Arkansas Assistance Programs

Find how to get assistance in all cities in Arkansas, including Little Rock and Fort Smith.

Assistance Programs

Arkansas Health Care Access Foundation, Inc.
This medical assistance program is for lower income, medically uninsured Arkansas residents who can’t pay medical bills. The products and services provided in the program are all donated or volunteered by Arkansas dentists, doctors, cooperating hospitals, pharmacies, and home health agencies.

ARKids First
This is a healthcare program for families and children in need of health insurance to help with medical expenses. There are two levels of this program, one being ARKids A (which is Medicaid) and the second level is ARKids B. “B” is for families whose income is too high to be on government Medicaid but have no health insurance for their children.

Emergency Food Assistance Program
The Emergency Food Assistance Program will makes surplus food and groceries available to lower income households. This assistance is intended to supplement other foods and is not intended to serve as a household's sole or main food source.

The Arkansas Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
It helps families with limited income get the food and nutrition they need for good health. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are used instead of cash to buy food and groceries. Most people usually must spend some cash along with their food stamp grant benefits in order to buy enough food for a month.

Transitional Employment Assistance (TEA)
This program assists financially needy Arkansas families with children under the age of 18 become more independent and responsible for the support of their families. It will provide grants, job training, and help finding employment, including work from home jobs.

Assistance From Arkansas Cities and Counties

Baxter County (Mountain Home)

Benton County (Bentonville)

Greene County

Miller County (Texarkana)

Pulaski County (Little Rock)

Washington County

Arkansas Energy Bill Assistance

Energy and Low-Income Heating Assistance (LIHEAP) in Energy
This program will help lower income Arkansas households with home energy costs, including heating and cooling bills, by administering both the Regular Assistance and Crisis Intervention programs. Each of these components provides financial assistance to households in the form of a one-time per year cash grant payment to the household's energy supplier or, under certain circumstances, to the applicant themselves.

Arkansas Weatherization Overview
Weatherization provides funds and grants to Arkansas residents to help them save energy in their. It focuses on the homes of low-income people, with emphasis on handicapped, elderly, and families with children.