View Larger Image UAMS Head Start/Early Head Start is enrolling students for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years.
UAMS Head Start/Early Head Start is enrolling students for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years.

UAMS Head Start Hosts Enrollment Day on March 8

By Yavonda Chase

| LITTLE ROCK — UAMS Head Start/Early Head Start is enrolling students for the 2024-25 school year during a mass enrollment day March 8. Limited spots are also available for the current 2023-24 school year.

The event runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the UAMS Head Start/Early Head Start Central Office, 8901 Kanis Road in Little Rock, and will include food and activities for children.

UAMS Head Start/Early Head Start provides quality early childhood education services for children ages 6 weeks to 5 years with no out-of-pocket fees for qualifying families. UAMS operates nine Head Start/Early Head Start centers in Pulaski County.

Come learn more about UAMS Head Start/Early Head Start and register for the school year. To apply, bring the child’s birth certificate as well as proof of income or a SNAP Benefit Card.

For more information, call 501-570-5000 or visit headstart.uams.edu.

UAMS is the state’s only health sciences university, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a hospital; a main campus in Little Rock; a Northwest Arkansas regional campus in Fayetteville; a statewide network of regional campuses; and eight institutes: the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Psychiatric Research Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Translational Research Institute, Institute for Digital Health & Innovation and the Institute for Community Health Innovation. UAMS includes UAMS Health, a statewide health system that encompasses all of UAMS’ clinical enterprise. UAMS is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. UAMS has 3,485 students, 915 medical residents and fellows, and seven dental residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 11,000 employees, including 1,200 physicians who provide care to patients at UAMS, its regional campuses, Arkansas Children’s, the VA Medical Center and Baptist Health. Visit www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com. Find us on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube or Instagram.

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