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Family changes everything

We believe every child deserves to be safe, loved, and connected through family. Bethany is a family-centered nonprofit supporting children and families with world-class social services, all designed to help families thrive.

Family changes everything

We believe every child deserves to be safe, loved, and connected through family. Bethany is a family-centered nonprofit supporting children and families with world-class social services, all designed to help families thrive.
Families around the world are facing challenges from every direction—poverty, violence, isolation, trauma, and more. They’re fighting with everything they have to keep their families together. That’s why we stand with families everywhere that want what we all want: the chance for their kids to just be kids.

Bethany’s impact

We are a family-centered nonprofit in 28 U.S. states, dedicated to helping families thrive.

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Our mission

Bethany demonstrates the love and compassion of Jesus Christ by protecting children, empowering youth, and strengthening families through quality social services.

Bethany’s vision

Bethany envisions a world where all children, youth, and families are safe, loved, and connected.

Bethany’s vision

Bethany envisions a world where all children, youth, and families are safe, loved, and connected.

Discover the 5 values that drive our daily work

At Bethany Christian Services, our culture is driven by five core values. We are motivated by our faith. We support one another. We champion justice. We pursue excellence. We are in it for the long haul. We rely on staff at all levels to help these values come to life. We do this by investing in our people. By stewarding our resources and adapting our work to meet the greatest needs of children and families. Together, we can change the world through family.

We are a fully accredited organization

Bethany is regularly reviewed by the Council of Accreditation to receive its reaccreditation. The accreditation process is designed to identify providers that have set high performance standards for themselves and have made a commitment to their constituents to deliver the highest quality services. COA continually recognizes Bethany Christian Services as one of these outstanding providers.

The Council on Accreditation partners with human service organizations worldwide to improve service delivery outcomes by developing, applying, and promoting accreditation standards.

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Our actions are inspired by faith

Why do we do this work?

We believe children belong in families, and every child deserves to be safe, loved, and connected. When people of faith and compassion come together to help children and families thrive, we all thrive. That's why for 80 years, our faith has inspired us to create safe, stable family environments for children.

So that’s what we do. Our core beliefs are simple: We love God and we love people.

Financial accountability

We are committed to financial transparency. Our form 990s can be found here and here.

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Our origin story

Read the story of how our movement started with a single child.

Origin Story

Meet our leaders

Learn more about the Bethany leadership team and board members.

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140 million reasons to help.

Today, 140 million kids don't have a permanent home. To us, that's unacceptable.

Together, we can change the world through family.