Amarillo

Buckner has been serving children and families in the Amarillo community since 1985 and today provides a number of family, community and empowerment programs to help vulnerable children and families including:

Programs
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, call 806-373-3422.

Click here to learn more about Family Place Amarillo, and to read the story of one of our graduates.

Bruce Ford Community Center After-School Care
The Bruce Ford Community Center provides students ages 5-12 from Whittier and Robert E. Lee elementary schools 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.

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 Texas or internationally. For more information on ways you can be a family, call 806-373-1474. Learn more at www.beafamily.org/locations-amarillo.shtml. (Funded in part by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services)

How You Can Help:
• Pray: Make a commitment to pray for the children and families of Amarillo.

• Give: Make a donation online to support Amarillo programs or call 214-758-8050 to make a donation by phone.

• Volunteer: Click here to learn how you can get involved!

• Collect Shoes: Host a shoe drive or give a pair of shoes to help vulnerable children in Amarillo and around the world. For more information, visit www.shoesfororphansouls.com.

• Be a Foster or Adoptive Parent: Learn more about becoming a foster parent or adopting domestically through Buckner by calling 806-373-1474. For international adoption, visit www.dillonadopt.com.

Contact Us:
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
1422 Tyler Suite 100
Amarillo, TX 79101
806-559-2223