Local assistance resources: Benton, Arkansas

Page Updates May 2021

Clothing

About
The Salvation Army offers a broad array of social services that range from providing food for the hungry, relief for disaster victims, assistance for the disabled, outreach to the elderly and ill, clothing and shelter to the homeless, and opportunities for underprivileged children.

Food

About
The Salvation Army offers a broad array of social services that range from providing food for the hungry, relief for disaster victims, assistance for the disabled, outreach to the elderly and ill, clothing and shelter to the homeless, and opportunities for underprivileged children.

Home Repairs

Includes financial assistance for home repairs

Habitat for Humanity              

6700 S University Ave, Little Rock, AR 72209

Website: www.habitat.org
Phone: 501.771.9494

About
Habitat for Humanity is a global nonprofit housing organization working in local communities across all 50 states in the U.S. and in approximately 70 countries. Habitat’s vision is of a world where everyone has a decent place to live.

Habitat works toward our vision by building strength, stability, and self-reliance in partnership with families in need of decent and affordable housing. Habitat homeowners help build their own homes alongside volunteers and pay an affordable mortgage.

Shelters

The Shelter by Our House 

302 East Roosevelt Road, Little Rock, AR 72206

Website: www.ourhouseshelter.org
Phone: 501.374.7383 ext. 221
Email: connect@ourhouseshelter.org

About
The Shelter provides a safe, dormitory-style home for men, women, and children. There are two dorms: one for men and one for women and children. All residents in our Housing programs are required to work 32 hours a week. You will have 21 days to find a job after you check into our Shelter. An abundance of assistance is available in our Career Center to help our residents find employment