Round Rock Edition | October 2025

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BY KATLYNN FOX

Texas Baptist Children’s Home celebrates 75 years of service in Round Rock Texas Baptist Children’s Home oers four core programs to help support children, young adults, mothers and Williamson County residents. TBCH is a Christian organization that provides community members in need of assistance with free counseling, housing and more, regardless of religion. The background The nonprot celebrates 75 years of service this year. In 1950, Louis and Billie Sue Henna donated 112 acres of land and ve buildings to establish TBCH in Round Rock. “The vision they had back in the late 40s [was] to do something where children would just feel so safe and protected,” Debbie Rippstein, president of TBCH, said. Last year, TBCH served 58 moms, 93 children and 27 young adults. Throughout the years of growth, Rippstein said that TBCH keeps children at the heart of what they do. About the program The Family Care program gives housing to mothers and children in the community, as well as individual and group counseling. In addition to living onsite in the organization’s cottages, mothers also receive assistance with clothes, auto repair, groceries and more. Rippstein said she wants the moms to feel at home when they arrive by helping them settle in and creating a plan for the future. “We ask them, ‘What are your dreams? What

Texas Baptist Children’s Home oers no-cost counseling at three locations in Williamson County.

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technical degree,” said Rippstein. “... then where do they go in the summer and where do they go [on] breaks? Where’s home? We can be that home.” TBCH also supports young adults through the Welcome HOME program formed in 2013 by community partners. The program is a drop-in resource center with services like free GED classes, support groups, internet and laptop access, show- ers and hygiene products, a food pantry and more. Get involved TBCH encourages community involvement through monetary donations, food, clothing and household item donations, vehicle donations and volunteering.

would you hope to accomplish?’ And [we] start giving them the possibilities,” Rippstein said. “Sometimes they say, ‘No one’s ever asked me that before,’ and they might be 35 years old.” The Home Base program provides housing to young adults who have aged out of the foster care system or are facing homelessness and are continuing their education or establishing a career. Young adults also receive assistance with life skills, counseling, budgeting, job readiness and more. The program currently provides housing for up to 20 young adults. “They may go back and get a GED; they may want to go to college; they may want to get a

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