STATEWIDE ARKANSAS CHILDCARE ASSISTANCE

KEEP CHILDREN IN CARE.
KEEP PARENTS WORKING.

Childcare should not be the reason a parent loses a job, misses training, or has to remove a child from a safe and stable routine.

The Arkansas Childcare Bridge connects charitable support with verified childcare needs through participating licensed childcare providers across Arkansas.

What is The Arkansas Childcare Bridge?

Find Your Place on the Bridge

Operated by Uniting Voices

Give & Partner

Turn community support into accountable childcare stability.

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For Families

Share your childcare situation and learn how the process works.

FAMILY INTEREST FORM

For Providers

Join the network of participating licensed providers.

PROVIDER INFORMATION

When Childcare Is Stable, Families Can Move Forward

Stable childcare supports more than a child’s daily routine.

It helps parents remain employed, continue education or workforce training, protect household income, and reduce disruptions that can quickly destabilize a family.

It also supports licensed childcare providers through stronger enrollment continuity and helps employers and communities maintain a more dependable workforce.

  Simple Action  &  Accountable Delivery  

1 GIVE

Individuals, businesses, employers, foundations, and community partners support the campaign.

2 VERIFY

Family need, provider participation, childcare costs, other assistance, documentation, and available funding are reviewed.

3 DELIVER

When assistance is authorized, payment goes directly to the participating licensed childcare provider—not as unrestricted cash to the family.

4 REPORT

The Bridge is designed to track assistance, childcare continuity, provider participation, geographic reach, and other measurable outcomes.

Accountability Is Built

Into the Bridge

Limited + Verified

Assistance is not automatic or guaranteed. Child care need, documentation, provider status, available funds, and written approval must be confirmed.

No Double Payment

The Bridge may address an approved affordability gap, but it will not pay the same childcare expense already covered by another assistance source.

Direct to Provider

Approved support is applied only to the authorized child’s account and approved childcare period.

Measurable Impact

Public claims and donor reporting are based on documented records, with preliminary or current-to-date information identified accurately.

LEARN HOW THE BRIDGE WORKS

Contributions may help support targeted childcare assistance and the responsible systems required to deliver it, including eligibility review, provider verification, payment administration, reporting, compliance, technology, and statewide provider-network development.

Your Support Builds More Than a Payment

DIRECT FAMILY SUPPORT

  • Targeted childcare assistance

  • Approved direct-to-provider payments

  • Emergency or time-limited continuity support

  • Verified affordability-gap assistance

ACCOUNTABLE DELIVERY

  • Eligibility and documentation review

  • Provider licensing and childcare-cost verification

  • Payment processing and reconciliation

  • Compliance and record keeping

  • Donor and impact reporting

  • Statewide provider-network development

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