Arkansas USDA Rural Development State Office
700 West Capitol, Room 3416
Little Rock, AR 72201-3225
Administrative Programs
Phone: 501-301-3216
Fax: 855-747-7794
Single Family Housing Program
Mr. Johnny H. James, Acting Program Director
Johnny.James@usda.gov
Phone: 870-741-8600 (Ext. 4)
Fax: 855-681-7080
Rural Business/Cooperative Development Program
Mr. Timothy S. Smith, Program Director
Tim.Smith3@usda.gov
Phone: 501-301-3280
Fax: 855-747-7823
Community Programs: Water/Wastewater & Community Facility
Mr. Timothy S. Smith, Acting Program Director
Tim.Smith3@usda.gov
Phone: 501-301-3265
Fax: 855-747-7800
AREA OFFICES
Forrest City Area Office
Ms. Cathy Harris, Area Director
Cathy.Harris@usda.gov
Phone: 870-633-3055 (Ext. 4)
Fax: 855-681-7082
USDA Service Center
4401 N. Washington
Forrest City, AR 72335
Counties served: Arkansas, Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Lonoke, Monroe, Phillips, Prairie, Pulaski, St. Francis, White, and Woodruff Counties.
Fort Smith Area Office
Mr. Jamie Scott, Area Director
Jamie.Scott@usda.gov
Phone: 479-431-3266
Fax: 877-504-6540
USDA Service Center
3913 Brooken Hill Drive, Suite 400
Ft. Smith, AR 72908-9289
Counties served: Conway, Crawford, Franklin, Faulkner, Johnson, Logan, Perry, Pope, Sebastian, Scott, Van Buren, and Yell Counties.
Harrison Area Office
Mr. Johnny H. James, Area Director
Johnny.James@usda.gov
Phone: 870-741-8600 (Ext. 4)
Fax: 855-681-7080
Federal Building, Room 219
402 N. Walnut
Harrison, AR 72601
Counties served: Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Izard, Madison, Marion, Newton, Searcy, Stone, and Washington Counties
Hope Area Office
Ms. Rebecca Buck, Area Director
Rebecca.Buck@usda.gov
Phone: 870-777-8800 (Ext. 4)
Fax: 855-747-7792
P. O. Box 768
USDA Service Center
300 W. Commerce Blvd., Suite D
Hope, AR 71802
Counties served: Clark, Garland, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Montgomery, Nevada, Pike, Polk, Saline, and Sevier Counties
Jonesboro Area Office
Mr. Billy Holland, Area Director
Billy.Holland@usda.gov
Phone: 870-972-4671 (Ext. 4)
Fax: 855-681-7081
USDA Service Center
3407 S. Caraway, Suite 4
Jonesboro, AR 72404
Counties served: Clay, Cleburne, Craighead, Green, Independence, Jackson, Lawrence, Mississippi, Poinsett, Randolph, and Sharp Counties.
Monticello Area Office
Mr. Tommie James, Area Director
Tommie.James@usda.gov
Phone: 870-367-8400 (Ext. 4)
Fax: 855-747-7791
USDA Service Center
419 W. Grimes Street, Suite 4
Monticello, AR 71655
Counties served: Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas, Desha, Drew, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln, Ouachita, and Union Counties.
SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM
For general inquiries about the Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program: sfhgld.program@usda.gov
Questions on lender approval or recertification: sfhgld.compliance@usda.gov
For e-Authentication: eAuthHelpDesk@ftc.usda.gov
For GUS system: RD.HD@STL.USDA.GOV or call (800) 457-3642, option 2; then option 2
MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING PROGRAMS
Phone: 1-800-292-8293
On October 11, 2020 Rural Development’s Office of Multifamily Housing finalized its structural realignment which, in some cases, redistributed the existing portfolio to a servicing Specialist within our new Field Operations Division. If you are looking for the servicing Specialist for a specific property, you will find a complete and sortable list here: https://www.sc.egov.usda.gov/data/MFH.html
Our Field Operations Division maintains local relationships through regionally organized servicing teams and handles all day-today servicing of Multi-family housing properties to ensure that tenants have safe and affordable housing.
Southern Region: Byron Waters, Regional Director Byron.waters@usda.gov
(AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, OK, PR, SC, TN, TX, VI)
If you need information on a loan transaction currently in process, or have questions on a new transaction, our Production & Preservation Division (PPD) processes, underwrites, and closes all multifamily direct, preservation, and guaranteed loan transactions. PPD will support all the Multifamily Housing Programs, including 515, 538, Multifamily Preservation and Revitalization (MPR), prepayments, and preservation efforts. This division will also oversee Notice of Solicitation of Applications (NOSA) drafting and administration efforts for Farm Labor Housing, Housing Preservation Grants, MPR, technical assistance, and 515.
The email contact information for the Production & Preservation Division follows:
Processing and Report Review Branch 2: MFHprocessing2@usda.gov
(AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, HI, ID, KY, LA, MT, MS, NC, NM, NV, OK, OR, PR, SC, TN, TX, UT, VI, WY)