About
Since 2001, the Center for Healing Hearts and Spirits has operated in a spirit of love by connecting people to services that affect their hearts, minds, souls and bodies. Providing grief counseling for crime survivors and/or their families, educational scholarships and back-to-school supplies for Arkansas youth, emergency domestic violence shelter services, and working to reduce/monitor youth access to tobacco, are just a few examples of those services.
Our Accomplishments
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Hosted Statewide Crime Summit
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Hosted seven Teen Forums educating over 1600 youth
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Hosted two Law Enforcement Summits
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Added a Victim Services Program
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Created the "For Me and My House" SOS Initiative
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Conducted six "For Me and My House" Tobacco Prevention Campaigns
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Added a Computer Lab and Computer Training
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Conducted a Crime Study for City of Little Rock
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Added two Tobacco Prevention & Cessation Programs
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Hosted eight "Woman, Thou Art Worthy" Conferences
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Hosted five "Stop Domestic Violence, Sexual and Substance Abuse Forums
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Added a Sexual Assault Prevention Program
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Added a Rape Crisis Program
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Created the Black-on-Black Crime Program
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Created two "Shopkeeper's Radio Ads"
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Added an Neighborhood After-School Program
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Added five new staff positions
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Provided eight educational scholarships
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Added Emergency Domestic Violence Program
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Created the "Center Circle of Friends" Support Group
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Created and hosted eight "Evening to Heal A Heart" Programs
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Enrolled 348 smokers in cessation services
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Participated in 50 radio, television talk shows and print ads
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Provided direct victims services to 1,000 clients
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Became a summer worksite for 30 youth
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Created the "Mary Louise Williams Leadership Scholarship"
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Created the "Emma Porchia Impact Award"
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Created an organization newsletter, "Transitions"
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Created the website www.hhscenter.org
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Assisted over 100 businesses in implementing Tobacco-free Policies
Our Program Services
The program provides comprehensive victim's services, including court advocacy, crisis counseling, emergency room assistance, and support groups to underserved victims of crimes in Arkansas, Columbia, Faulkner, Jefferson, Lee, Monroe, Ouachita, Phillips, Pulaski, Saint Francis, Saline, and Union Counties. The program is funded through the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration. For more information, download the brochure.
SEXUAL ASSAULT CRISIS & PREVENTION AWARENESS PROGRAM (Rape Crisis Program)
Hotline 1-855-6-HELP-4-U (1-855-643-5748)
The 24-hour Rape Crisis Hotline staff and volunteers will help assist victims through hospital emergency room visits, court accompaniment, and support group sessions. Individuals in Pulaski, Lonoke, Saline, Garland, Jefferson, Union, Columbia, Ouachita, Dallas Counties will be able to access all services at no cost.
Homelessness Outreach Efforts
The Center provides supports to individuals and families who have been rendered homeless by displacement, dislocation, or lack of family support. This assistance is provided through a cash and in-kind donations to achieve sustainability. Outreach is provided at shelters and on streets.
Holiday Families Outreach
Each year the Center board, staff, and other volunteers assist families during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays with baskets of food, clothing, and toys. Families come in all sizes – as small as one in a family to as large as 10 members.
Annual Back-to-School Drive
Each year the Center for Healing Hearts and Spirits and its partners provide school supplies to over 350 students in the Pulaski County community and area schools. Staff and volunteers came together to assemble back-packs of supplies that are distributed mid-August to assist youth and parents to ensure they have the necessary tools to start school. School counselors and administrators distribute these supplies to students who demonstrate the greatest need each year.
PARTNERSHIP FOR SUCCESS PROGRAM
Partnership For Success (PFS) is a comprehensive initiative to curtail the onset and progression of substance misuse and its related challenges. This effort is carefully designed to strengthen the establishment and implementation of substance misuse prevention and mental health promotion services at both the state and community levels. Grounded in the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF), a model firmly rooted in public health principles, this initiative highlights the crucial role of data-driven decision-making and the provision of evidence-based services. It places a significant emphasis on underserved communities, requiring a strong dedication to enhancing capabilities and thorough planning.
The Center for Healing Hearts and Spirits / WCAAA launched it initiative on April 1, 2024 and works to strengthen infrastructure of underserved communities in Region 5 (Pulaski, Saline, Garland, Hot Springs, Prairie, Lonoke, Clark, Montgomery and Pike) with high substance misuse risks for methamphetamine, marijuana, and other drugs (alcohol, tobacco, and electronic cigarettes). For more information, call (501) 372-3800.
Funded by the Arkansas Department of Human Services Division of Aging, Adult & Behavioral Health Services (DAABHS)
EMERGENCY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER SERVICES PROGRAM
The program seeks to respond to the devastating and long-lasting effects that violent crime (domestic violence, sexual assault/rape, and child endangerment) places on citizens in the state of Arkansas. The program is specifically designed to educate, advocate, to assist victims in methods which will lead the way to social change (education, recovery, restoration, and healing). Services offered through the Domestic Violence Crisis and Intervention Program are Emergency Shelter (hotel/motel), Emergency Transportation, Emergency Food Allowance, and Emergency Relocation / Moving Expenses for clients (which may include rental of moving van, rental of temporary storage facility, etc.). Assistance is provided on a first-come, first serve basis upon confirmation of need.
Our Clients
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Victims of Child Abuse
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Victims of Domestic Abuse
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Victims of General Assaults
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Victims of Sexual Assault
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Victims of Rape
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Victims/Families of Homicide & Suicide Victims
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Chronically Ill Individuals
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Parenting Teens
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Prospective Youth Offenders
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Dislocated/Displaced Workers
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Desperately Affected Populations
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At-Risk Youth and Adults