WE ARE BAKER RIPLEY

Baker Ripley is a non-profit corporation based in Houston. The organization has also been known as the Houston Settlement Association, Neighborhood Centers, and Neighborhood Centers, Inc. In 1940, the Houston Settlement Association brought the Ripley Foundation into its organization. In 2018, Baker Ripley has seventy locations in the Houston region.

The Ripley House was named for Daniel and Edith Ripley. After Daniel's death, Edith established the Ripley Foundation, with the mission of helping women and children in Houston. In 2017, the organization changed its name to BakerRipley. This recognizes its founder, Alice Graham Baker, and another one of its leaders from the 20th century, Edith Ripley. In the same year, BakerRipley's seventy centers served a client-base of 500,000, led by its CEO and president, Angela Blanchard. As of 2018, Claudia Aguirre is the president and Angela Blanchard is the president emerita. In 2019 BakerRipley claimed a client-base of 600,000 served through its sixty centers. The organization announced two summer education programs for Houston-area youths. The Little Leaders program facilitates children aged four through thirteen; the Young Leaders program facilitates teenagers through age eighteen. Both programs are hosted at four different Houston campuses. Our Utility Assistance program helps families and individuals in Brazoria, Galveston and Harris counties with the payment of their electricity and gas bills. Those interested in applying can do so by downloading an application. Start the process below: Brazoria, Galveston, and Harris counties: Application at www.bakerripley.org– English or Spanish

To request an application via mail please contact the Utility Assistance Hotline at

713-590-2327 or the United Way of Greater Houston Helpline at 2-1-1 or 713-957-4357.

The eligibility requirements on website www.bakerripley.org

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