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Youth Inspired by Dr. D’s Charting System

Outside Dr. Anthony Dancer’s office in the Wurdeman Learning Center is what some may consider just writing on the wall. To the youth seated in the classrooms across the hall,… Read More

Ken “Coach” Carter Headlines Omaha Home for Boys’ Fundraising Gala

Ken “Coach” Carter – immortalized by Samuel L. Jackson in the movie Coach Carter – is the keynote speaker for the Omaha Home for Boys’ Imagine Our Youth fundraising gala.… Read More

Carlson Appointed Board Chair of Omaha Home for Boys

Longtime member Darren Carlson was appointed Chairman of the Omaha Home for Boys’ board of directors Jan. 12 during the first meeting of 2016. A partner in Omaha’s Carlson &… Read More

The Omaha Home for Boys Earns Coveted 4-Star Rating from Charity Navigator

The Omaha Home for Boys’ sound fiscal management practices and commitment to accountability and transparency have earned it a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator. Since… Read More

Omaha Home for Boys Welcomes Hundreds for 95th Anniversary Celebration

More than 230 people gathered at Cooper Memorial Farm and the Omaha Home for Boys’ 52nd and Ames campus Saturday and Sunday, August 1-2, to commemorate 9-plus decades of strengthening… Read More

United Way of the Midlands Awards $60,000 to the Omaha Home for Boys

The Omaha Home for Boys is pleased to announce it was recently awarded a $60,000 grant from the United Way of the Midlands. Thanks to the generosity of United Way… Read More

OHB Welcomes New Residential Program Director

Ron Ahrens, who has extensive experience in residential care programming and administration, has joined the Omaha Home for Boys as the new Residential Program Director. In his new role, Ahrens… Read More

Anderson Cottage Dominates OHB Winter Olympics

The youth from the Home’s Anderson Cottage won by a whopping 27 points over second-place Neef Cottage to win the2015 Omaha Home for Boys Winter Olympics. Bruner Cottage finished third.… Read More

Home Welcomes First Calf of 2015

The Omaha Home for Boys welcomed our first calf of 2015 today at Cooper Memorial Farm —a bouncing baby bull. Mother and baby are reportedly doing just fine. The Home’s… Read More