Methodist Childrens Home serves 500 children daily through residential care, boys ranch, foster care and a college program. The organization is a nonprofit childcare ministry affiliated with the seven United Methodist Annual Conferences of Texas and New Mexico. Founded in 1890, Methodist Children s Home began as an orphanage and has developed into a comprehensive program of care. Methodist Childrens Home utilizes a strength-based philosophy of care, which incorporates a concept called the Circle of Courage. The Circle of Courage is comprised of four elements: belonging, mastery, independence and generosity. The basis of this philosophy is that people are not whole until they achieve the four elements. Methodist Childrens Home is located in Waco, Texas.