Grants at Work
Harleys’ House Weatherford ocated in Weatherford, Harley’s House offers a safe and supportive place for families to ask for help and to connect families with local resources. Their vision is to reduce the number of children who enter the foster care system by preventing abuse and neglect on the front end. Most of western Oklahoma is defined as a childcare desert with children needing care far exceeding the number of available childcare openings. In addition, the number of DHS subsidized openings for infants and toddlers is extremely limited in rural areas. Harley’s House is able to bridge this gap by
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Harley’s House has
impacted my family by being there when I needed them the most! I am a single mom and I have had struggles and if it wasn’t for
paying home daycares or early childhood education centers the
private pay daily amount for care so that families are kept safe. The
Harley’s House, I honestly
organization works closely with local agencies including law
don’t know how I could have
enforcement, DHS, and court systems to provide safe and appropriate childcare for as-risk families that come in contact with child welfare.
made it. They showed me
In 2022, Sarkeys Foundation awarded Harley’s House $10,000 to expand
what a true support system
childcare scholarships to more families. This grant helped provide safe and
is about and have become
appropriate childcare for at-risk families in western Oklahoma.
family to me!
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