United Cerebral Palsy of Central Arkansas

What United Cerebral Palsy of Central Arkansas does

United Cerebral Palsy of Central Arkansas is a non-profit organization founded in 1957 and headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, that provides adult and children support services for individuals with cerebral palsy and related disabilities. The organization employs between 501 and 1,000 staff, positioning it as a mid-to-large regional disability-services provider operating within a single state market. Its core service offering, as described in the firmographics, is direct-service support for adults and children with cerebral palsy and similar conditions, delivered through a clinic-based care model typical of the UCP affiliate network.

The input data contains an enriched record that references the Baby G Early Mobilization System, a robotic body-weight support technology developed by Aretech, LLC in collaboration with the National Institute of Health and the University of Southern California. The source documentation explicitly identifies UCP of Central Arizona as the first clinic in the world to offer this system, pointing to a geographic mismatch between the Arkansas entity in scope and the Arizona entity described in the product narrative. Accordingly, the Baby G technology, its $400,000 capital purchase, and the funding partnerships with Thunderbirds Charities and the Arizona Board of Visitors should be treated as signals from a sister affiliate rather than confirmed strategic moves of UCP of Central Arkansas until corroborated.

From a business-model perspective, UCP of Central Arkansas operates as a non-revenue-maximizing 501(c)(3) entity, with funding sources that typically include state Medicaid waivers, federal and state developmental-disability grants, private donations, and affiliations within the broader UCP national network. No pricing, revenue, or financial data is publicly disclosed in the source material, and the organization's primary website (ucpark.org) was inaccessible during the source crawl, yielding no extractable operational detail. Consequently, while the organization's mission and service population are clearly defined, its current programmatic scope, facility footprint, financial scale, and strategic direction cannot be reliably characterized beyond the firmographic baseline.

Name

United Cerebral Palsy of Central Arkansas

Legal name

United Cerebral Palsy of Central Arkansas, Inc.

Website

https://ucpark.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1957

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

United Cerebral Palsy of Central Arkansas is a non-profit organization that offers adult and children support services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Disability Support Services

NAICS

Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities (62321), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAFAJAL

Pediatric Rehabilitation & Developmental Therapy Centers (PT/OT/SLP)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Women’s & Children’s Health Providers

SECONDARYHLADABAJ

Specialized Assisted Living for Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities (Adult)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Elder Care & Long-Term Care/Assisted Living Facilities

Keywords

• Disability support services
• Cerebral palsy services
• Pediatric therapy services
• Adult support services
• Non-profit healthcare

Headquarters

HQ city

Little Rock

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Core offering

United Cerebral Palsy of Central Arkansas is a non-profit organization that offers adult and children support services for individuals with cerebral palsy and other disabilities. The organization provides therapeutic, developmental, and support services to individuals and families in Central Arkansas, with the associated UCP affiliate network noted for adopting advanced rehabilitation technologies such as the Baby G Early Mobilization System for pediatric motor disability intervention.

Product overview

UCP of Central Arizona offers the Baby G Early Mobilization System as its primary product — the first clinic in the world to provide this robotic body-weight support technology for infants and toddlers with motor disabilities. The system enables children as young as six months to practice motor skills in a safe 3D play environment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Adult Support Services
• Children Support Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Children as young as six months can practice motor skills in safe 3D play environment

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Aretech, LLCcoreTechnology or Integration · 23 February 2026Aretech, LLC developed the Baby G Early Mobilization System in collaboration with the National Institute of Health and the University of Southern California. This represents a technology partnership for specialized rehabilitation equipment for children with motor disabilities.
• National Institute of HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 February 2026Collaborated with Aretech, LLC and the University of Southern California in the development of the Baby G Early Mobilization System, contributing research and development expertise.
• University of Southern CaliforniacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 February 2026Collaborated with Aretech, LLC and the National Institute of Health in developing the Baby G Early Mobilization System for children with motor disabilities.

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• United Cerebral Palsy of Central Arizona: Sibling UCP affiliate serving a different catchment (Phoenix/central Arizona); offers the same cerebral palsy and disability service mix and is the most structurally comparable peer, though it operates in a different state.
• UCP of Greater Chicago: Another regional UCP affiliate providing pediatric and adult disability services, therapy, and residential programs; comparable mission, funding model, and service-line breadth, though serving a different metropolitan market.
• AbilityFirst: California-based non-profit providing programs for children and adults with developmental disabilities, including therapy, recreation, and residential services; closely comparable service mix and non-profit operating model, though regionally concentrated.

Broad incumbents

• Easterseals: National non-profit network delivering disability, therapy, and early-intervention services; comparable target population (especially pediatric therapy) and non-profit funding model, but broader geographic footprint and broader service portfolio.
• The Arc: National non-profit serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) including cerebral palsy; comparable mission and advocacy, with overlapping adult residential, day-program, and family-support services.
• BrightSpring Health Services: Large for-profit provider of home- and community-based services for people with IDD and complex needs; competes for state Medicaid waiver contracts and direct-care staff in overlapping geographies, though operates at much larger scale.
• Sevita Health: National provider of home and community-based services for individuals with intellectual, developmental, and behavioral health conditions; comparable IDD service lines and Medicaid payer exposure, but operates across many states and at significantly larger scale.
• ResCare Community Living: Large multi-state provider of residential, day, and supported-living services for people with IDD; competes for similar state contracts and direct-care workforce, but operates as a scaled for-profit versus a regional non-profit.

Regional players

• St. Louis Arc: Regional non-profit serving individuals with IDD in the St. Louis region, offering residential, day-program, and therapy services; directly comparable operating model and population focus but in a different metropolitan market.

Others

• United Cerebral Palsy (National): National umbrella organization for the UCP affiliate network; not a direct operating peer but provides the shared brand, advocacy, and programmatic standards under which UCP of Central Arkansas operates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ucparkansas
• Facebookfacebook.com/UCPofAR
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/united-cerebral-palsy-of-arkansas

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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