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ISSUES

Healthcare for families

Arkansans deserves affordable healthcare

 

As a retired nurse, I understand this challenge. Sick people can't work. Sick kids can't go to school. When we prioritize public health, we all win. 

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I know we can:

  • Expand school clinics, mental health & support services for students and families.

  • Work with the schools and PTAs to  establish school programs centered on “living wholeheartedly,” building support systems and equipping student with skills to cope with life’s challenges.

  • Increase Medicaid waiver and home services.

Opportunities and jobs

We deserve to be paid for our hard work

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As an entrepreneur, I know when government needs to get out of the way, as well as what it can do to allow for more opportunities.

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I've faced state regulations that stifled growth. I know how to overcome them.  I've also faced monopolies, and I've seen what corporate overreach can do to small farms and communities.

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I will fight:

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  • To support Community Development Block Grants which funds projects chosen by the local town.

  • To increase community opportunities for gathering spaces, trails, parks.

  • To defend the minimum wage increase approved by an overwhelming majority of Arkansans.

  • For a State Earned Income Tax Credit

Quality education, safe schools

Our children deserve a good education
 

All five of my children graduated from public
Arkansas schools – so did I.

 

Quality education gives kids the opportunity to succeed and live wholeheartedly.  I will protect our public school resources from being diverted to privatized schools for the few. I will fight to:

 

  • Protect public school funding.

  • Keep schools safe.

  • Keep after school and community based programs for kids.

  • Expand broadband and technologies into small rural communities.

  • Increase teacher training to incorporate strategies to develop a sense of  resiliency.

  • Fund research on the effects of  gun violence.

Peace of mind

Mental health services keep us safe

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Compassion, understanding and mental health services are critical in this age of increasing fear, increasing addiction and inter-generational poverty.

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I will fight to:

 

  • Increase community mental health services through community collaborations to establish proven 12 Step programs.

  • Increase access to mindful meditation and yoga through community-school collaborations.

  • Maintain basic mental health coverage in insurance plans.

Contribution checks may be sent to

Lou Reed Sharp for State Representative

PO Box 675

Tontitown, AR 72770

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