American Diabetes Association is
the only organization that works to help families of youth with
diabetes fight school discrimination. We also advocate for
incresed federal funding of diabetes research and medical insurance
coverage, and we help youth learn how to help themselves through
advocacy. The ADA provides books and resources, camps,
research, walks, and other youth programs.
(479)464-4121
Arkansas
Advocates for Children & Families Ensures
that all children and their families have the resources and
opportunities to lead healthy and productive lives and to realize their
full potential. (479)927-9800
Arkansas Baptist Children's Home
& Family
Ministries To
accept, believe in,
and care for children and families in crisis. (479)521-1296
Arkansas Blazers
provides an opportunity for boys and girls, ages 7-17, regardless of
socio-economical background with an opportunity to participate in
basketball at the local, state, and national levels. (479)659-1838
Arkansas Department of Human Services
(800)482-8988
Arkansas Youth United
Our purpose is to support young people with disabilities to define and
reach personal goals around high school completion, post-high school
education, employment, community involvement, and issues affecting
their lives. (479)756-4192
ARKids
First Health Insurance -offers low-income families a
comprehensive package of benefits. (888)474-8275
American
Red Cross-NWA Chapter/Youth Programs - Youth programs at the
ARC include babysitters training, young adult workshopes, service days
to enrich and beautify our parks, and other outdoor recreational areas.
(479)306-4688
Arkansas
Support Network It is our belief that every
person has the right to live in a home and in the community as an
active and accepted member. Our intent is to support the
presence and participation of children and adults with developmental
disabilities in their homes and communities. (479)273-0338
Arkansas
Visitation and Exchange Center, Inc.
Opererates a neutral location for children and adults to have
supervised visitations and exchanges, by providing committed
professionals who offer a secure and comfortable setting that will
encourage and foster a positive relationship between adults and
children. (479)381-1483
Autism Support Group of NWA (479)631-2731 or (479)549-1084
Benton County
Boys
& Girls Club serves over 8,000 children each year
through its summer and after-school programs. The Boys
& Girls Club of Benton County offers a safe, convenient, and
very affordable place for children to learn, play, socialize, and
develop the skills essential to a successful and productive future.
(479)273-7187
Benton
County 4-H Foundation Develop leadership potential
of
youth through a balance of project work, citisenship training and
service, leadership training and "learn by doing" programming
efforts (479)271-1060
Benton
County
Women's Shelter Committed to meeting the
needs of domestic violence victims. (479)273-0730
Bethany's
Angels
Provides assistance to families whose children are fighting a
potentially terminal condition, such as cancer, leukemia, and spinal
muscular atrophy. (479)466-1547
Big Brothers Big Sisters
is the oldest and largest youth mentoring organization in the United
States. Trained professionals recruit, screen, match, and
support Big and Little Brothers and Sisters through a network of 470
agencies throughout the country. The NWA agency is proud to
be one of them. These one-to-one mentoring relations between
caring adults and children have documented positive outcomes for the
children. (479)756-5683
Bighouse
Youth
Outreach, Inc.
reaches teens in their environment, to encourage them to dream big, and
provide a safe place for them to come and be energized. We want to see
their lives changed to give them hope and a future. Most
importantly, show them the unconditional love of Christ.
B.A.C.A.
Bikers Against Child Abuse
provides aid, comfort, safety, and support for children that have been
sexually, physically, and emotionally abused. Emergency pager
(479)731-0160
BirthNetwork
of NWA Helps
women and families in NWA have a safe and fulfilling pregnancy and
birth experience while empowering them in their role as health care
consumers.
Boy Scouts of
America
- Razorback District prepares young people to make ethical
and moral choices over their lifetime by instilling in them the values
of the Scout Oath and Law. We provide year round programs for
boys ages 6-20, and girls, ages 14-20, to help them achieve the core
objectives of strengthening character, personal fitness, and good
citizenship. (479)621-6666
Cameron's
Amazing Book Club Donates
books to schools, libraries, hospitals, medical clinics and needy
children
Camp
War Eagle is a Christian, sports, adventure, and recreation
summer camp for boys and girls ages 7-17 from Benton, Washington,
Carroll, and Madison counties in NWA. Located on the shores
of beautiful Beaver Lake, Camp War Eagle is the place for children from
NWA to have the time of their lives and gain a greater appreciation for
God, themselves, and other. The children returning home will them
positively affect their families and the communities of NWA.
(479)426-3661
Casa
(479)725-2213
Court Appointed Special Advocate to children who have been adjudicated
dependent/neglected and are currently in foster care.
Center for
Effective Parenting Improves parent education
and parental involvement in Arkansas (479)751-6166
Children's
House
Provides a safe, secure place for children to overcome the
devestating effects of abuse and neglect, regardless of social or
economic background. (479)443-5239
Children's Safety Center
Coordinates the investigation, prosecution and treatment services to
children physically or sexually abused in WA county. (479)872-6183
Community
Health & Wellness is a service of the Jones Center
for Families, seeking to help individuals, groups, and families achieve
and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Our staff is available to
speak on a variety of health-related topics and to conduct specific
classroom education. (479)756-8090 ext.2524
Donald W.
Reynolds
Boys & Girls Club (Fayetteville) is a youth-centered
and family-based organization dedicated to: helping
participants develop the social and moral competencies necessary for
achieving their full potential; offering a broad variety of
indoor and outdoor programs, aimed at the different levels and facets
of development; presenting a kaleidoscope of opportunities
for youth and families to be actively engaged in the growth process;
providing a positive and constructive environment for
interaction among youth, families, and adults from diverse backgrounds;
and including the community as an active partner in ensuring
that youth are equipped to become productive citizens. (479)442-9242
Down
Syndrome Connection of Northwest
Arkansas (479)443-1370 or (479)601-2413
Elizabeth
Richardson Center has been enhancing the quality of life for
individuals with disabilities in NWA for 43 years. (479)872-1800
Equestrian
Bridges
Empower individuals considered to be at risk for social, behavioral or
academic delays with the tools to develop emotional, metal and physical
fitness using natural horsemanship (479)530-7710
Family Support Service (479)927-1004
Girl Scouts
Diamonds
of Arkansas - Our mission statement: Girl Scouting
builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world
a better place. (479)695-1818
Grace
Haven Ministries
Adoption
Services (479)696-9779
Heart Gallery of Northwest Arkansas
- is a volunteer group that supports foster children awaiting adoption.
In all cases, the original birth parent’s rights have been
terminated and a permanent home has not yet been found. The volunteer
group educates the community about the effects of long-term foster care
and it’s impact on children awaiting their forever
home.
HIP Mentoring for Children of
Prisoners
- HIP stands for Hope, Inspiration, and Protection, and these are just
a few of the things that we hope to give the children in our program.
Our program seeks to help the children of prisoners in
Washington County by pairing them with a mentor who can listen to them
and provide them the one-on-one attention that they need. (479)751-3463
Horses for
Healing Therapeutic horseback riding
center for special needs children. (479)795-0570
International
Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN) (479)251-8446 (479)443-2337
Jack
Ryan Gillham Foundation Donates
needed items to the NICU at Arkansas Children's Hospital and also
donate funds to families of critically ill babies, whose hospital stays
can range from 3 weeks to 6 months.
Jackson
Graves Foundation
Provides funding
devoted to
the
research of innovative neonatal intensive care and long-term neonatal
and/or pediatric intensive care.
Jones Center for Families
is a multi-generational, social, educational, and recreational
facility. The Jones Center hosts several regional events and programs
for all ages, for free. Free childcare, computer center, ice
areana, pool, teen and senior centers, chapel, educational/multi-use
rooms. "An inspiring place for all to learn, play, and
belong." (479)756-8090
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
(479)443-9190
Kendrick Fincher
Memorial Foundation Promotes
hydration and prevention of heat illness through education and
supporting activities.
Let's Bring Them Home provides
crucial resources, solutions, and assistance on behalf of the families
of missing adults and children. We are advocates for the
missing. We accomplish this mission in three ways:
Public Relations Assistance, Development of Safety Programs,
and Educational Initiatives. (479)966-0471
Life
Source International
Uses a
holistic approach to
help
individuals and families grow mentally,
emotionally and spiritually. (479)521-4000
Loving
Choices
Pregnancy Center -
Rogers
(479)631-6677 Fayetteville (479)521-6677
March
of Dimes
Our mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth
defects, premature births, and infant mortality. (479)751-5475
M.E.N.D.
Mommies Enduring
Neonatal
Death
Reaches out to
families who
have
suffered the loss of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth or infant
death. (479)524-3500
Morgan
Nick Foundation Supports families of missing children
(479)246-0667
Mother
to Mother
Ministry
(479)271-8138
NWA
Child Care Resource & Referal Center, Inc.
helps people find the childcare that best fits their families needs.
Our database has all the licensed childcare facilities in an
11 county area of NWA. We also provide free parenting classes
at the Jones Center, and do training for childcare providers.
(479)751-3463
NWA
Children's Shelter
Provides
a safe and nurturing atmosphere of hope for children in crisis and to
sponsor programs that encourage individual growth and development.
(479)795-2417
NWA Crisis Center
assists with calls concerning suicide, substance abuse, physical and
emotional abuse, relationship violence, divorce, lonliness, rape,
depression, HIV and AIDS, financial difficulties, runaways and other
youth issues, emergency shelter, sexual orientation, etc. We
work closely with battered women's shelters, counseling centers, rape
crisis centers and many other community service providers to ensure
that our callers receive the help they need to help themselves during
times of crisis. (479)756-1995
NWA Headstart
Central Office
Provides comprehensive education, health, nutrition, and parent
involvement services to low-income children and their families.
(479)636-7317
Pagnozzi Charities
- Youth Sports Scholarship Program. Our goal is to
advance
the well-being of youth by giving them the same opportunity as their
peers and introducing them to positive life experiences. The
Youth Sports Scholarship Program was established to help
under-privileged youth participate in sports related camps and lessons,
seasonal sports recreation programs, monthly instructional programs, as
well as equipment and uniform costs. This program supports K-8th in
NWA. (479)443-2550
Peace at Home
Family Shelter (877)442-9811
Quality of Life Associates (479)571-4455
Restoration
Village Support
services for families and children in crisis - Rogers (479)631-7345
R.O.C.K. (Raising Our Celiac Kids) (479)582-9232
Rogers
Activity Center
- Rogers Community School Recreation Association, which is housed at
the Rogers Activity Center, provides: childcare programs,
youth
recreational sports programs, adult recreational sports programs,
fitness classes and equipment, interactive games for children, open
gyms for different sporting activities, and other programs as needed.
(479)
Samaritan House
Strengthening
families and creating an intentional path toward self-reliance.
(479)636-3142
Schmieding Teens
After School Care
is a free after school program for working parents in Springdale Middle
and Junior High Schools. The Springdale school buses bring
the
students to the Jones Center. Our hours are from 3:00-6:00
during
the school year. We are closed during the summer.
We offer
help with homework, cooking classes, pool and lots of activities for
the students. The program is funded by the Schmieding
Foundation.
(479)927-0401
Sexual Assault Recovery
& Prevention Agency (SARPA)
strives to prevent sexual assault while providing intervention and
postvention services to the needs of primary and secondary sexual
assault survivors. SARPA's provides services to all of NWA.
SARPA has services in two realms: 1) Direct
Survivor
Services and 2) Education Prevention Services. SARPA's
services
are 24-hours a day and include 1-800 crisis and referral line,
one-on-one advocacy, semi-monthly support groups, 24-hour advocacy
escorts to hospitals/police departments/courts, Adult Sexual Assault
Response Team with a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Clinic, tranings to
professionals, prevention and awareness activities, community booths,
educational seminars, a volunteer program, and a resource library that
is open to the public. All services are free and offered in
English & Spanish. (479)927-1025
Single
Parent Scholarship Fund of Northwest Arkansas
We are
a community
supported effort creating better, brighter futures for single parent
families by offering encouragement and access to higher education.
(479)750-4971
Single
Parent Scholarship Program of WA County
Helps single parents
become
slf-sufficient through post-secondary education. (479)750-4971
Special
Olympics Arkansas
Provides
year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of
Olympic type sports for children with intellectual disabilities.
(479)927-1327
Springdale
Public
Library: Teens/Young Adult Program
offers programs and services for teens in middle school, junior high,
and high school. Check out popular books, videos, magazines,
and
comic books for our Young Adult Collection, or join our Young Adult
Advisory Council (YAAC). These teens meet regularly to help
out
with library activities and to participate in fun activities on their
own. (479)750-8180
Springdale
Youth Center
- Springdale Parks & Recreation served program offering summer
programs, athletics, game room, gym, and fitness center. (479)750-8185
St.
Jude Children's Research Hospital (866)278-5833
Teen
Action & Support Center
Prepares young people and parents for healthy adolescent development
that encourages youth to realize their full potential. (479)636-8272
The First Tee of NWA To
impact the lives of young people by providing learning facilities and
educational programs that promote character development and
life-enhancing values through the game of golf. (479)685-8017
United Cerebral
Palsy (479)725-0017
United Way of NWA (479)750-1221
Vanished
Children's Alliance
(800)826-4743
YMCA of NWA
is a start-up organization developing to promote ties among all
community members to build strong families, strong kids and strong
communities throughout NWA. The YMCA of NWA will help
community
members grow and be healthy in mind, body, and spirit. (479)464-3993
Young
Life NWA
Seeks to carry the
message
of Jesus
Christ and point teens towards a life they were created to live.
(479)756-5422
Youth Bridge
is a non-profit, for impact agency that provides comprehensive services
to at-risk teens, their families and adults in the area of:
abuse, neglect, addiction, homelessness, and behavioral
issues.
We provide outpatient, residential, emergency and outreach
services. Youth Bridge is also able to provide complete
mental
health treatment, with a comprehensive mental health clinic with
psychologists and certified mental health paraprofessionals on staff.
Now accepting Medicaid, ArKids 1st, and private insurance and
alternate payment plans. (800)628-2260
YouthCAN
Provides creative family fun and discovery for all ages. (479)442-8207
Youth Strategies
Leadership & Character built upon strong values are at the core
of
Yout Strategies. A young persons future success is dependent
upon
their ability to understand and flesh out these principles.
We
are committed to the potential in every young person to acheive
success. (479)935-8116