Arcare Acquires Two Mainline Health Clinics

Arcare assumes operations of Southeast Arkansas Behavioral Healthcare System’s (SABHS) behavioral health clinics in Stuttgart and Pine Bluff, as the longtime nonprofit organization concludes an extraordinary 62 years of service to Arkansas communities.

As part of the planned transition, Mainline Health Systems will assume operations of SABHS’s remaining two clinic locations (Star City and Sheridan), ensuring patients throughout the region continue to have access to the behavioral health services they rely on.

The transition is not a traditional acquisition or purchase. As SABHS dissolves as a nonprofit organization, certain assets, including the Stuttgart and Pine Bluff clinics, will become part of Arcare, allowing services to continue without interruption.

Honoring the People Behind the Legacy

For decades, SABHS’s physicians, therapists, psychiatrists, nurses, and support staff have built trusted relationships with patients and families throughout southeast Arkansas.

Patients can expect to continue receiving care from the same trusted providers, therapists, psychiatrists, and care teams at the same clinic locations. Existing behavioral health services for both children and adults will continue, with no interruption in care resulting from the transition.

What Will Change and What Will Stay the Same

The transition is intended to provide stability while expanding access to healthcare over time.

Patients can expect:

• The same clinic locations in Stuttgart and Pine Bluff.
• The same behavioral health services for children and adults.
• The same care teams and providers whenever possible.
• No interruption in patient care because of the transition.

Initially, both locations will continue operating as behavioral health clinics. Over the next 12 months, Arcare plans to expand services by adding primary care, creating more comprehensive access to healthcare under one roof while maintaining the behavioral health services patients already know and trust.

The transition does not include SABHS’s state-funded crisis, forensic, or correctional behavioral health contracts. Those services will be assumed by Counseling Clinic, Inc. in Benton through a separate agreement.

Locations:

The Star City location will open as Mainline Health Systems Center for Healthy Living on Monday, October 5th, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Friday, continuing to provide the same behavioral health services you know and trust. Please note that the Star City location will be closed September 28th through October 2nd as we prepare for this change.

All Sheridan patients will now be seen at the Mainline Health Systems Sheridan clinic at 506 Little Creek Cut Off Rd., Sheridan, AR 72150 beginning Monday, September 28, 2026.

As part of this transition, our phone numbers have changed. Please update your contacts and begin using the new numbers below.

Star City: (870) 628-5110
Sheridan: (870) 942-3000