What Association of Arkansas Counties does

The Association of Arkansas Counties (AAC) is a private nonprofit membership association founded in 1968 and headquartered at 1415 West Third Street in Little Rock, Arkansas, where it occupies more than 16,000 square feet of office and meeting space and employs 38 full-time staff. The organization exists to provide a single source of cooperative support and information for all 75 Arkansas counties and their county and district elected officials — a constituency it has held at 100 percent membership continuously since 1988. Membership dues are voluntary and structured as 1 percent of each county's General Turnback. Services are delivered through the central staff, nine affiliate associations (county judges, sheriffs, assessors, quorum courts, circuit clerks, collectors, treasurers, county clerks, and coroners, each with two seats on the AAC board), the 58th Annual Conference, and an extensive publication library that includes directories, salary surveys, tax levies, procedural manuals, compliance guides, and the quarterly County Lines magazine.

AAC's economic core is two self-funded and self-administered insurance programs: the Workers' Compensation Trust, established in 1985 and governed by an elected five-member county-official board with in-house claims handling, which covers all 75 Arkansas counties and other county government entities; and the Risk Management Fund, established in 1986, which provides general liability, auto liability and physical damage, property, and volunteer fire department coverage to member counties. Member-benefit platforms layered on top of the insurance products include Guardian RFID (inmate tracking), Codification services, National MedTest CDL drug testing, and Justice Bridge. AAC has also extended into federal-fund coordination through an American Rescue Plan resource service (training webinars, policy guides, compliance materials) and into litigation and abatement support through a partnership with the Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership (ARORP), including the filing of an amici curiae brief in the Purdue Pharma opioid bankruptcy.

AAC is led by Executive Director Chris Villines (appointed July 2010, formerly Saline County collector) and is governed by a board of directors composed of elected county officials from member counties. The association has no parent company, no external ownership, and no disclosed funding rounds. Revenue is generated from voluntary membership dues (subscription/recurring), Workers' Compensation Trust and Risk Management Fund premiums and contributions (managed services), conference and training fees (professional services), and modest publication sales through an online storefront at associationofarkansascounties.regfox.com. Go-to-market is direct and sales-led, with no intermediaries: services reach counties through staff, the nine affiliate associations, the publication and conference portals, and direct county relationships. Geographic scope is limited to the state of Arkansas by charter and constituency.

Name

Association of Arkansas Counties

Legal name

Association of Arkansas Counties

Website

https://arcounties.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1968

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Association of Arkansas Counties is a nonprofit membership association founded in 1968 serving all 75 Arkansas counties, delivering legislative representation, training, publications, and self-funded Workers' Compensation and Risk Management insurance programs through nine affiliate associations of county officials.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Little Rock

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Voluntary membership dues from counties, calculated as 1 percent of each county's General Turnback. AAC has maintained 100% membership of all 75 Arkansas counties since 1988.
2. Risk Management Fund: Self-funded and self-administered risk management program created in 1986 providing protection for member counties including general liability, auto liability, property coverage, and volunteer fire department programs.
3. Workers' Compensation Trust: Self-funded and self-administered workers' compensation coverage established in 1985 providing coverage for all 75 Arkansas counties and other county government entities.
4. Publications and Directories: Sale of publications including County and District Elected Officials Directory ($20), County Judges Directory ($15), and Compliance Guide ($75).
5. Conferences and Training: Revenue from annual AAC Conference (58th Annual), affiliate association meetings, and training programs for county officials including procedural manuals and educational materials.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Association of Arkansas Counties (AAC) is a nonprofit membership association that delivers legislative representation, training, publications, and conferences to all 75 Arkansas counties and their officials. Its two largest functional programs are the self-funded Risk Management Fund (providing General Liability, Auto Liability & Physical Damage, Property, and Volunteer Fire Department coverage) and the self-funded Workers' Compensation Trust, both self-administered since 1985-1986. The association also maintains an extensive Publication Library, the quarterly County Lines Magazine, an AAC Scholarship Trust, American Rescue Plan resources, and opioid crisis support through the Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership (ARORP).

Product overview

The Association of Arkansas Counties (AAC) is a membership organization providing cooperative support and information services for all 75 Arkansas counties and their officials. The organization operates a platform-plus-modules architecture centered on three core offerings: (1) Risk Management Fund and Workers' Compensation Trust for insurance and risk coverage, (2) an extensive Publication Library including salary surveys, tax levies, procedural manuals, and county directories available for purchase, and (3) legislative representation and training services. Additional modules include American Rescue Plan resource coordination, Opioid Crisis support through ARORP partnership, and the AAC Scholarship Trust program. The organization also publishes the quarterly County Lines Magazine and provides member benefits including Guardian RFID, Codification services, CDL Drug Testing, and Justice Bridge access.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Risk Management Fund
• Workers' Compensation Trust

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership (ARORP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAAC partners with ARORP to provide opioid settlement funding and services across Arkansas. ARORP is managed by an Advisory Board and provides proposal templates for funding from court settlements. AAC's amici curiae brief supports opioid litigation efforts.
• County Judges Association of ArkansascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliate association representing county judges. Each affiliate elects its own officers and holds continuing education seminars. Represented with two members on AAC board of directors.
• Arkansas Sheriffs' AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliate association representing county sheriffs. Each affiliate elects its own officers and holds continuing education seminars. Represented with two members on AAC board of directors.
• Arkansas Assessors AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliate association representing county assessors. Each affiliate elects its own officers and holds continuing education seminars. Represented with two members on AAC board of directors.
• Arkansas Association of Quorum CourtscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliate association representing justices of the peace on quorum courts. Each affiliate elects its own officers and holds continuing education seminars. Represented with two members on AAC board of directors.
• Arkansas Circuit Clerks' AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliate association representing circuit clerks. Each affiliate elects its own officers and holds continuing education seminars. Represented with two members on AAC board of directors.
• Arkansas Collectors' AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliate association representing county collectors. Each affiliate elects its own officers and holds continuing education seminars. Represented with two members on AAC board of directors.
• Arkansas Treasurers' AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliate association representing county treasurers. Each affiliate elects its own officers and holds continuing education seminars. Represented with two members on AAC board of directors.
• Arkansas County Clerks' AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliate association representing county clerks. Each affiliate elects its own officers and holds continuing education seminars. Represented with two members on AAC board of directors.
• Arkansas Coroners' AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliate association representing county coroners. Each affiliate elects its own officers and holds continuing education seminars. Represented with two members on AAC board of directors.
• National Association of Counties (NACo)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAAC is connected to NACo for national county government advocacy and resources, including joint reports on opioid crisis response.
• Arkansas Municipal LeagueminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint amici curiae brief filed with Arkansas Municipal League in Purdue Pharma opioid litigation case.
• National MedTest Inc.minorOthersProvides CDL drug testing program endorsed by AAC for county Commercial Drivers' License holders.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• North Carolina Association of County Commissioners: Statewide association representing North Carolina's 100 counties with legislative advocacy, training, and member services. Operates with a board and affiliate-style committee structure analogous to AAC's affiliate-association model.
• Georgia Association of Counties (GAC / ACCG): Statewide association serving Georgia's 159 counties with legislative advocacy, training, and ACCG Insurance Programs (a self-funded risk pool), making it one of the closest operating-model peers to AAC's insurance-and-advocacy bundle.
• Association of County Commissions of Alabama: State-level membership association for Alabama's 67 county commissions. Provides legislative, educational, and member-benefit services in a structure parallel to AAC's coverage of all 75 Arkansas counties.
• Kentucky Association of Counties: State-level association serving Kentucky's 120 counties with training, advocacy, and member-benefit services including risk-related programming, comparable to AAC's mission and member-benefit orientation.
• Texas Association of Counties: State-level county association serving Texas counties with legislative advocacy, training, publications, and a risk management pool (Texas Counties Risk Management Pool) that is conceptually analogous to AAC's Workers' Compensation Trust and Risk Management Fund.
• County Commissioners Association of Ohio (CCAO): Ohio's statewide association of county commissioners providing legislative representation, training, and member services. Mirrors AAC's role of coordinating county-level representation and continuing education in Ohio.

Broad incumbents

• National Association of Counties (NACo): The national umbrella association for U.S. county governments. AAC is connected to NACo as the Arkansas state-level affiliate for federal advocacy and joint reports such as those on opioid response, making NACo the natural broad incumbent peer.

Others

• Public Risk Management Association (PRIMA): National association for public-sector risk managers. AAC's Risk Management Fund and Workers' Compensation Trust are functionally aligned with PRIMA's pool/risk-management concepts, making PRIMA a thematic peer for AAC's insurance programs.
• Arkansas Municipal League: Sister state-level local-government association in Arkansas for cities/towns. Jointly files amicus briefs with AAC (e.g., Purdue Pharma litigation) and provides parallel local-government advocacy and training in the same state.

Emerging players

• National Council of County Association Executives (NCCAE): Professional association of executives leading state-level county associations like AAC. Peer network for sharing best practices across similar statewide associations; membership includes leaders of organizations directly comparable to AAC.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/75arcounties
• Facebookfacebook.com/75ARcounties
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/association-of-arkansas-counties

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Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

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