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UAMS Healthy Start

A Healthy Start For Your Family

The UAMS Healthy Start program provides moms, dads, partners, and families with education, resources, and support through services in the home, hospital or other community settings.

What We Offer

We will help:

  • Connect you to prenatal providers and services
  • Help you navigate the health care system
  • Connect you to community resources and assist with accessing those services
  • Educate you about prenatal and parenting best practices
  • Provide in-home parenting education
  • Provide family planning
  • Interpret and translate (we offer services in English, Spanish, and Marshallese)

In Her Words…

“Healthy Start has been very beneficial to me! Being a single mom, I had no idea what to do and where to go for help. It’s definitely given me the confidence to move forward in life.”
– Laura Jorge, UAMS Healthy Start Mom

No Cost. No Hassle.

Healthy Start is offered for free to moms, children, and families by the UAMS Office of Community Health and Research. By providing resources, education and case management, we’re committed to creating a better state of health for you and your family.

Enroll in Healthy Start

To enroll or have someone contact you about Healthy Start, complete this interest form.

You can also email MCH@uams.edu or call 479-713-8678 (English), 479-422-9801 (Marshallese), or 479-200-3176 (Spanish).

Enroll Today

Other UAMS Family Wellness Programs

CenteringPregnancy

CenteringPregnancy

CenteringPregnancy® is a prenatal care that includes your regular health checkup, along with extra time for group learning and sharing.

CenteringPregnancy

Fatherhood FIRE

Our Community Health Workers are ready to help you be the best dad you can be. Click here for more information.

Healthy Start
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