Arkansas Community Action Agencies Association - ACAAA

10/12/2026

🚗 Arkansas Pathways to Self-Sufficiency is hitting the road to Harrison!

We are excited about the upcoming local forum to be hosted by Ozark Opportunities, Inc. as we work to bring people together to identify solutions to community-level challenges and create pathways toward greater opportunity.

📅 Wednesday, October 14, 2026
🕛 Beginning at noon
📍 1856 Church Park Road, Harrison, AR 72601

Our work is guided by three tenets:

🔹 A Holistic Approach: Looking at the whole person and family, recognizing that employment, housing, childcare, transportation, health, and other needs are connected.

🔹 Collective Impact: Bringing people, organizations, and resources together around shared goals so we can make meaningful progress together.

🔹 Local Control: Ensuring that communities help define their priorities and shape solutions that reflect their own experiences, strengths, and needs.

These forums bring practitioners, experts, legislators, and service providers into the conversation—but most importantly, they center the voices of everyday Arkansans. Your experiences and ideas help guide the work as we move from conversation to community action.

Your voice matters. Your community matters. Together, we can turn local challenges into shared solutions and build stronger pathways to self-sufficiency!


Ozark Opportunities, Inc.

10/12/2026

Mark your calendars! Arkansas Community Action Agencies Association (ACAAA) is excited to announce its 52nd Annual Spring Conference, taking place May 18–19, 2027!

This year's theme, Powering Possibility: Community Action at Work, celebrates the people, partnerships, and innovative approaches that make Community Action a powerful force for change across Arkansas.

Everyday, Community Action Professionals are helping individuals and families overcome barriers, build stability, and create pathways toward economic mobility. Our 2027 conference will bring that work to life while creating opportunities to learn, connect, collaborate, and explore what's possible when we work together.

What Can You Expect?

The ACAAA Spring Conference typically brings together 200–300 Community Action professionals, legislators, nonprofit leaders, corporate and philanthropic partners, and other community stakeholders from across Arkansas.

Attendees can look forward to engaging professional development sessions, thought-provoking conversations, opportunities to exchange promising practices, and meaningful connections with organizations working to strengthen communities.

From family self-sufficiency and workforce development to organizational leadership, innovation, and community partnerships, the conference will highlight strategies that help us move beyond identifying challenges to powering solutions and possibilities.

Whether you're a frontline professional, agency leader, community partner, or supporter of the Community Action mission, there will be opportunities to learn, contribute, and connect.

Let's Partner to Power Possibility!

We want YOU to be part of the 2027 ACAAA Spring Conference!

ACAAA is actively seeking sponsoring partners who share our commitment to expanding opportunity, strengthening families, and building thriving communities.

Our sponsorship opportunities provide organizations with meaningful ways to engage Arkansas's Community Action network, share resources and expertise, build relationships, and demonstrate their commitment to community impact.

Presenting Partner
$25,000

Strategic Partner
$15,000

Impact Partner
$10,000

Community Partner
$5,000

Supporting Partner
$2,500

Sponsorship benefits vary by level and may include conference recognition, promotional visibility, partner spotlights, exhibit opportunities, conference registrations, and opportunities to engage directly with Community Action leaders and professionals.

There Are More Ways to Get Involved!

Partnership is about more than financial support! We also welcome opportunities to collaborate through:

In-kind contributions: Help support conference experiences, materials, refreshments, or other event needs.

Resource sharing and exhibits: Connect attendees with tools, programs, services, and opportunities that strengthen their work.

Knowledge and expertise: Share innovative approaches, successful initiatives, and promising practices for potential conference programming.

Customized partnerships: Work with ACAAA to explore creative opportunities that align with your organization's priorities and our shared mission.

We believe some of the most meaningful opportunities emerge when organizations bring their unique strengths, resources, and relationships to the table. We would love to explore what partnership could look like with you!

Save the Date and Stay Connected!
May 18–19, 2027
52nd Annual ACAAA Spring Conference
Powering Possibility: Community Action at Work

Additional information, including the conference location, registration details, agenda, and programming opportunities, will be announced soon.

Interested in becoming a sponsoring partner or exploring other ways to get involved? Contact Tomekia R. Moore, ACAAA Executive Director, at [email protected] to start the conversation.

The possibilities are endless when we work together. Join us in 2027 as we celebrate Community Action at work and continue powering possibilities for Arkansas's families and communities!

10/11/2026

Arkansas Kids: Connected to Their Future! 💻📚🌟

This morning, we had the opportunity to shed light on two important spaces that are shaping the lives and futures of Arkansans: Digital Opportunity and our Head Start and Childcare Programs.

As we close out Get Connected Arkansas Week, we are celebrating the intersection of early childhood education and digital opportunity—and the incredible potential that exists when we invest in both.

Thanks to the generosity of our philanthropic partners, including the King Foundation, Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, Arkansas Black Philanthropy Collaborative, and Entergy Arkansas, Arkansas Community Action Agencies and our partners at the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture and the Arkansas State Broadband Office are helping bring digital capacity-building resources to Head Start and childcare programs across our state.

These investments are about more than technology. They are about equipping early childhood programs with the tools, resources, and capacity to strengthen learning environments, engage families, support educators, and prepare our youngest learners for a connected world.

Selected Head Start and childcare programs are demonstrating what is possible when communities, philanthropy, education, and public-sector partners come together with a shared vision. By strengthening digital capacity in these spaces, we are helping create more opportunities for children and families to learn, grow, and thrive.

Recipients include:
ARVAC, Inc.
BRAD - Black River Area Development Corporation
CAPCA Community Action Program for Central Arkansas
Community Services Office
EOA of Washington County Head Start/Early Head Start
Mississippi County, AR EOC Head Start
NADC - Northcentral Arkansas Development Council, Inc.
Ozark Opportunities, Inc.

Digital opportunity is early opportunity. When children have access to enriching learning experiences and families have the tools to participate in an increasingly digital world, we strengthen the foundation for lifelong learning and future success.

At Arkansas Community Action Agencies Association, we believe thriving communities begin with investments that meet people where they are and help them get where they want to go.

As we close out Get Connected Arkansas Week, we remain committed to shining a light on digital opportunity across Arkansas—because being connected today is about participating tomorrow.

Together, we are connecting our children to their future!


National Digital Inclusion Alliance
Entergy Arkansas
UA Community & Economic Development
ARConnect
Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation

10/10/2026

Thanks to philanthropy partners, King Foundation, Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, Arkansas Black Philanthropy Collaborative, and Entergy Arkansas, Arkansas Community Action Agencies Association - ACAAA and its partners, University of AR Division of Agriculture and the Arkansas State Broadband Office, closed out Get Connected Arkansas Week by gifting eight Arkansas Head Start and Childcare Programs with Digital Capacity Building Seed Funds to do digital projects with their scholars and families.

See coverage below from today's press conference!
Community Services Office
ARVAC, Inc.
National Digital Inclusion Alliance
UA Community & Economic Development
CAPCA Community Action Program for Central Arkansas
ARConnect
Entergy Arkansas
Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation
Ozark Opportunities, Inc.
EOA of Washington County Head Start/Early Head Start
NADC - Northcentral Arkansas Development Council, Inc.
BRAD - Black River Area Development Corporation
Mississippi County, AR EOC Head Start

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.- To wrap up Get Connected Arkansas week, the Arkansas Community Action Agencies Association gave back to their community program partners, donating $500 to eight Head Start progra…

10/10/2026

Recent media coverage - Community Impact Day!

Arkansas Communication Agencies Association, along with Pine Bluff non-profit organizations Exodus Life and the Community Empowerment Council are hosting an inf

10/10/2026

Get Connected Arkansas Week!
Crowley's Ridge Development Council, Inc. - CRDC
UA Community & Economic Development
ARConnect

The celebration at the state capitol was part of "Get Connected Ark...

10/10/2026

Moving Communities Forward Starts with Coming Together.

Tomekia Moore, Executive Director of ACAAA and Stephanie Garner, CEO of ARVAC, Inc., were pleased to join Entergy Arkansas and the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation during today's Entergy Affordability Summit Panel Discussion.

This layered, solution-focused conversation provided important context around the challenges facing the communities Community Action serves, including barriers to access, economic insecurity, and the systems that can leave individuals and families feeling disenfranchised or disconnected from the resources and opportunities they need to thrive.

In Community Action we see firsthand how affordability challenges intersect with housing, utilities, transportation, workforce participation, and family stability. Addressing these challenges requires more than identifying the problems; it requires meaningful collaboration, listening to the voices of those most affected, and developing solutions that move communities forward.

We are grateful to Entergy for ensuring Community Action has a seat at the table. When CBOs, philanthropic partners, and industry leaders come together, we create opportunities to turn shared understanding into meaningful action.

Together, we can strengthen communities, expand access to opportunity, and help more Arkansas families move toward lasting stability and self-sufficiency.



ARVAC, Inc.
Entergy Arkansas

10/09/2026

Thank you, Governor Sarah Sanders!

Arkansas Community Action Agencies Association and our partners, the Arkansas State Broadband Office and the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, appreciate Governor Sarah Sanders for supporting the work to further Digital Opportunity by declaring October 4–10 as Get Connected Arkansas Week across the entire state of Arkansas.

This recognition helps elevate a conversation that matters to every community: being connected today is about being able to participate.

For Arkansas families, connectivity can mean a child accessing learning resources, a parent applying for a job, a senior connecting with healthcare, or a small business reaching new customers. These opportunities depend on reliable access, affordability, digital skills, and trusted support.

As we continue this conversation, we must keep asking how we can help more Arkansans access—and confidently use—the tools and resources that support their everyday lives.

Thank you to our partners at the Arkansas State Broadband Office and the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, and to everyone helping move this work forward.

Together, we can build brighter futures for our children and stronger communities across Arkansas.

10/09/2026

📅 SAVE THE DATE!

Join us for the 52nd Annual ACAAA Spring Conference!
May 18–19, 2027 | Location TBA
Powering Possibility: Community Action at Work

Come together with Community Action Professionals and partners from across Arkansas to connect, learn, and explore ways to expand opportunity and strengthen our communities.

🤝 Explore a Pathway to Partnership!
We invite businesses, philanthropic organizations, and community partners to become sponsoring partners for the conference. Help make this gathering possible while building relationships with a statewide network committed to Community Action.

To discuss partnership opportunities, contact Tomekia Moore, ACAAA Executive Director, at [email protected].

Mark your calendar—more details to come!