January 27, 2025

The Arkansas Council on Behavioral Health will host a Mental Health Day at the Capitol from 9 a.m. -Noon in the rotunda of Arkansas’s state capitol on Jan. 29. The purpose of this day is to highlight successes and raise awareness of the need for and challenge in comprehensive behavioral health services to meet the population health needs in Arkansas.

The event will include presentations from various behavioral health service providers who work daily to meet the needs of Arkansans.

January 20, 2025

By Tess Vrbin, published in the Arkansas Advocate Jan. 16

Arkansas was among the 10 states with the most children in rural areas relying on Medicaid for health insurance in 2023, and was one of only six with more than half of its rural children on Medicaid, according to a report released Wednesday by the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy.

January 20, 2025

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health will host Antonia Novello, MD, DrPH, former United States surgeon general, for a grand rounds panel discussion on public service.

The event will take place Jan. 24 at noon in the Jack T. Stephens Spine and Neurosciences Institute Fred Smith Auditorium on the UAMS Little Rock campus. The free event is open to the public.

January 20, 2025

January is Cervical Health Awareness Month. The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) BreastCare program coordinates efforts with a statewide network of providers offering no-cost cervical and breast cancer screenings and follow-up services.

January 13, 2025

Arkansas has been awarded a $17 million grant, the Transforming Maternal Health (TMaH) Model, from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Applying for the TMaH grant was among the recommendations made by the Strategic Committee for Maternal Health established by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ executive order last year, and the funds will support key efforts to improve the health of pregnant women, new mothers, and babies, the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) announced.