Adult Education

Community Resources for Adult Learners

Arkansas Children’s Resource Connect – Search and connect to support. Financial assistance, food pantries, medical care, and other free or reduced-cost services.

Arkansas Children’s Resources

Arkansas Food Bank – Students can text FINDFOOD to 844-381-FOOD (3663). If you click under find the food, you will find the following: Pop-Up pantries, SNAP, and assistance programs. 

Arkansas Food Bank Locations

Arkansas 211 – Arkansas 211 has a database of over 19,000 resources to help you find the right services nationwide. Students dial 211 and someone is available to assist them 24/7. 

Arkansas 211

Central Arkansas Development Council – They have locations across the state and assist with transportation, food insecurity, utility assistance, tax assistance, single-parent scholarships, and weatherization. They are located across the state and in rural areas. 

CADC Services

Department of Human Services – Access Arkansas Resource – Assists with childcare, food, and medical insurance.

Access Arkansas Resources

Quick Community Resource Guide and Quick Higher Education Guide – Includes information on food assistance, legal assistance, health care services, re-entry services, employment assistance, and higher education.

Quick Resource Guide

Statewide Community Resources Portal

Statewide Community Resources Portal Services

Arkansas Workforce Connections

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

FROM THE ARKANSAS DIVISION OF WORKFORCE CONNECTIONS

Additional county authorized for Disaster Unemployment Assistance

On June 24, 2025, Greene County was added to the list of Arkansas counties as a result of an amendment to Presidential Disaster Declaration FEMA-4873-DR, announced on May 21, 2025. The Arkansas Department of Commerce, Division of Reemployment is now accepting applications for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) from individuals in Clark, Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Desha, Fulton, Greene, Hot Spring, Jackson, Miller, Ouachita, Pulaski, Randolph, Saline, Sharp, St. Francis, and White counties whose employment or self-employment was lost or interrupted due to the severe storms and tornadoes that occurred on April 2-22, 2025. Learn more here: https://dws.arkansas.gov/workforce-services/disaster-ui-assistance/

ADWS provides interpretation and translation services, at no cost, for clients who need assistance in accessing and participating in available services and programs. To request an interpreter or translator, please contact your nearest local office. 

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ADWS proporciona servicios de interpretación y traducción, sin costo alguno, para clientes que necesitan asistencia accediendo y participando en servicios y programas disponibles. Para solicitar un intérprete o traductor, por favor póngase en contacto con su oficina local más cercana.

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