Community Help and Resources

Community Resources

Arkansas Community Action Agencies

• Dental care
• Emergency food and shelter
• Employment services
• Food assistance
• Head Start schools
• Housing assistance
• Meals on Wheels
• Senior centers
• Single Parent Scholarship Fund
• Substance abuse clinics
• Tax preparation consultation
• Utility assistance
• Weatherization assistance

http://acaaa.org/

Arkansas Low Income Home Energy Assistance

• Financial assistance to help meet the costs of home energy i.e. gas, electricity, propane, etc. 

Email: shirley.mason@dhs.arkansas.gov

Access Arkansas

• Arkansas Works Program – Health care coverage for adults ages 19-64
• ARKids First – Health care coverage for children
• Child Care Assistance
• Medicare Savings Program
• Pregnant Women Medicaid – Health coverage for women over age 19 who are pregnant
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
• Transitional Employment Assistance (TEA)

Access Arkansas is an online service provided by the Arkansas Department of Human Services(DHS).

ARKids First

• Medical Insurance for children

http://www.arkidsfirst.com/apply.htm

Central Arkansas Development Council

• Crisis intervention
• Head start schools
• Money management help
• Senior activity centers
• Tax preparation help
• Weatherization help

Central Arkansas Development Council is a private nonprofit community action agency. CADC is a local force in the War on Poverty. CADC provides a hand-up, promoting self-help in our neighborhoods and for our families.

http://cadc.com/services/

Helping Hand of Greater Little Rock

• Food pantry
• Limited financial assistance
• Thrift shop

The Helping Hand of Greater Little Rock is a food pantry, thrift shop and provider of limited financial assistance to thousands of families in Central Arkansas. Through the work of our volunteers and staff we provide nourishment, support, guidance and love to those who seek our services.

Address: 1601 Marshall Street Little Rock, AR 72216

http://www.lrhelpinghand.com/

NOTE: Helping Hand food pantry is open from 9am to12:30pm, Monday thru Thursday.  You will need an official state identification, federal identification, medicaid card, consular card or social security card for each member of your family. In emergencies, no one will be turned away because of lack of identification on the first visit.

The thrift shop is open Monday thru Thursday, 9am to 1PM.

Salvation Army in Central Arkansas

• Agency referrals
• Clothing closet
• Food baskets
• Medication vouchers (When funds are available)
• Utility assistance (When funds are available)

Little Rock

Phone: (501) 374-1913

Email: Rhonda.tollett@uss.salvationarmy.org

Address: 1111 West Markham Street

Little Rock, AR 72201

Office is open Monday – Friday

8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

North Little Rock

Phone: (501) 476-0517

Email: Shelly.Muller@uss.salvationarmy.org

Address: 5100 Locust Street

North Little Rock, AR 72114

Office is open Monday/Wednesday/Friday

8AM-Noon/1PM-3PM

Saline County

Phone: (501) 315-1058

Email: Shelly.Muller@uss.salvationarmy.org

Address: 129 N. Main Street

Benton, AR 72015

Office is open Tuesday & Thursday 9AM-3PM

http://salvationarmyaok.org/caac/ programs/food-pantry-social-services/

SNAP Benefits – Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

• Financial assistance for groceries. (use to be called foodstamps)

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps low-income people buy the food they need for good health. SNAP benefits supplement an individual’s or a family’s income to help buy nutritious food. Most households must spend some of their own money along with their SNAP benefits to buy the food they need.

Phone: 1-800-482-8988 (En Español)

http://humanservices.arkansas.gov/ dco/dco_docs/DCO215.pdf

NOTE: It is important to turn in your application right away. If your household is eligible, your first month of SNAP benefits will be paid from the day that your application was received online or if you submit a paper application in the DHS County Office.

Transitional Employment Assistance (TEA) Program

• Cash assistance

Program helps economically needy families with children under the age of 18 become more responsible for their own support and less dependent on public assistance. TEA provides monthly cash assistance to eligible families to help meet the family’s basic needs. TEA also provides supportive services such as childcare assistance and employment related services while the parent or other adult relative works toward increasing his or her earning potential. State law limits the receipt of TEA benefits to 24-month lifetime limit.

Phone: 1-800-482-8988 (En Español)

http://humanservices.arkansas.gov/ dco/dco_docs/DCO215.pdf