Arkansas Advocates For Children and Families

The Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, or AACF, is a non-profit advocacy organization which encourages public policy in Arkansas that will benefit children and their families. Its mission statement is "to protect and promote through research, education and advocacy the rights and well-being of Arkansas children and their families, to assure that they have the opportunity to lead healthy and productive lives."

The AACF was founded in 1977 by attorney Hillary Rodham as a non-partisan group, and continues to be supported by a wide variety of individuals and organizations.

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