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Pregnancy & family help in Arkansas

51 organizations in Arkansas offering help with pregnancy, housing, food, childcare, adoption and more. We checked each one before listing it, but hours and services change, so please call ahead.

Adoption

  • Bethany Christian Services — Arkansas

    Christian agency offering adoption, foster care, pregnancy support, counseling and post-adoption support.

  • Sparrow's Promise

    Faith-based foster care agency (formerly Searcy Children's Home) with foster homes, temporary care and a family visit center.

  • AdoptUSKids — Arkansas

    Statewide

    How to foster or adopt in Arkansas, with state contacts and support services, from the national AdoptUSKids project.

  • Arkansas DHS — Foster Care & Adoption (DCFS)

    Statewide

    The state's foster care and adoption program. Call to ask about fostering or adopting a child from Arkansas foster care.

  • Project Zero — Arkansas Heart Gallery

    Statewide

    Photos and stories of Arkansas children in foster care waiting for adoptive families, with monthly events for waiting kids, in partnership with DCFS.

  • The CALL (Children of Arkansas Loved for a Lifetime)

    Statewide

    Recruits, trains and supports Christian foster and adoptive families through local churches, with county chapters across Arkansas.

Free / Subsidized Childcare

  • Arkansas Early Learning

    Free Head Start and Early Head Start in Benton, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Garland, Greene, Jackson, Poinsett, Pulaski and Saline counties.

  • CAPCA (Community Action Program for Central Arkansas)

    Head Start, Early Head Start and Migrant Head Start, plus emergency, food, utility and housing help in central Arkansas counties.

  • Arkansas Head Start Association (Find a Program)

    Statewide

    Find the Head Start or Early Head Start program serving your county.

Churches / Baby Closets

  • Heart to Heart Pregnancy & Family Care Center

    Free pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, maternity and baby items and parenting support. 24/7 hotline: (800) 712-4357.

  • His Helping Hands Clothing Closet (First United Methodist Church, Springdale)

    Free gently used clothing and shoes for all ages, once a month. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 9–11:30 a.m.

  • Pregnancy Crisis Center (Harrison)

    Free pregnancy help, plus diapers and baby clothes. Mon–Thu, 10 a.m.–3 p.m.

  • The Hannah Center — Magnolia

    Free pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, parenting education and adoption information. Also in El Dorado and Camden.

  • The CALL (Children of Arkansas Loved for a Lifetime)

    Statewide

    Recruits, trains and supports Christian foster and adoptive families through local churches, with county chapters across Arkansas.

Clothing / Supplies

Domestic Violence

Employment

Potential Financial Assistance

  • Catholic Charities of Arkansas

    Help with food, temporary housing, medical costs and other critical needs. Weekdays 8:30–5.

  • The Salvation Army — Arkansas

    Statewide

    Emergency and transitional shelter, meals, case management and housing help through local Salvation Army centers. Little Rock Center of Hope (women and families): (501) 374-9296.

Food Programs

Health Assistance

  • Community Clinic (Northwest Arkansas)

    Primary care, pediatrics, women's health including prenatal and postpartum care, dental and behavioral health, with clinics in Bentonville, Fayetteville, Rogers, Siloam Springs and Springdale. Call or text for appointments.

  • Arkansas Home Visiting Network

    Statewide

    Free home visits for families from pregnancy until kindergarten (Healthy Families America, Parents as Teachers, Nurse-Family Partnership and more), in almost every county. Refer yourself online.

  • ARKids First

    Statewide

    Health coverage for Arkansas children, including checkups, dental and vision. Apply online at access.arkansas.gov, by phone, or at a local DHS office.

Housing Assistance & Shelters

  • Immerse Arkansas

    Short-term housing, counseling, job training and life-skills coaching for youth ages 14–24 in or aging out of foster care.

  • Our House

    Shelter, family housing, child care, job training and parenting classes for homeless and near-homeless families. Call to check bed availability (weekdays 8–5).

  • The Salvation Army — Arkansas

    Statewide

    Emergency and transitional shelter, meals, case management and housing help through local Salvation Army centers. Little Rock Center of Hope (women and families): (501) 374-9296.

Infant & Baby Equipment

  • Provision Community Care Closet

    Free clothing, shoes, household items and other essentials for anyone in need, walk-in or by referral. A program of the Jefferson County Foster Care Coalition.

Mental Health & Postpartum Assistance

  • Community Clinic (Northwest Arkansas)

    Behavioral health care alongside prenatal and postpartum care at clinics across Benton and Washington counties. Call or text for appointments.

  • Postpartum Support International — Arkansas Chapter

    Statewide

    Local help and free online support groups for depression and anxiety during pregnancy and after birth. The 24/7 National Maternal Mental Health Hotline (call or text) is 1-833-TLC-MAMA.

Parenting Classes

  • Family Network, Inc.

    Free Healthy Families home visiting and parenting support, the Fatherhood FIRE program and a diaper bank, in northwest Arkansas.

  • Parents as Teachers (Arkansas Home Visiting Network)

    Statewide

    Free Parents as Teachers home visits and parenting education for families with children up to age 5. Find a local program or refer yourself online.

  • The CALL (Children of Arkansas Loved for a Lifetime)

    Statewide

    Recruits, trains and supports Christian foster and adoptive families through local churches, with county chapters across Arkansas.

Pregnancy Centers

Special Needs Assistance

Support for Fathers

  • The CALL (Children of Arkansas Loved for a Lifetime)

    Statewide

    Recruits, trains and supports Christian foster and adoptive families through local churches, with county chapters across Arkansas.

Transportation

  • Our House

    Shelter, family housing, child care, job training and parenting classes for homeless and near-homeless families. Call to check bed availability (weekdays 8–5).

  • Arkansas Medicaid rides to medical appointments (NET)

    Statewide

    Medicaid covers free rides to covered appointments for members with no other way to get there. Call the NET Help Line (option 1) to find your region's broker.

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