View Larger Image Head Start carolers with Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, in 2024.
Head Start carolers with Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, in 2024. Image by Evan Lewis

Apply Now for 2025-2026 School Year at UAMS Head Start Centers

By Yavonda Chase

| LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Head Start program is accepting applications for the 2025-2026 school year.

UAMS Head Start provides quality early childhood education services for children ages 6 weeks to 5 years with both center-based and home-based options and no out-of-pocket fees for qualifying families. UAMS operates six Head Start centers in Pulaski County.

The Pregnant Women program, which provides services to expectant mothers, fathers and families, is also accepting applications.

Applications are available at any of the UAMS Head Start locations in Pulaski County and online at headstart.uams.edu. Parents can also register at the Head Start Central Office, 8901 Kanis Road in Little Rock, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

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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