City Care Inc

Whiz kids oklahoma - whiz kids oklahoma is breaking the barriers of poverty and illiteracy for the next generation through a faith-based, one-on-one volunteer tutoring and mentoring program that focuses on first- through sixth-grade students in areas with the highest drop-out rates and lowest socio-economic levels in oklahoma city. Whiz kids is both proactive and preventative in nature, targeting students who are reading below grade level and who could benefit most from a mentor relationship with a caring adult. Whiz kids meet with their mentor each week for a meal, curriculum in character development and literacy-focused tutoring. Whiz kids partners with local churches, oklahoma city public schools, the crutcho school district, putnam city school district and the crooked oak school district. A teacher from the local school facilitates each whiz kids site and acts as the school liaison and resource for volunteer tutors. During the summer months, weekly camps address summer setbacks at targeted sites. At the end of 2024, city care had the honor of assisting the whiz kids program with launching into its own 501(c)(3) organization.

Homeless services - city care's homeless services program, which began in 1996 as simple breakfast, transitioned into an 8-year contract with the homeless alliance to manage operations at the okc homeless day shelter from 2011-2019. In 2018, city care recognized a gap in the continuum of care provided to oklahoma city's most vulnerable, and made a plan to return day shelter operations to the homeless alliance so we could focus on developing a low-barrier night shelter. The night shelter opened in early 2021, offering 140 beds to men, women, families and their pets.