Every program below links to its official application channel. Statewide programs serve all 77 counties; metro and regional programs list the counties they cover. Pick your county and the kind of help you need — or browse the full list.
Statewide
Oklahoma's 24/7 crisis line connects anyone, including teens and families, with trained behavioral health professionals by calling or texting 988, and can dispatch mobile crisis support when needed.
Official site → 988
OKC, Tulsa, Norman, Stillwater & Bartlesville
A nonprofit that creates and supports one-to-one mentoring matches between adult volunteers and Oklahoma youth, operating from five regional offices across the state.
Official site → (918) 744-4400
Tulsa Metro
Part of Boys & Girls Clubs of America, these Tulsa-area clubs deliver affordable after-school programming focused on academic success, health and well-being, character and leadership, and workforce readiness.
Official site → (918) 927-1860
OKC Metro
After-school and summer clubs in Oklahoma County offering academic enrichment, tutoring, college and career prep, sports, arts, STEAM activities, and mentoring in safe, supervised spaces.
Official site → (405) 521-9292
Tulsa Metro
A century-old Tulsa youth organization serving about 1,000 kids and teens annually through after-school clubs at 20+ sites, summer day camp, and the Camp Waypoint summer camp, using its research-based Thrive{ology} curriculum.
Official site → (918) 592-2267
Tulsa Metro
The Community Action Project of Tulsa County runs nine early childhood schools offering free, high-quality Head Start and Early Head Start education for children ages six weeks to four years, paired with family support services.
Official site → (918) 382-3200
Statewide
A free home visiting program in which specially trained public health nurses support first-time mothers from pregnancy until the child's second birthday, with education on pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting.
Official site → (405) 426-8046
OKC Metro
A free, federally funded preschool program for children ages 3-5 at 18 locations across the Oklahoma City area, including meals and dental, medical, vision, and hearing screenings.
Official site → (405) 232-0199
Eastern Oklahoma (24 counties)
This Tulsa-based food bank supplies more than 600 partner pantries and meal programs across 24 eastern Oklahoma counties, runs summer meal programs for children, and helps families enroll in SNAP.
Official site → (918) 585-2800
Statewide
A statewide nonprofit that connects families to food resources, helps people enroll in SNAP and WIC, and supports programs like Double Up Oklahoma and summer meals through a food resource tool and hotline.
Official site → 1-877-760-0114
OKC Metro & Central Oklahoma
An Oklahoma City nonprofit that provides emergency formula, baby food, diapers, and clothing for infants and toddlers from birth through age 4, both at its OKC location and via BabyMobile stops in surrounding communities.
Official site → (405) 528-3663
Statewide
The state adoption program works to find permanent families for waiting children in all 77 counties and provides free legal services through OKDHS adoption attorneys.
Official site → 1-800-376-9729
Statewide
Oklahoma Human Services pays licensed child care providers directly on behalf of qualifying families so parents can work, attend training, or go to school. Families may owe a copayment based on income and household size.
Official site → (405) 521-3431
Statewide
Oklahoma Human Services recruits and supports foster families who provide temporary homes for children from birth to 18 in state custody, with traditional, specialized, and therapeutic foster care options.
Official site → 1-800-376-9729
Statewide
Oklahoma 4-H, delivered through OSU Extension offices in all 77 counties, gives young people hands-on learning in leadership, agriculture, STEM, and life skills through more than 700 local clubs.
Statewide
A statewide network, founded in 2002, that works to ensure Oklahoma children and youth have access to safe, enriching after-school and summer learning opportunities and connects families and providers to resources.
Statewide
The association of Oklahoma's designated Youth Services Agencies, which provide counseling, emergency shelter, and delinquency prevention services for youth and families in communities across the state.
Statewide
The statewide association for 19 local Court Appointed Special Advocate programs, whose trained volunteers speak up in court for abused and neglected children in foster care across 63 of Oklahoma's 77 counties.
Statewide
A statewide referral network that helps families find licensed, quality child care and understand their options, with consumer education materials and Spanish-language support.
Official site → 1-888-962-2772
Statewide (Oklahoma City)
The state's comprehensive children's hospital in Oklahoma City provides the metro's only 24/7 pediatric emergency room, a NICU, and specialty care in cardiology, cancer, neurosurgery, and more, with clinics in several cities.
Official site → (405) 271-4700
OKC Metro
OCCHD provides WIC nutrition services, childhood immunizations, the Children First home visiting program, and wellness education at clinics throughout Oklahoma City and Oklahoma County.
Official site → (405) 427-8651
Statewide
A statewide initiative and resource center, run with Oklahoma Human Services, that unites government, business, faith, and nonprofit partners to recruit foster families and support current ones.
Official site → 1-800-376-9729
Statewide
The state collaboration office connects families with Head Start and Early Head Start programs, which provide free early education, health screenings, and family services through local agencies across Oklahoma.
Official site → (405) 949-1495
Statewide
The state juvenile justice agency provides prevention programs, community-based services, education through the Oklahoma Youth Academy Charter School, group homes, transitional living, and secure treatment facilities for justice-involved youth.
Statewide
The state education department administers school meal programs including the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, after-school snacks, and the Summer Food Service Program that feeds kids when school is out.
Official site → (405) 521-3301
Statewide
WIC provides healthy foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding support, and referrals for pregnant and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age 5, administered by the Oklahoma State Department of Health.
Official site → (888) 655-2942
Statewide
The Oklahoma State Department of Health offers counseling, speech-language therapy, and child development and parenting services for children through regional clinics in county health departments across the state.
Official site → (405) 426-8100
Central & Western Oklahoma (53 counties)
The state's largest hunger-relief organization distributes food through partner pantries, schools, and Food & Resource Centers across 53 central and western Oklahoma counties, including kids feeding programs.
Official site → (405) 972-1111
Statewide
SNAP helps low-income Oklahoma families buy groceries with an EBT card that works at authorized stores and farmers' markets, administered by Oklahoma Human Services.
Official site → (405) 522-5050
Statewide
Oklahoma's Medicaid program covers doctor visits, hospital care, dental, and other health services for qualifying children and families at little or no cost, administered by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority.
Official site → 1-800-987-7767
Statewide
Oklahoma's early intervention program supports families of infants and toddlers with developmental delays or disabilities, helping children learn and develop through everyday activities at no cost to families.
Official site → (405) 426-8494
OKC Metro
Sunbeam Family Services operates Head Start and early education centers in Oklahoma City, including Educare OKC, and also offers counseling and foster care support for families.
Official site → (405) 528-7721
Tulsa Metro
The Tulsa Health Department offers WIC, immunizations, dental care, child guidance, and the Children First in-home nursing program for new mothers at nine locations across Tulsa County, with services in 12+ languages.
Official site → (918) 582-9355
OKC Metro
The OKC-area YMCA offers before- and after-school care, summer day camps and overnight Camp Classen, youth sports leagues, swim lessons, and teen leadership programs, with financial assistance available.
Official site → (405) 297-7700
Tulsa Metro
The Tulsa-area YMCA runs the GO Club after-school program, summer and family camps, youth sports, and swim lessons across 15 metro branches, with member discounts on youth programming.
Official site → (918) 728-3914
Statewide
A free, statewide crisis service for children and young people: a trained call specialist helps de-escalate a behavioral or mental health crisis by phone and can send a local mental health professional to the home, school, or community.
Official site → 1-833-885-2273
Tulsa Metro
A Tulsa agency specializing in youth ages 12-24 that supports homeless and at-risk young people with counseling, shelter, and crisis help, including an online help portal at ysthelp.com.
Official site → (918) 582-0061
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Every program listed here was checked against its official website before being added, and each entry links straight to the real application channel — a state portal, a local office, or a phone line run by the program itself. OKKids never collects applications or personal information; the directory exists to help families find the right front door faster.
Programs marked Statewide serve families in all 77 Oklahoma counties, usually through county offices or online portals. Metro and regional entries list the counties they cover — if your county isn't named, a statewide program in the same category almost always offers a comparable service.
Eligibility rules, income limits, and application steps change over time. Each entry keeps those details deliberately general and points to the official source instead — always confirm the current requirements on the program's own site before applying.
No. OKKids is an independent guide, not a government agency or service provider. Every entry links to the official application channel, and that is always the right place to apply.
Picking a county — or typing a city like Norman or Broken Arrow, which the finder maps to its county — shows every statewide program plus the metro and regional programs serving that area, with the most local options listed first.
Many are free or income-based, but terms vary by program. The card summary notes the general shape; the official site has the current specifics.
Entries are checked when added and reviewed periodically after that. If a link or detail looks out of date, the official program site is always the authoritative source.
The directory focuses on established programs with verifiable official channels. It grows over time, so a missing program may simply not have been added yet.
