Friendship Community Care

What Friendship Community Care does

Friendship Community Care, Inc. is a Little Rock/Russellville, Arkansas-based non-profit organization founded in 1972 that delivers a continuum of human services across the full lifespan - pediatric, adult, and senior - to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), autism, and behavioral health needs. The organization operates 19 facility locations statewide and is staffed by approximately 1,200 team members serving nearly 2,300 clients daily. Its service portfolio is segmented into Pediatric Services (developmental preschools, occupational/physical/speech/developmental therapy, ABA, and pediatric behavioral health), Adult Services (STAR adult day programs, adult therapy, Job Path employment services, and Pottery Worx/ReWorx retail), Senior Services (Senior Activity Centers and Meals On Wheels), Connections Behavioral Health (individual, family, group therapy, and psychiatric/medication management), Community Services (group homes, apartments, autism-specific shared living with Snoezelen rooms), and Clinical Services (nursing oversight). The autism-specific Hampton Place Adult Development Day Treatment program, opened in January 2021, is a notable specialized offering.

Revenue is generated primarily through Medicaid-reimbursed services, anchored by Arkansas's Community and Employment Support (CES) Waiver program, with additional funding from PASSE managed care entities (Arkansas Total Care, Summit Community Care, Empower Healthcare Solutions), the USDA Food Program, the West Central Regional VI Area Agency on Aging, and philanthropic contributions channeled through the Friendship Foundation. Go-to-market is community-led and referral-driven, leveraging long-standing partnerships with the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS), Division of Developmental Disabilities Services (DDS), Child/Adult Protective Services, schools, and healthcare providers, alongside direct intake via phone, contact forms, and community outreach. The organization is governed by a Board of Directors (Chair: Scott Van Horn) with Debbie Brown as CFO, and wholly-owned subsidiaries including Friendship Foundation, Pottery Worx, ReWorx, and STAR Industries.

Name

Friendship Community Care

Legal name

Friendship Community Care, Inc.

Website

https://fccare.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Friendship Community Care is a 501(c)-style Arkansas non-profit founded in 1972 that provides pediatric, adult, senior, behavioral health, residential, and clinical services to nearly 2,300 individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities, autism, and behavioral health needs across 19 facilities statewide, funded primarily through Arkansas Medicaid and the CES Waiver program.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Disability and Behavioral Health Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities (623210), Other Residential Care Facilities (6239)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLADAIAI

Special Needs Adult Day Programs (Developmental/Physical Disabilities, Seniors)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Elder Care & Long-Term Care/Adult Day Health Care & Senior Day Care

Keywords

• Developmental disability services
• Pediatric therapy services
• Behavioral health services
• Community residential support
• Medicaid waiver services

Headquarters

HQ city

Little Rock

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices33 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Medicaid Waiver Services (CES): Community and Employment Support (CES) Waiver is a Medicaid-funded program providing community-based services to eligible individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities. Services include residential support, day programming, therapies, and behavioral health services.
2. Senior Center Programs: Manages Senior Activity Centers in Pope, Johnson, and Yell Counties with meals on wheels program. Funded through government programs and community support.
3. USDA Food Program: Sponsors USDA Food Program for meal services to enrolled individuals.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Friendship Community Care is a non-profit human services organization that delivers a full lifespan of care for Arkansans with intellectual and developmental disabilities, autism, behavioral health needs, and seniors. Services include pediatric therapy and developmental preschools, adult day programs and employment support, senior activity centers and Meals on Wheels, behavioral health counseling, community-based residential housing, and clinical nursing services. Operations are funded primarily through Medicaid waivers (CES Waiver), state agency contracts, and donations, delivered across 19 facility locations statewide.

Product overview

Friendship Community Care is a comprehensive human services organization providing a full lifespan of care and support services for Arkansans with disabilities, autism, behavioral health needs, and seniors. The organization operates as a multi-service platform offering Pediatric Services (developmental preschools, therapy services including ABA, OT, PT, speech, and behavioral health), Adult Services (day programs, therapy, Job Path employment services, and retail operations through The Worx), Senior Services (activity centers and Meals On Wheels), Connections Behavioral Health (individual, family, group therapy, and psychiatric services), Community Services (residential housing including group homes, apartments, and autism-specific shared living), and Clinical Services (nursing and personal care). Services are delivered through 19 facility locations across Arkansas with approximately 1,200 team members serving nearly 2,300 clients daily. The organization also operates specialized programs like Hampton Place for adults with autism and provides Medicaid waiver support through the CES Waiver program.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pediatric Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 2,294 individuals served across pediatric, adult, and senior programs
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Provider-Led Arkansas Shared Savings Entity (PASSE)coreOthersPartners with PASSE programs to monitor healthcare needs and reach goals through enrolled activities covered by the Provider-Led Arkansas Shared Savings Entity program for Medicaid waiver services.
• Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS)coreOthersAffiliated with DHS to remain available as needed to local offices, state leaders, and Human Development Center Administrators.
• Arkansas Total CareminorOthersPASSE resource partner providing managed care services for waiver participants.
• Summit Community CareminorOthersPASSE resource partner providing managed care services for waiver participants.
• Empower Healthcare SolutionsminorOthersPASSE resource partner providing managed care services for waiver participants.
• West Central Regional VI Area Agency on AgingminorOthersPartner for senior services including home delivery meals coordination.
• USDA Food ProgramminorOthersSponsors USDA Food Program for meal services to enrolled individuals at participating institutions.
• First Connections (Arkansas)minorOthersEarly intervention program through Arkansas DHS providing home-based services for children ages birth to 3 years.
• Adult Protective Services and Child Protective ServicesminorOthersCollaborates with APS and CPS for necessary interventions where services can be provided.
• Arkansas Division of Developmental Disabilities Services (DDS)coreOthersState agency overseeing Medicaid waiver programs and developmental disability services that FCC partners with for CES Waiver services.
• Arkansas MedicaidcoreOthersPrimary payer for services through Medicaid-funded programs including CES Waiver.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Dungarvin: National non-profit supporting individuals with IDD through residential, day, and employment services — closely aligned with Friendship's full continuum of IDD services across multiple states.
• The Arc: National non-profit network delivering community-based services, advocacy, and direct supports for individuals with IDD; overlap with Friendship's adult services, waiver programs, and residential/community supports.
• Aveanna Healthcare: Public home-health and private-duty nursing operator providing Medicaid-funded skilled and personal care services; overlaps with Friendship's Clinical/Nursing Services and CES Waiver personal-care offerings.
• Bayada Home Health Care: Large, mission-driven home-health provider offering pediatric and adult home care, including services for children with disabilities — directly comparable pediatric therapy and home-based care delivery model.
• Sevita Health (formerly The MENTOR Network): Largest U.S. provider of home- and community-based services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), with Medicaid waiver program participation across many states — directly comparable service portfolio to Friendship's CES Waiver and community services.
• Easterseals: National non-profit federation providing disability services including therapy, day programs, and employment support — strongest non-profit analog to Friendship's pediatric-to-adult lifespan service model.

Broad incumbents

• Compassus: Large home-health, hospice, and palliative-care provider — adjacent comparable for Friendship's Clinical/Nursing Services and senior services lines.
• Encompass Health: National inpatient rehabilitation and home-health operator — adjacent services overlap with Friendship's pediatric and adult therapy and rehabilitation offerings.
• BrightSpring Health Services: Public, large-scale home- and community-based provider serving complex populations including IDD, behavioral health, and seniors — overlapping with Friendship's multi-population, multi-service model but at national scale and with capital-market access.

Regional players

• LIFE (Living Independence for Everyone) organizations: State-level non-profit centers for independent living serving Arkansans and similar populations with disabilities; functionally comparable to Friendship's community-based, consumer-directed service model in a comparable state-level footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/fccare
• Facebookfacebook.com/fccare
• Instagraminstagram.com/friendshipcommunitycare
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/friendship-community-care

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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