Mississippi County, Arkansas Economic Opportunity Commission provides services to 385 Early Head Start and 432 Head Start children and families in Craighead and Mississippi Counties.
For more information please contact:
Mrs. Priscilla Johnson, CEO,
Mrs. Shirley J Pulliam, Director,
1400 N Division St, Blytheville, AR 72315 / PO Box 1289, Blytheville, AR 72316
Central Office Staff
Early Head Start Centers
Better Beginnings | Center Name | Address Line 1 | City | State | ZIP | County | Congressional District |
Phone | Total Slots | Child Care Partner Site |
MCAEOC Head Start Center V | 2220 Grant Ave | Jonesboro | AR | 72401 | Craighead County | AR-001 118th Congress | (870) 520-6218 | 30 | No | |
Blytheville Head Start Center | 615 W McHaney Dr | Blytheville | AR | 72315 | Mississippi County | AR-001 118th Congress | (870) 763-7998 | 32 | No | |
MCAEOC Wiley Center | 1007 S Franklin St | Blytheville | AR | 72315 | Mississippi County | AR-001 118th Congress | (870) 762-2096 | 89 | No | |
Mylas C. Jeffers Head Start Center | 1100 Byrum Rd | Blytheville | AR | 72315 | Mississippi County | AR-001 118th Congress | (870) 763-1489 | 24 | No | |
Nibco Children's Care Center | 2501 S Division St Hwy 61 South, Arkansas Northeastern College Campus |
Blytheville | AR | 72315 | Mississippi County | AR-001 118th Congress | (870) 776-1543 | 13 | No | |
Arkansas Aeroplex Head Start | 2912 Lansing Street Building 527 |
Gosnell | AR | 72315 | Mississippi County | AR-001 118th Congress | (870) 532-5393 | 8 | No | |
Dallas Aeroplex Head Start | 3101 Dallas Street, Bldg 502 | Gosnell | AR | 72315 | Mississippi County | AR-001 118th Congress | (870) 532-6758 | 17 | No | |
Joiner Head Start Community Center | 151 S US Highway 61 | Joiner | AR | 72350 | Mississippi County | AR-001 118th Congress | (870) 537-0090 | 8 | No | |
Keiser Head Start | 320 School Street | Keiser | AR | 72351 | Mississippi County | AR-001 118th Congress | (870) 526-2532 | 16 | No | |
Buffalo Island Central East EHS Center | 201 E 11th St | Leachville | AR | 72438 | Mississippi County | AR-001 118th Congress | (870) 957-0197 | 8 | Yes | |
Leachville Head Start Center | 1300 E 3rd St | Leachville | AR | 72438 | Mississippi County | AR-001 118th Congress | (870) 539-6554 | 28 | No | |
Luxora ABC Preschool Head Start Center | 521 West Canal Street | Luxora | AR | 72358 | Mississippi County | AR-001 118th Congress | (870) 658-7959 | 21 | No | |
Buffalo Island Child Care Center | 912 N Davis St | Manila | AR | 72442 | Mississippi County | AR-001 118th Congress | (870) 561-4204 | 17 | No | |
MCAEOC North Elementary EHS | 1230 W Semmes Ave | Osceola | AR | 72370 | Mississippi County | AR-001 118th Congress | (870) 563-0895 | 16 | Yes | |
Osceola Head Start | Highway 61 South | Osceola | AR | 72370 | Mississippi County | AR-001 118th Congress | (870) 563-4543 | 58 | No | |
Total | 385 |
Head Start Centers
Better Beginnings | Center Name | Address Line 1 | City | State | ZIP | County | Congressional District |
Phone | Total Slots | Child Care Partner Site |
MCAEOC Head Start Center V | 2220 Grant Ave Ste A | Jonesboro | AR | 72401 | Craighead County | AR-001 118th Congress | (870) 520-6218 | 33 | No | |
Arkansas Aeroplex Head Start | 2912 Lansing Street | Gosnell | AR | 72315 | Mississippi County | AR-001 118th Congress | (870) 532-5393 | 20 | No | |
Blytheville Head Start Center | 615 W McHaney Dr | Blytheville | AR | 72315 | Mississippi County | AR-001 118th Congress | (870) 763-7998 | 31 | No | |
Buffalo Island Child Care Center | 912 N Davis St | Manila | AR | 72442 | Mississippi County | AR-001 118th Congress | (870) 561-4204 | 17 | No | |
Joiner Head Start Community Center | 151 S US Highway 61 | Joiner | AR | 72350 | Mississippi County | AR-001 118th Congress | (870) 537-0090 | 15 | No | |
Keiser Head Start | 320 School Street | Keiser | AR | 72351 | Mississippi County | AR-001 118th Congress | (870) 526-2532 | 16 | No | |
Leachville Head Start Center | 1300 E 3rd St | Leachville | AR | 72438 | Mississippi County | AR-001 118th Congress | (870) 539-6554 | 19 | No | |
Luxora Head Start | 308 Thompson St | Luxora | AR | 72358 | Mississippi County | AR-001 118th Congress | (870) 658-2493 | 18 | No | |
MCAEOC Wiley Center | 1007 S Franklin St | Blytheville | AR | 72315 | Mississippi County | AR-001 118th Congress | (870) 762-2096 | 84 | No | |
Mylas C. Jeffers Head Start Center | 1100 Byrum Rd | Blytheville | AR | 72315 | Mississippi County | AR-001 118th Congress | (870) 763-1489 | 54 | No | |
Nibco Children's Care Center | 2501 S Division St | Blytheville | AR | 72315 | Mississippi County | AR-001 118th Congress | (870) 776-1543 | 30 | No | |
Osceola Head Start | Highway 61 South | Osceola | AR | 72370 | Mississippi County | AR-001 118th Congress | (870) 563-4543 | 40 | No | |
Osceola School District Pre K | 1230 W Semmes Ave | Osceola | AR | 72370 | Mississippi County | AR-001 118th Congress | (870) 563-0895 | 55 | Yes | |
Total | 432 |
Mid-Delta Community Services, Inc. provides service to 250 Head Start children and families in Monroe, Phillips, and Prairie Counties.
For more information please contact:
Mrs. Bobbie Salter, CEO,
Ms. Cheryl Covington, Director,
610 Biscoe St, Helena, AR 72342
Central Office Staff
First name | Last name | Agency | Title | Phone Number | |
Cheryl | Covington | MDCS | Head Start Director | 870-338-6406 ext. 1009 | |
Cheryl | Covington | MDCS | Interim PFCE Manager | 870-338-6406 | |
Latasha | Dodd | MDCS | Education Manager | 870-338-6406 ext. 1005 | |
Sandra | Johnson | MDCS | Health Safety Nutrition Manager | 870-338-3444 | |
Bobbie | Salter | MDCS | Executive Director | 870-338-6406 | |
Deloris | Speed | MDCS | Disability/Mental Health Manager | 870-338-3444 | |
Deloris | Speed | MDCS | Interim ERSEA Manager | 870-338-3444 |
Head Start Centers
Better Beginnings | Center Name | Address Line 1 | City | State | ZIP | County | Congressional District |
Phone | Total Slots | Child Care Partner Site |
Brinkley / Fargo Head Start | 551 Floyd Brown Rd | Brinkley | AR | 72021 | Monroe County | AR-001 118th Congress | (870) 734-3526 | 20 | No | |
Clarendon Childcare Facility | 401 Midland St | Clarendon | AR | 72029 | Monroe County | AR-001 118th Congress | (870) 747-1807 | 20 | No | |
Arkansas Better Chance (Arkansas State University) | 125 Hickory Hills Dr ASU/ABC Dual |
Helena | AR | 72342 | Phillips County | AR-001 118th Congress | (870) 338-6406 - 1009 | 40 | Yes | |
Arkansas Better Chance (Poplar Grove) | 123 Phillips 353 | Poplar Grove | AR | 72374 | Phillips County | AR-001 118th Congress | (870) 338-6406 - 1009 | 20 | Yes | |
North End Head Start | 1125 Columbia | Helena | AR | 72342 | Phillips County | AR-001 118th Congress | (870) 338-7802 | 80 | No | |
Des Arc Head Start | 3rd Street | Des Arc | AR | 72040 | Prairie County | AR-001 118th Congress | (870) 256-4491 | 20 | No | |
Devalls Bluff Head Start | 572 E Sycamore Street | Devalls Bluff | AR | 72041 | Prairie County | AR-001 118th Congress | (870) 998-7071 | 20 | No | |
Total | 220 |
Little Bitty City Enrichment Services, LLC provides services to 189 Head Start children and families in Howard, Little River, Miller, and Sevier Counties.
For more information please contact:
Mrs. Sara Wilhite, CEO,
Mrs. Cadesha Benson Whitaker, Director,
3432 Jefferson Avenue, Texarkana, AR 71854
Central Office Staff
First name | Last name | Agency | Title | Phone Number | |
Cadesha | Benson Whitaker | LBCEC | Head Start Program Director | 870-330-3088 | |
Rebecca | Leonard | LBCEC | Education Director | 870-330-3088 | |
Vickie | Perkins | LBCEC | Health/Nutrition Director | 870-330-3088 | |
Cynthia | Ward | LBCEC | ERSEA/FCP Director | 870-330-3088 | |
Sara | Wilhite | LBCEC | Executive Director | 501-520-0660 |
Head Start Centers
Better Beginnings | Center Name | Address Line 1 | City | State | ZIP | County | Congressional District |
Phone | Total Slots | Child Care Partner Site |
LBCEC Nashville Head Start | 410 N 6th St | Nashville | AR | 71852 | Howard County | AR-004 118th Congress | (870) 455-5071 | 20 | No | |
LBCEC Ashdown Head Start | 410 Burke St | Ashdown | AR | 71822 | Little River County | AR-004 118th Congress | (870) 898-3561 - 1314 | 20 | No | |
LBCEC Texarkana Head Start | 3432 Jefferson Ave | Texarkana | AR | 71854 | Miller County | AR-004 118th Congress | (870) 330-3088 | 110 | No | |
LBCEC DeQueen Head Start | 1429 W Collin Raye Dr | De Queen | AR | 71832 | Sevier County | AR-004 118th Congress | (870) 642-3752 | 39 | No | |
Total | 189 |
Six Degrees to Racial Equity Webinars focus on key ways to successfully eliminate inequities in our early childhood education System. These sessions are to help others to learn more about what is being done to address racial inequities, racial disparities, and racial policy issues in Arkansas’s early childhood system.