Hill Country Daily Bread Ministries

Living in poverty can have a long-term affect on a child’s wellbeing. Research has shown that childhood hunger and poverty directly contribute to slow physical growth, onset of diabetes, dental problems, and other chronic health conditions. As impoverished families struggle to make ends meet, they report incidents of missed meals, lack of diapers, and no available health or hygiene products for their children. This struggle to purchase necessities such as food or diapers also means they have limited funds for items such as books and birthday or holiday gifts that enrich their children’s lives.

The Kingdom Kids Program provides items such as hygiene products, baby supplies, and Back to School clothing. Children and their families also have year-round access to clothing from our Clothing Room, which can be especially helpful when school starts or cold weather sets in.

Since two-thirds of children living in poverty have no books at home, HCDBM ensures that every child in our program receives books, literature, and magazines to encourage reading and expand vocabulary, listening skills and imagination. When Family Mentors from HCDBM deliver book to their client’s home, they often read aloud to the children, encourage positive reading strategies and help develop better language skills. Parents are encouraged to read to and with the children, which is a great activity for the family.

The Kingdom Kids Program ensures that special occasions in a child’s life are remembered and celebrated. Special items such as Easter Baskets, Christmas gifts and Birthday-in-a-Bag enrich their lives and bring special times of joy and celebration into young lives that have so often been bleak

The Stand By Me (SBM) Student Mentoring Program is a year-round program for K-12th grade students.
The SBM program provides case management, long term one on one mentoring relationships, programming, events, and workshops that combat the effects of the unique issues of children who live in persistently impoverished situations. SBM empowers students to have good character, values, & responsibility , rooted in traditional values and Christian faith. The program is unique in that along with intensive case management, it focuses on early intervention, parent involvement, and long-term relationships with caring adult mentors that interact with the families. The mentoring is supported by additional year-round programming that provides a holistic approach to the issues of the student and their parents/caregivers.