Buckner Children and Family Services in Amarillo supports at-risk children and families through Christ-centered after-school services, transitional programs for single parents, and through foster care and adoption services.
Buckner Family Place
Buckner Family Place in Amarillo provides single parent families the opportunity to live in a safe secure environment while completing his or her educational or vocational goals and learn the necessary skills needed to become self-sufficient. Families are provided support through the provision of affordable housing, financial assistance, and case management services which include referrals to parenting education, budget training, life skills and individual and group counseling.
Buckner Family Place also extends services to individuals with physical disabilities while the program participant completes his or her educational or vocational goals.
All applicants must be 18 years of age or older and be currently enrolled in an educational or vocational program. For more information, contact Abel Dela Cerda at 806-373-3422.
Bruce Ford Community Center After-School Care
The Bruce Ford Community Center provides students ages 5-12 with a safe, structured learning environment after school. Students participate in character building and recreational activities, while learning social skills, receiving one-on-one tutoring and mentoring through staff and volunteers.
The Community Center also provides a summer day camp filled with recreation and enrichment activities in collaboration with other social service agencies, businesses and organizations. All services are provided at a minimal cost to the families.
The Bruce Ford Community Center has been serving children in the 79107 zip code since 1999. For more information, call 806-383-5488.
Robert E. Lee Elementary After-School Care
The after-school program at Robert E. Lee supports typically unsupervised children with after-school care and access to caring adults and structured activities, similar to those at the Bruce Ford Community Center.
Foster Care and Adoption
Buckner provides the Amarillo community with training and resources needed to become a family to a child living in the state’s custody or to a child available for adoption in the United States or internationally. For more information on ways you can be a family, call 806-373-1474. Learn more at www.beafamily.org.
For more information on ways to volunteer in Amarillo, call 806-383-5488.
Buckner Children and Family Services
PO Box 5864
Amarillo, TX 79117
Bruce Ford Community Center
2009 N. Marrs
Amarillo, TX 79107
806-383-5488
Buckner Family Place
1615 S. Tyler #19
Amarillo, TX 79102
806-373-3422
Buckner Foster Care and Adoption
1615 S. Tyler #19
Amarillo, TX 79102
806-559-2223
