TEXAS BAPTIST CHILDREN’S HOME Keith Dyer, Executive Director
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ne of the touchstones of Texas Baptist Children’s Home throughout its history has been its willingness to evolve to meet the changing needs of society. For children, single mothers and struggling families, TBCH has been there to provide help and prayer when it is needed the most.
It’s a remarkable tribute to a dream that the Henna family had when it gave 112 acres of land and five newly constructed buildings to begin our ministry to children. And it is a tribute to the vision of TBCH administrators who saw the needs of single mothers and children in a changing society.
When we began in 1950, we pioneered a new kind of children’s home, where children lived in cottages with house parents. No longer would young boys and girls be forced to live dormitory-style in sterile environments. Cottage life is commonplace today, but it was pretty revolutionary back then.
Together with the HOPE Program, which ministers to children and families in area apartment complexes, TBCH is continuing to keep children at heart. Our mission is clear, whether it is the child from a broken home who comes to Campus Life, the child who lives with his single mother in Family Care, or the child needing positive intervention in an apartment complex.
2011 Annual Report • www.ChildrenAtHeartMinistries.org
In 1979, TBCH was one of the first ministries in the country to start a program where single mothers could live with their children while they worked on getting an education and a better job. Since then, the Family Care model has been copied with our blessing by many other service agencies.
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The evidence is clear that these programs continue to fill a crucial need in the communities we serve. TBCH’s original Campus Life Program provided 12,931 days of care for children and teenagers last year and Family Care counted 35,990 days of care for single mothers and children.
We will continue working every day to provide services based on Christian values and to give children, youth and families the opportunity to reach their God-given potential. And we will always remember that nothing could be accomplished without God’s provision and guidance, without compassionate and committed staff, and without our many community and church partners who pray for our children and provide the funding that makes it possible.
Keith Dyer
TBCH Leadership: Don Forrester - President Keith Dyer - Executive Director
TBCH Board of Trustees: Steve Abalos, Chair - Round Rock Kevin Karschnik - Round Rock Jerry Mullins - Georgetown David Smith - Austin Pam Westerfield - Round Rock
Texas Baptist Children’s Home 1101 North Mays Round Rock, TX 78664 (512) 255-3682 phone Email: info@tbch.org www.tbch.org