High Plains Children's Home and Family Services

What High Plains Children's Home and Family Services does

High Plains Children's Home and Family Services, Inc. is a Texas nonprofit organization founded in 1967 by the churches of Christ, headquartered on a single campus at 11461 South Western Street, Amarillo, Texas. The organization operates three core programs: residential child care in cottage homes (Williams, Axe, San Jacinto, and Mabel Christy Transitional cottages) serving children ages 5–17 with houseparent couples, with each cottage accommodating up to seven residents; Pa & Megan's Place, an independent living community launched in 2008 for adults 18+ with special needs, currently comprising 8 homes plus an activity center providing housing, job assistance, money management, and transportation support; and High Plains Children's Haven, a 24-hour emergency shelter launched in 2019 that provides immediate housing for up to 16 children entering the Child Protective Services system for stays of up to 90 days.

The operating model relies on donated labor and contributed goods rather than a fee-for-service structure: services are provided at no charge to beneficiaries, and revenue is sourced entirely from individual donations (online, Venmo, ACH bank draft, checks, Amazon Smile wishlist, gifts-in-kind), grassroots collection campaigns such as Change for Children, planned giving vehicles (wills, living and charitable remainder trusts, donor-advised funds, IRA distributions, stock, real estate, mineral interests), and contributions through the affiliated HPCH Foundation established in 1996. The geographic service region spans the Texas Panhandle, Northeastern New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Kansas, and donor reach is broader owing to online donation infrastructure.

Governance is provided by a seven-member Board of Directors (Alvin Stamps as President, Stan McKeever as Vice President, Tom Farris as Secretary, Susan Allen, Greg McKinney, Scott Sherwood, and Diane Thurman) under the leadership of Executive Director Drew Perkins; Craig Howard, who served 23 years as Executive Director, now heads the Foundation as President. The named staff roster extends to roughly 25 individuals across administrative, operations, fundraising, IT, communications, casework, and campus maintenance functions. No revenue, budget, or financial figures are disclosed in available source material, and the organization holds no patents, public-market listing, or institutional investor ownership consistent with its nonprofit status.

Name

High Plains Children's Home and Family Services

Legal name

High Plains Children's Home and Family Services, Inc.

Website

https://hpch.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1967

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

High Plains Children's Home and Family Services is a Texas nonprofit (founded 1967) operating cottage-based residential child care for ages 5–17, an emergency CPS shelter (up to 16 children), and an 8-home independent-living community for adults with special needs across the Texas Panhandle region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Child Welfare and Residential Care Services

NAICS

Child Care Services (6244), Child and Youth Services (62411), Other Residential Care Facilities (6239)

SIC

Services-Child Day Care Services (8351), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDACAAAN

Faith-Based Childcare Centers

Education/Early Childhood Education/Daycare & Childcare Centers

SECONDARYEDACAAAK

24-Hour / Extended-Hours Childcare Centers

Education/Early Childhood Education/Daycare & Childcare Centers

Keywords

• Residential child care
• Emergency shelter services
• Independent living support
• Foster care services
• Child welfare services

Headquarters

HQ city

Amarillo

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Online donations via credit card or Venmo, one-time gifts in honor or memory of loved ones. Also includes monthly bank draft recurring contributions.
2. Planned Giving: Estate planning vehicles including wills, living trusts, charitable remainder/lead trusts, donor advised funds, POD bank accounts, charitable gift annuities, IRA charitable distributions, life insurance beneficiaries.
3. HPCH Foundation: Foundation established in 1996 to ensure financial security of High Plains Children's Home. Accepts planned gifts, donated assets including stock, real estate, mineral interests, and other assets.
4. Gifts-in-Kind: Physical goods donations including clothing, school supplies, gift cards, vehicles, livestock, feed, household items. Amazon Smile Charity List provides direct shipping of needed items.
5. Change for Children Program: Coin collection campaign distributed to area churches, individuals, and businesses to collect spare change for commissary expenses.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

High Plains Children's Home and Family Services is a Christ-centered nonprofit operating cottage-based residential child care for children ages 5-17, an independent living community (Pa & Megan's Place) for adults with special needs, and a 24-hour emergency shelter (High Plains Children's Haven) for children entering the CPS system. Services are provided free of charge to beneficiaries and are funded entirely through donations, planned giving, and community support across the Texas Panhandle, Northeastern New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Kansas.

Product overview

High Plains Children's Home and Family Services, Inc. is a Christ-centered residential child care and services organization established in 1967, offering three core programs: Residential Child Care (cottage-based care for children ages 5-17 with houseparent couples), Pa & Megan's Place (independent living community for adults with special needs launched in 2008 with 8 homes), and High Plains Children's Haven Emergency Shelter (24-hour shelter for CPS children established in 2019). These programs are supported by donation/volunteer infrastructure and the HPCH Foundation for planned giving.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Pa & Megan's Place: Independent living community for adults with special needs launched in 2008, providing housing, safety, and support for adults at least 18 years of age who live with a special need. Comprises 8 homes and an activity center.
• High Plains Children's Haven

Products and services

• Residential Child Care Cottage-based residential care program established in 1967 that provides a natural home environment for children ages 5-17, where each child lives with up to seven housemates and a houseparent couple. Serving children removed from their homes due to abuse, neglect, or family crisis across the Texas Panhandle, Northeastern New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
• Pa & Megan's Place Independent Living Community Independent living community for adults aged 18 and older with special needs, currently comprising 8 homes and an activity center. Residents must be able to care for personal hygiene, prepare simple meals, and self-administer medications. Community staff assist with jobs, money management, transportation, and social development while encouraging independence and ownership.
• High Plains Children's Haven Emergency Shelter 24-hour emergency shelter service providing immediate housing for up to 16 children at a time entering the CPS system. Staff are active 24 hours daily and assist with welcoming new arrivals, distributing clothing and personal hygiene items, and providing home-cooked meals. Children may remain for up to 90 days before receiving more permanent placement.

Quantifiable outcome

• Immediate housing for up to 16 children at a time in emergency situations
• +3 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered foundational, supporting and minor.

• Churches of ChristfoundationalStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1967Founded in 1967 by the churches of Christ as the founding organizational parent and ongoing spiritual affiliation. Churches of Christ continue to provide support, volunteers, and community connections to the organization.
• AmazonsupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerAmazon Smile Charity List program allows donors to purchase household and grocery items from an Amazon wishlist that ship directly to High Plains Children's Home.
• Candid (GuideStar)supportingOthersGuideStar Transparency Seal and Candid.org profile provides nonprofit accountability information and donor confidence through third-party verification of organization practices.
• SecurityMetricsminorOthersSecurityMetrics certified safe credit card processing for online donations, ensuring PCI compliance and secure transaction handling for donors.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• KVC Health Systems: National nonprofit providing in-home family services, foster care, residential treatment, and behavioral health for children and families. Comparable on residential care and child welfare services, though operates at much greater scale.
• Presbyterian Children's Homes and Services: Faith-based (Presbyterian) nonprofit providing residential care, foster/adoption, and family services across Texas, Missouri, and other states. Comparable on faith affiliation, residential services for children, and multi-state service area.
• Childhelp: National nonprofit addressing child abuse and neglect through residential treatment centers, advocacy, and prevention programs. Comparable on mission to serve abused/neglected children through residential care, though operates nationally with secular orientation.
• Buckner International: Dallas-based Baptist nonprofit providing children's residential care, foster care, adoption, and family services. Comparable on faith-based residential child care model and Texas regional presence, though substantially larger in scale.
• Texas Baptist Children's Home: Faith-based Texas nonprofit providing residential child care, single-parent and family services across multiple campuses. Most directly comparable peer: similar faith affiliation, residential cottage model, regional Texas footprint, and integrated family services portfolio.
• Arrow Child & Family Ministries: Faith-based (Christian) nonprofit providing foster care, adoption, and family preservation services across multiple states, with significant Texas operations. Directly comparable on residential/foster care mission and faith-based service delivery model.
• Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina: Faith-based (Baptist) nonprofit providing residential care, foster care, and family services for children and single mothers in the Carolinas and surrounding states. Comparable on faith affiliation, cottage-based residential model, and regional nonprofit structure.
• Methodist Children's Home: Faith-based (Methodist) residential child care organization serving children and families across Texas and the Southwest. Directly comparable on residential cottage model, faith affiliation, and multi-state service geography.

Broad incumbents

• Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health: Large national nonprofit providing behavioral health, residential treatment, and community-based services for children and adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities and emotional disorders. Overlaps with HPCH's residential child care and Pa & Megan's Place IDD services.
• Sevita Health (formerly The MENTOR Network): National provider of home and community-based services for adults and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including residential services. Most directly relevant peer for Pa & Megan's Place adult IDD independent living model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/hpchildrenshome
• Facebookfacebook.com/highplainschildrenshome

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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