Homeless Open Hands — Little Rock, AR
Homeless Open Hands is a community health center clinic at 3000 Springer Blvd, Little Rock, AR 72206, open 18 hours a week. The typical Arkansas clinic is open 40 hours a week. It is run by Jefferson Comprehensive Care System, which serves 7,475 patients across 7 clinic locations.
- Address: 3000 Springer Blvd, Little Rock, AR 72206 · Directions
- Phone: (501) 244-2121
- Weekly hours: 18 (Arkansas clinic median: 40)
- Operated by: Jefferson Comprehensive Care System (federally qualified health center)
- Care offered by this health center: primary care, dental care, mental health care, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth
Care and screenings at Jefferson Comprehensive Care System
Patients came to Jefferson Comprehensive Care System for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.
| Service | Patients | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Dental care | 1,054 | patients had dental exams |
| Mental health care | 1,547 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Well-child visits | 404 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 805 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 231 | patients tested |
| Breast cancer screening | 376 | patients screened |
| Family planning | 146 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 1,119 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 2,799 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 474 | patients with asthma |
| HIV testing | 1,666 | patients tested |
| Childhood lead tests | 20 | children tested |
Jefferson Comprehensive Care System also provides care by telehealth.
Who Jefferson Comprehensive Care System serves
7,475 patients used Jefferson Comprehensive Care System in 2025. 57% live at or below the poverty line and 76% are at or below twice the poverty line. 508 patients were experiencing homelessness and 91 were veterans.
| Measure | This center | AR median | U.S. median | vs AR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 57% | 65% | 65% | −7 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 76% | 89% | 92% | −12 pts |
| Measure | This center | AR median | U.S. median | vs AR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 26% | 19% | 14% | +7 pts |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 31% | 29% | 42% | +2 pts |
| Medicare patients | 9% | 18% | 11% | −10 pts |
| Privately insured patients | 34% | 36% | 24% | −2 pts |
Quality of care at Jefferson Comprehensive Care System
Jefferson Comprehensive Care System is at or above the Arkansas median on 1 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.
| Measure | This center | AR median | U.S. median | vs AR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults with high blood pressure under control | 52% | 73% | 68% | −21 pts |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 20% | 51% | 54% | −31 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 25% | 39% | 54% | −14 pts |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 31% | 44% | 44% | −13 pts |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 76% | 68% | 77% | +8 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 79% | 88% | 86% | −9 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 72% | 77% | 79% | −5 pts |
Staffing at Jefferson Comprehensive Care System
The health center employs 70 full-time-equivalent staff, including 11 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives, 3 dental staff and 1 mental health staff. That is 707 patients per clinical provider against the Arkansas median of 780 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 19,567 visits, about 2.6 per patient.
Patients from ZIP 72206
584 Jefferson Comprehensive Care System patients live in ZIP 72206, and 30% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:
- Arcare — 596 patients from 72206
- Mainline Health Systems, Inc. — 210 patients from 72206
- Healthy Connections, Inc. — 102 patients from 72206
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More Jefferson Comprehensive Care System locations
Downtown Little Rock Community Health Center
North Little Rock Community Health Center
Little Rock CHC
JEFFERSON COMPREHENSIVE CARE SYSTEM, Inc.
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