Difference Makers of Hot Springs, AR

06/18/2026

Last Year's Hot Springs Community Health Banquet Speaker Doug Thomas will be Present for this year's Health Banquet and Community Resource Fair With Books to Promote His Latest Achievement.

06/17/2026

06/17/2026

An Interview With A Legend - Remembering City Director Elaine Jones; The Longest Running City Elected Official (24yrs.)

06/16/2026

Arkansas ranks #1 in the nation for hunger.

And most people don’t know that when SNAP participation declines, access to school meals is also reduced.

Here’s how it works: In Arkansas, SNAP enrollment is what automatically qualifies a child for free school meals, no application needed. When a family loses SNAP, that qualification disappears.

Schools in high-poverty areas use a measure called the Identified Student Percentage (ISP) to qualify for the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), which lets them feed every child for free. When SNAP rolls fall, ISPs fall too. When ISP drops below 25%, schools lose that protection entirely.

- 1 in 4 Arkansas children is already food insecure.
- Over 2.5 million people have lost SNAP benefits nationally since H.R.1 passed.
- Arkansas families who lose SNAP also lose Summer EBT grocery cards.
- Arkansas has not budgeted to cover the mandatory SNAP administrative cost match of $20-25M

Share this post. Tag your elected officials. Tell them to join the Arkansas Legislative Hunger Caucus by clicking this link: https://arhungeralliance.quorum.us/sign_up/14930/?

06/16/2026

Community!!!

06/16/2026

We Must Do Better About Our People, we live in an agricultural environment and there is no reason we lead the NATION in hunger.

1 in 4 Arkansas children goes to bed hungry.

And federal SNAP changes could make it worse — in ways that reach all the way to the school cafeteria.

In Arkansas, SNAP is the only program that automatically signs a child up for free school meals. Lose SNAP → lose lunch. Lose SNAP → lose Summer EBT grocery cards.

Arkansas kids need our voice.

Click this link to contact your elected official: https://www.quorum.us/grassroots_campaign/164094/

06/15/2026

Introduction of the Juneteenth Speaker for Saturday June 20th, 2026

06/15/2026

The Difference Makers of Hot Springs Salutes A True Difference Maker and Living Legend Honoree. We Salute Your Legacy and Work. Take Your Rest.

06/12/2026

This year, the Arkansas Kids Count Coalition is hosting a monthly webinar series, Policy 101, to explore the fundamentals of major policies and programs impacting children and families in Arkansas. The webinars are meant to provide advocates with the essentials around many important topics to help y...