No – Peppers Ranch foster care community is not a foster care agency and does not have a contract with the Oklahoma Department of Human Services.

Peppers Ranch foster families each hold their own certifications directly with the Oklahoma Department of Human Services. Peppers Ranch administration does not oversee nor engage in that relationship between the foster families who live in the community and the Oklahoma Department of Human Services.

Peppers Ranch administration provides a community where like-minded families can live to provide the best of the best in resources and supports for the foster children in their care.

Yes, just like a “normal” home, the children live with their foster families on a full-time basis.

Yes, school-aged children attend public schools. Peppers Ranch is in both Cashion and Guthrie Public School Districts.

Oklahoma foster families first responsibility is to provide a safe, loving stable environment for the children placed in their care. During this time the Department of Human Services first seeks to place children back with their biological parents when safe and possible or extended family members. If family reunification is not an option, the foster parents that have been caring for the child/ren typically have the first opportunity to adopt the children.

Peppers Ranch foster families make the decision that is best for their families as to the ages of foster children that they care for. Historically the foster families at Peppers Ranch have taken in children of all ethnicities, ages, genders and from every corner of Oklahoma. Children 0-18 years old are welcome.