Fort Smith Unemployment Office
Where to go in person in Fort Smith, Arkansas: the American Job Center in the city, and 1 more within 25 miles. Staff there help with finding work, training and your next steps.
✓ From the U.S. Department of Labor's list ✓ Address, phone and hours
About your claim
Service Center (the page also gives it for requesting your own unemployment insurance documents), 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday to Friday
Call 1-844-908-2178Jobareer is not the state. This is DWS's number, from its own website.
The office in Fort Smith
Arkansas Workforce Center at Fort Smith
Full-service American Job Center
616 Garrison Ave
Suite 101, PO Box 1987
Fort Smith, AR 72901 · Directions
Phone: 479-783-0231
Hours: 8-4:30 M-F
Listed by the U.S. Department of Labor, updated October 15, 2026.
Near Fort Smith
Oklahoma Works - American Job Center - Poteau
American Job Center, some services · 24 miles away
3109 N. Broadway
Poteau, OK 74953 · Directions
Phone: 918-647-3124
Hours: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, Monday - Friday,
Listed by the U.S. Department of Labor, updated March 20, 2026.
Can I file for unemployment at these offices?
These are American Job Centers, a network funded by the U.S. Department of Labor and run locally. Whether you can file or fix a claim there depends on the state. Here is what DWS says about filing:
"File an initial claim online at ezarc.adws.arkansas.gov (Monday to Friday 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.), then show a government ID at a participating USPS location or an Arkansas Workforce Center, and create an Arkansas LAUNCH account."
From the agency's own page, read October 14, 2026. File a claim on the agency's site.
Before you go
Hours change, and some centers see people by appointment. Call the center before you go. More about unemployment in Arkansas: how to file, the weekly claim and how much it pays, and every phone number.
Where this comes from
The centers, their addresses, phones and hours are from the U.S. Department of Labor's American Job Center finder (CareerOneStop), as each center last updated it. Jobareer is not part of any state agency and cannot see or change your claim.
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