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Promoting Prosperity & Health All Over Arkansas

As a community health foundation with extensive experience improving local health, Arkansas Family Health Foundation has long recognized the relationship between health and economic development. The more financial security that people in our community have, the easier it is for them to eat well, exercise, and obtain all the medical care they need. We have thus promoted Arkansas’s development from the beginning, doing everything in our power to bring prosperity to our community.

Arkansas continues to struggle with economic development, and lags behind the rest of the country on key outcomes. Whereas the median American family in 2017 earned an income of roughly $55,000 per year, the median Arkansan family only makes about $42,000. Even compared to other states in the region, Arkansas is struggling. The average wage here is $19.03 per hour, compared to $19.84 in Louisiana, $20.36 in Tennessee, $20.56 in Oklahoma, $21.45 in Missouri, and $22.97 in Texas; only Mississippi had a lower average wage, at $18.41 per hour.

In many ways, Arkansas’s economic development problem is a rural problem. Urban and suburban counties like Pulaski, Washington, and Benton all have average annual wages of $40,000 or more. But in remote parts of the state, like Fulton County in the north or Polk County in the west, average wages run as low as $25,000 per year.

Low education levels are also a major issue. Just over 20 percent of Arkansans have a bachelor’s degree or more, which is a serious problem given how important college education is for economic advancement. Thus Arkansas’s economic problems are substantially the result of a lack of access to education, as well as a general lack of opportunity in rural areas.

Arkansas Family Health Foundation addresses all these economic problems within our community. Our Economic Development Center promotes local growth and helps connect people to jobs, while our Center for Education & Wellness provides scholarships and other benefits to encourage development and upward mobility. Through these efforts, we hope to eliminate any barriers between the people of Arkansas and health, prosperity, and happiness.

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Arkansas Family Health Foundation
400 W. Capitol Avenue, Suite 2910
Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone: (501) 859-6564
Fax: (501) 859-6564

Arkansas Family Health Foundation is the nonprofit corporate philanthropic organization that funds ARcare, a community healthcare network providing affordable medical and dental care to residents in rural Arkansas. We also offer an outreach literacy program and an early learning center for ages 5 and younger. Through our 34 ARcare Clinic locations, we encourage economic growth by creating new job opportunities. Opened in 2012, the ARcare Center for Education & Wellness and the ARcare Pediatric Medical Clinic began the mission of combating obesity, providing food for the hungry and eliminating illiteracy across the Arkansas Delta. Through our future ARcare Cancer Center, our patients will have the best cancer treatment close to home. We offer several ways you can help support the rural communities through a one-time donation, payroll deduction, volunteer opportunities, participation in the ARcare Shakespeare Festival or our Buy a Brick campaign to honor a loved one.

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