages, jobs, education, families, friends, or other resources they may have. Sometimes people fail to realize the potential consequences of even one drug use decision. In talking to them, they may be able to connect their decisions to use with the troubles they are having in life. It may seem difficult to suggest a friend enter treatment, yet doing so could ultimately result in their life being saved. Make it clear you will help them enter treatment, but you won’t support their habit. They might be afraid, unprepared, or resistant to change. But with help, they can get there. You are not alone if you or a loved one are battling addiction. The nightmare of addiction can be ended. Getting help is the first step.
LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas Human Services Department has officially petitioned the federal government for authority to make changes in the Medicaid expansion program. The program is known as ARHOME and provides health coverage to about 312,000 Arkansas residents.
One of the pieces of legislation signed into law this year creates Women Veterans Day as a state memorial day to be celebrated on June 12 each year. Act 115 states Women Veterans Day is acknowledged as an effort to honor the work of women in the United States Armed Forces and recognizes the unique challenges women have faced.
The US Steel industry, at this moment, is resilient. The Congressional Steel Caucus held its annual “State of the Steel” event this week to hear updates from executives in the industry. The caucus is a bipartisan group of members who work in support of a strong domestic steel industry that supplies good jobs and enhances our national security. I chair the caucus, and the vice chair is my colleague Rep. Frank Mrvan, a Democrat representing northwest Indiana.