Providing Healing and Hope to Children and Families
At Saint Francis Ministries, we help children and families overcome challenges, find stability, and build brighter futures through compassionate care and life-changing services.
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About Saint Francis Ministries
Our Real Impact is Changing Lives
Most people think of foster care and adoption when they hear our name, but we have a number of programs that might surprise you. We help survivors of child sex trafficking, adults with disabilities, people wanting to break addictive behaviors, and families trying to stay together. You’ll find us in Arkansas, Kansas, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. Our faith-based nonprofit has been helping children and families since 1945. And we’re here for you.
2026 Impact Report
Founded in Healing, Forward in Hope
This year’s Impact Report, Founded in Healing, Forward in Hope, honors the roots of Saint Francis Ministries while looking ahead to the lives and communities we have yet to reach. For more than 80 years, our mission has remained constant: providing healing and hope to children and families. Today, nearly 8,000 individuals across six states benefit from services designed to keep families together, help children find safe and permanent homes, and empower people to build stronger futures.
How We Help
Wherever a family is, we meet them there
Three ways we show up, from keeping kids at home to caring for those who need the most support.
Keeping families together
Support that comes to the home so kids can stay with the people who love them.
In-Home Services
Family Centered Treatment®
Project HEART
Outpatient Behavioral Health
Finding safe, loving homes
When home isn’t safe, we find foster and kinship families and work toward permanency.
Foster Care
Adoption
Kinship & Therapeutic Homes
Independent Living
Healing in a place built for it
Round-the-clock treatment and care for
young people who need more than a home can give.
Qualified Residential Treatment
Psychiatric Residential Treatment
IDD Services
Success Stories
Real Stories. Lasting Impact.
Jerone and Valerie’s Story
Jerone and Valerie Hunter have been fostering children through Saint Francis Ministries since 2018, turning their personal experiences and passion for helping others into a mission of supporting youth in
Torres Family Story
On National Adoption Day in Amarillo, Texas, Saint Francis Ministries celebrated the power of family as the Torres family made it official, adding three brothers to a home where two
Matt’s Story
Matt’s journey is a powerful story of redemption, resilience, and the impact of compassionate support. After struggling with a 15-year addiction and multiple CPS cases, Matt hit rock bottom when
Recent News
National Adoption Day celebrates children and families
Children come to foster care from all walks of life and every community. Most enter foster care due to abuse or neglect, while others exhibit behavioral disorders. Children in foster
Fostering In Faith: Christofer (Kansas)
Life, so far, has been challenging for seven-year-old Christofer. He has already experienced significant instability and trauma in his life, and he needs a family to love him unconditionally and
Fostering In Faith: Donte (Texas)
Donte is a friendly, talkative, energetic child who brings joy and liveliness wherever he goes. With a bright smile and upbeat personality, Donte proudly describes himself as “happy,” and that
Ready to Change a Life?
We believe that the world needs more individuals who are willing to step up, lend a helping hand, and be a beacon of hope for those in need. Join us in making a lasting impact.
