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Click here to be
directed to a map to the Children's Home Where it all began! The Children's Home campus is located
in Monticello, Arkansas on the
same 80-acre home and farm site that Miss
Hannah Hyatt gave to Arkansas Baptist in 1894, so there would
be a place to care for Arkansas's orphans.
Today, very few of the children are orphans. They come from
homes where they have been abused, where there is serious family
conflict, or where their parents lack the skills necessary to
care for them.
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The Home seeks to provide them a place of safety and security
where they can grow physically, emotionally, academically, and
spiritually. The children are usually ages six through high school.
At the Home, the children live in six different cottages with
their houseparents. There are three boys' cottages and three girls' cottages.
Each child has their own bedroom. Meals are served family style
and the children learn to work together in their cottages.
Intermediate Boys
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The children attend local schools and churches. Many are involved
in extracurricular school activities, church activities, and community
events. Additionally, the Home has a full time recreation worker
and the children enjoy a wide variety of fun activities.
Each child is assigned a case manager who develops a plan of care
for them and, when possible works to reunite the family.
More than anything else, the Home is a place of love, care,
and discipline for the approximately 75 children who live there
each year.
For more information, e-mail childrenshome@abchomes.org
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