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County government in Arkansas is a political subdivision of the state established for a more convenient administration of justice and for purposes of providing services for the state by the Constitution of Arkansas and the Arkansas General Assembly through the Arkansas Code. In Arkansas, counties have no inherent authority, only power given to ...
Arkansas Capitol Arts and Grounds Commission; Arkansas Capitol Zoning District Commission; Arkansas Catfish Promotion Board; Arkansas Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board; Arkansas Child Abuse, Rape, Domestic Violence Commission; Arkansas Code Revision Commission; Arkansas Corn and Grain Sorghum Board; Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame Board
The Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission maintains two small sites in Arkansas County: the Roth Prairie Natural Area and the Striplin Woods Natural Area. Roth Prairie is a flat 41 acres (17 ha) plot south of Stuttgart, one of the few remaining tallgrass prairies typical of the Grand Prairie prior to leveling and clearing for human settlement ...
The law was amended in 1972 to add Supplemental Security Income, which provides cash assistance to individuals, 65 years of age or older. The passage of The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 further protected the financial rights of older people by prohibiting employers from discriminating against people who are 40 years of age or older.
Led by a federal agency, the Administration for Community Living, Senior Citizens Day is a time to recognize older Americans' contributions, highlight aging trends, and reaffirm commitments to ...
The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) is a Federal-State partnership whose mission it is to improve the quality of life for the residents of the Mississippi Delta.The Delta Regional Authority serves 252 counties and parishes in parts of eight states: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee.
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According to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the older population—persons 65 years or older—numbered 39.6 million in 2009. [31] They represented 12.9% of the U.S. population, about one in every eight Americans. [31] By 2030, there will be about 72.1 million older persons, more than twice their number in 2000. [31]