Health Impact Assessment of Creating a State-Level Refundable Earned Income Tax Credit in Arkansas

Author(s): John Cook, Ph.D., M.A.Ed., Research Scientist and Principal Investigator, Children’s HealthWatch; Richard Sheward, MPP, Deputy Director of Innovative Partnerships, Children’s HealthWatch; Bruno Showers, Senior Policy Analyst, Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families; and Eduardo Ochoa, Jr., MD, Principal Investigator, Children’s HealthWatch.

Published in: Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families & Children’s HealthWatch

Health Impact Assessment

Legislative Policy Brief

Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families and Children’s HealthWatch have conducted the following Health Impact Assessment to estimate the potential health-related impacts of creating a state-level, refundable Earned Income Tax Credit for the approximately 300,000 qualifying low-income Arkansas households. This Health Impact Assessment also identifies appropriate actions to manage those effects.

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Health Impact Assessment of Creating a State-Level Refundable Earned Income Tax Credit in Arkansas

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