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  Arkansas ARKids First! ARKids First provides health insurance coverage for more than 70,000 Arkansas children who otherwise might have gone without.

ARKids First has expanded and will now offer two coverage options. ARKids A offers low income families a comprehensive pa... view more

  Arkansas Food Stamp Program The Food Stamp Program helps people with low income get the food they need for good health. Food Stamp benefits are used in place of cash to buy food. Most people must spend some cash along with their food stamp benefits to buy enough food for a mont... view more
  Arkansas Head Start Head Start is a nationwide, Federally funded program designed to foster healthy development of young children from low-income families. Launched in 1965 as a summer program to prepare children for school, Head Start in Arkansas has grown to serve ove... view more
  Arkansas Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program The Home Energy Assistance Program helps low-income households with home energy costs by administering Regular Assistance and Crisis Intervention Programs. Each program provides financial assistance to eligible households with a one-time per year pay... view more
  Arkansas Medicaid Program Medicaid is a program that helps pay for medically necessary medical services for needy and low-income persons. It uses state and Federal government money. The Department of Human Services (DHS) runs th... view more
  Arkansas School Breakfast and Lunch Program The Arkansas School Breakfast and Lunch Program is available to public and private nonprofit schools and residential childcare institutions serving children of high school age and younger. Residential childcare institutions must be licensed and opera... view more
  Arkansas Special Milk Program The Arkansas Special Milk Program provides milk to children in schools, childcare institutions and eligible camps that do not participate in other Federal child nutrition meal service programs. Schools that participate in the National School Lunch or... view more
  Arkansas Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) The WIC Program provides supplemental foods, nutrition education and referrals to health care, at no cost, to low-income pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are determined to be at nutritional risk. To ... view more
  Arkansas Summer Food Service The Arkansas Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) provides nutritious meals and snacks to children during the summer months. This Federally funded food service program helps children who live in eligible areas receive the same high quality meals during... view more
  Arkansas Transitional Employment Assistance The Transitional Employment Assistance (TEA) program helps economically needy families with children under the age of 18 become more responsible for the support of their families. The TEA program is Ark... view more
  Arkansas Unemployment Insurance Unemployment insurance benefits provide temporary financial assistance to workers unemployed through no fault of their own that meet Arkansas' eligibility requirements.... view more
  Arkansas Weatherization Assistance Program The Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) is the nation's largest residential energy efficiency program. Its mission is to insulate the dwellings of low-income persons, particularly the elderly, persons with disabilities, families with children, hi... view more
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