The Oklahoma City Dream Center is
affiliated with the LA Dream Center. It
was founded in 2001 by Pastor Sherri Sneed. With a heart and a vision she and
her team stretched forward to change Oklahoma City. She knew that without proper
resources this city would would just continue to perish. The Dream Center with
its many ministries will touch this city in a way that will impact it for
generations to come.
MISSION STATEMENT:
To administer help to those in need of clothing, food, and medical care. Sending
out different programs into apartment complexes, prisons, jails, and juvenile
centers teaching basic life skills.
The Oklahoma City Dream Center deals with a lot of inner city low income
families. The statistics below are from the US Census Website. Please take a
look at the numbers, with your help we can change this city for the better.
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18
years
438
100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren
238
54.3
POVERTY
STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families
1,187
(X)
Percent below poverty level
(X)
18.2
With related children under 18 years
1,027
(X)
Percent below poverty level
(X)
27.3
With related children under 5
years
690
(X)
Percent below poverty level
(X)
36.4
Families with female householder, no husband present
757
(X)
Percent below poverty level
(X)
42.2
With related children under 18 years
709
(X)
Percent below poverty level
(X)
51.0
With related children under 5
years
475
(X)
Percent below poverty level
(X)
67.2
Individuals
5,362
(X)
Percent below poverty level
(X)
21.4
18 years and over
3,049
(X)
Percent below poverty level
(X)
16.9
65 years and over
250
(X)
Percent below poverty level
(X)
9.5
Related children under 18 years
2,257
(X)
Percent below poverty level
(X)
32.9
Related children 5 to 17
years
1,278
(X)
Percent below poverty level
(X)
28.0
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over
1,308
(X)
Percent below poverty level
(X)
26.2
CRIME STATISTICS FOR THE
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
In the year 2000 Oklahoma had an estimated population of
3,450,654 which ranked the state 27th in population.
For that year the State of Oklahoma had a total Crime Index of
4,558.6 reported incidents per
100,000 people. This ranked the state as having the
14th highest total Crime Index. For Violent Crime
Oklahoma had a reported incident rate of 497.8 per 100,000 people. This ranked
the state as having the 17th highest occurrence for
Violent Crime among the states. For crimes against Property, the state
had a reported incident rate of 4,060.8 per 100,000 people, which ranked as the
state 14th highest.
Also in the year 2000 Oklahoma had 5.3 Murders per 100,000 people, ranking the
state as having the 22nd highest rate for Murder.
Oklahoma’s 41.2 reported Forced Rapes per 100,000 people, ranked the state
10th highest. For Robbery, per 100,000 people,
Oklahoma’s rate was 75.8 which ranked the state as having the
35th highest for Robbery. The state also had 375.5
Aggravated Assaults for every 100,000 people, which indexed the state as having
the 11th highest position for this crime among the states.
For every 100,000 people there were 917.5 Burglaries, which ranks Oklahoma as
having the 8th highest standing among the states.
Larceny - Theft were reported 2,785.4 times per hundred thousand people in
Oklahoma which standing is the 18th highest among the
states. Vehicle Theft occurred 357.8 times per 100,000 people, which
fixed the state as having the 25th highest for vehicle
theft among the states.
Source: FBI, Uniform Crime Reports
