ABOUT US

Our Mission

Neighbors Building Neighborhoods of Muskogee, Inc. (NBN) improves the quality of life in Eastern Oklahoma through education, organizational support, and coalition building. This broad mission empowers us to provide a wide range of programs. Initiatives include substance abuse prevention, youth programs, and community revitalization

Children Resources

  • The Cherokee Nation first contracted to operate a WIC program in 1977. WIC is a nutrition program that provides nutrition and health education, healthy foods, and breastfeeding education support to eligible women, infants, and children.

  • Every person in Oklahoma who has reason to believe that a child under 18 has been abused or neglected or is in danger of being abused or neglected is required by law to promptly make a report. 

  • Zoë Institute operates the “Hands of Grace” warehouse. Families can access the warehouse four times within a four-month period. Items available vary but typically include food, paper products, clothing, hygiene items, diapers, and household items.  Voucher from Zoe Institute is required.

  • Provides Student Hygiene items, clothing items, SNAP & TANIF Assistance, Parent Resource Books & Info, Food Pantry Assistance, Community Resource Referrals, School Supplies Assistance, Counseling Referrals, Backpack program and Family Engagement & Informative Nights.  

Support Services

  • This type of assessment helps inform decision-makers about the most pressing issues and gaps in services, which can then guide program development, resource allocation, and policy decisions. We provide assistance with community needs assessments, educational assessments, housing and economic assessments, social service assessments and developmental asset mapping.

  • Building the capacity of your team is critical to future success and sustainability. Our approach to training is simple, we focus on your goals and your individual needs. We provide a framework for achieving those goals through evidence-based methods and access to more than 300+ content matter experts.

    • Training & Technical Assistance

    • Growth Planning

    • Grant Writing

  • The old adage is true: “Failing to plan is planning to fail.” Our experienced teams facilitate Strategic Planning processes at the program, department and agency level to ensure alignment between needs, resources and program outcomes.

  • Our CARECG Team provides consistent guidance and resources to facilitate the successful execution of your programs, projects, and strategic plans. Examples of Implementation Support:

    • Assisting in establishing service delivery models and identifying evidence-based best practices

    • Developing protocols and written policies for maintaining high standards of care and service delivery.

    • Developing policies and metrics to ensure continuous quality improvement.

    • Helping partners to ensure their programs comply with relevant local, state, and federal regulations.

    • Assisting partners in developing strategies (including paid and unpaid media/branding) that raise community awareness about the program and reduce stigma.

    • Developing educational materials to support partners ability to build community understanding of behavioral health issues.

    • Developing a messaging and media campaign designed to create behavior changes within target populations of your community.

    • Community survey design, facilitation support and reporting.

  • You do good work, but can you prove it? Whether you are starting a new program or need a fresh approach to a long-standing one, our team-based and collaborative approach to evaluation will give you evidence of your successes for a variety of stakeholders.

Who We Work With

We at OKC Food Hub serve as a bridge between the producers (farmers) and buyers (wholesale). We support both producers and buyers, allowing them to bridge the divide in creating access to a better local food system for everyone in Oklahoma.

  • The OKC Food Hub is working hard to make it easier for your school to source healthy, local, food as we believe all children deserve to be well-nourished.  We work to aggregate small-midsize farmers from across the state to get the products you are looking for delivered to you at an affordable price.

  • The OKC Food Hub is working hard to make it easier for your institution or organization to source healthy, local products.  We work to incubate and aggregate small-midsize farmers from across the state to get the products you are looking for delivered to you at a price you can afford. 

  • The OKC Food Hub is working hard to make it easier for your Farm Market, Farmers Hub, or retail grocery store to source healthy, local products.  We work to incubate and aggregate small-midsize farmers from across the state to get the products you are looking for delivered to you at a price you can afford. 

  • The OKC Food Hub is working hard to make it easier for your restaurant to source quality, local products.  We work to incubate and aggregate small-midsize farmers from across the state to offer a wide selection of products all year round at competitive prices. 

  • The OKC Food Hub is working hard to build a better food system centered around the needs and challenges faced by our small-midsize farmers here in Oklahoma.

  • The OKC Food Hub is working hard to build a better food system centered around the needs and challenges faced by our small-midsize farmers here in Oklahoma.

Our Services

We offer financial services to Nonprofit Resource Center members in two main areas: bookkeeping and fiscal sponsorship. Additional consultation and review services are also available. For detailed information

Financial

Members receive a $25 discount on Oklahoma Foundation DataBook directory and database software including information on 1,126 Oklahoma foundations and detailed data on the 295 largest foundations in Oklahoma.

Oklahoma Foundation DataBook

Vision Service Plan

We are pleased to offer Vision Service Plan vision care benefits for our member organizations’ staff and volunteers. VSP benefits are extremely affordable and provide outstanding value in reduced vision care costs. Contact us for more information about setting up the program for your organization.

We offer a full range of grant seeking and proposal writing services exclusively for our members. We encourage all our member organizations to take advantage of a free initial consultation with our proposal writer, Rebecca Walkup, to talk about your programs and primary funding needs. For detailed information

Grant Services

Training

We offer training on a wide variety of topics tailored specifically for nonprofits. Members receive discounts on training. For a list of our trainings and prices

The training center is available for the community to rent for meetings, retreats, and other functions. Members receive a free reservation of the training center each quarter and discounted rentals thereafter.

GrantFinder

Member organizations can sign up to receive free access to the GrantFinder online grant search database from the comfort of your own office.

Low Cost Background Checks

Neighbors Building Neighborhoods offers same day history background checks including criminal history and sex offender registry checks, social security number verification, and date of birth verification for a small fee.

Contact Us

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Or just come by.

207 North 2nd St.

Muskogee, OK 74401

Phone: 918.683.4600

Fax: 918.683.3355

Hours
Monday – Friday: 8:30am to 5:00pm

 

Our offices will be closed for the following holidays:

New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, President’s Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve through New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.

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