We’re investing $25M in 500 rural towns over 5 years to jumpstart projects and build stronger communities. Together, we can help upgrade tech at your local library, build new hiking trails, revitalize historic buildings, and so much more.

Established in 1975, this $25,000 award recognizes the most outstanding book of poetry published in the United States in the previous calendar year. The prize includes a ten-day residency at Glen Hollow in Naples, New York, and distribution of the winning book to hundreds of Academy of American Poets members.

The Creation & Development Fund supports the creation, development and mobility of new artistic work that advances racial and cultural justice and results in live experiential exchange between artists and community.

The Hopper Prize is a grant-making institution and digital archiving platform offering a series of individual artist grants on a bi-annual basis totaling $22,000.00 USD.

The purpose of the USDA Rural Business Development Grant is to promote economic development and job creation projects through the awarding of grant funds to eligible entities.

Arkansas Imagination Library mails children one high-quality, age-appropriate book each month until their 5th birthday. Any child in Arkansas between birth and age 5 can sign up for this free program.

The USDA Single Family Housing Direct Home Loan assists low- and very-low-income applicants obtain decent, safe and sanitary housing in eligible rural areas by providing payment assistance to increase an applicant’s repayment ability.

Arkansas Career Pathways can help custodial and non-custodial parents with children under 21 years of age to pay for tuition, books, and non-school needs such as childcare.

Helping Everyone Learn Possibilities (H.E.L.P.) is a mentoring program designed to expose youth to careers in healthcare, closing the diversity gap in many related professions.

Free tool to search scholarships and grants to help you get into high paying careers in Arkansas.

The Dr. Phillip W. Lockhart, Sr. Foundation is established to aid the endeavors of graduating high school students who are attending college and demonstrate an interest in what Dr. Lockhart was most passionate about – higher education.

ELP’s mission is to improve access and provide legal support for entrepreneurs while educating and empowering the next generation of Arkansas attorneys.

Our mission is to build an ecosystem that is rooted in equity and empowers Black entrepreneurs to start, grow, and scale their businesses.

Kiva expands financial access to help underserved communities thrive.

We help entrepreneurial dreamers become doers that build promising new companies.

Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas Adult Education Program

This Center has the following partners located in the Center: Employment and Unemployment Services; Veteran's Services; Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); Trade Adjustment Act (TAA);Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Adult (WIOA), Dislocated Worker and Youth Programs; SNAP Employment & Training 

On Arkansas JobLink you will be able to conduct job searches, build and post a résumé online, research career information, get the latest Labor Market Information, Industry and Occupational trends and receive email notifications on new job openings. Accounts are active at the time of registration.

Main Street Helena

Nonprofit located in Helena-West Helena, AR who will focus our efforts towards spaying and neutering needy animals in our community. Our hope is that we will help stop the vicious cycle unwanted litters that leads to overpopulation.