Alt: | Logo of Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children |
Status: | 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization |
Headquarters: | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Services: | To provide and maintain childcare facilities for dependent neglected and/or needy children of the state of Oklahoma in order to meet their spiritual, physical, mental, and emotional needs; and to help young women and men have hope and choose life in the midst of an unplanned pregnancy. |
Leader Title: | President |
Leader Name: | Dr. James Swain |
Leader Title2: | Chairman |
Leader Name2: | Mike Geiger |
Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children | |
Formation: | 1903 |
Employees: | 193 |
Employees Year: | 2021 |
Revenue: | $17,899,757 |
Revenue Year: | 2021 |
Expenses: | $12,645,958 |
Expenses Year: | 2021 |
Tax Id: | 73-1435473[1] |
Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children (OBHC) is a nonprofit organization which aims to provide homes for children affected by abuse, abandonment, neglect, or poverty.[2] [3] Founded in 1903 as an orphan's home, the Baptist Homes for Children is a family-style residential care facility with eight children residing in cottages on four campuses across the state.
Public schools and local Southern Baptist churches assist in educational and religious goals. Houseparents[4] provide a family atmosphere and training.
Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children is the largest provider of private, not-for-profit, residential childcare in the state of Oklahoma, United States. The organization operates solely on private donations and contributions[5] [6] and does not accept any state or federal funding.
OBHC has four residential care campuses:
Maternity/Parenting Services
Hope Pregnancy MinistriesOBHC offers seven crisis pregnancy centers; two in Oklahoma City, one in Edmond, one in Ardmore, one in Alva, one in Shawnee, and one in Tulsa.[7] [8]
Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children is an affiliate corporation of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma.