The Bi-State Area 211 Program

Every hour of every day, someone in the United States needs essential services - from finding an after-school program to securing adequate care for a child or an aging parent. Faced with a dramatic increase in the number of agencies and help-lines, people often don't know where to turn. In many cases, people end up going without these necessary services because they do not know where to start. 2-1-1 helps people find and give help.

2-1-1 is an easy to remember telephone number that, where available, connects people with important community services and volunteer opportunities. The implementation of 2-1-1 is being spearheaded by United Ways and comprehensive and specialized information and referral agencies in states and local communities. United Way of America (UWA) and the Alliance for Information and Referral Systems (AIRS) strongly support federal funding so that every American has access to this essential service

The services that Arkansans and Oklahomans within the Bi-State Area can access through 2-1-1 include:

-Food banks, Meals on Wheels, clothing closets, shelters and rent and utility assistance.

-Health insurance programs, medical-information lines, Medicaid and Medicare,

-Maternal health, counseling and support-group services, drug-and-alcohol intervention    and rehabilitation,

-Childcare, after-school programs, Head Start, family-resource centers, mentoring and
tutoring, recreational programs and protective services,

-Adult day care, respite care, home health care and transportation.

-Job training, transportation and education programs, and

-Volunteer opportunities and donations.

For more information just dial 211 or search:

      Arkansas:    www.Arkansas211.org

      Oklahoma:    www.211Oklahoma.org