Garfield County Competitors

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections is a dynamic organization dedicated to the highest attainable quality of excellence in our profession. Demonstrated by evidenced based supervision in our probation and parole services, wrap around and reintegration processes, and validated assessment instruments, we incorporate outcome based business practices that are data driven and results oriented.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Oklahoma County is part of a nationwide affiliation of over 4,000 local, autonomous organizations through Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) that serve almost 4 million youth annually across the nation. In 2012, The Chronicle of Philanthropy ranked BGCA as the nation's top youth organization for the 19th consecutive year and 18th among all non-profit organizations. We are excited to be part of an incredible organization and movement that impacts and changes countless lives. Since 1995, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Oklahoma County has been at the forefront of youth development, working with young people from disadvantaged economic, social and family circumstances throughout Oklahoma City. Our Club is part of a nationwide affiliation of local, autonomous organizations through Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) working to help youth of all backgrounds - with special concern for those from disadvantaged circumstances - develop the qualities they need to become responsible citizens and leaders. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Oklahoma County serves over 800 young people daily, has over 3,600 registered members and offers programs at four locations throughout Oklahoma County (Memorial Park at NW 36th and Western, Cesar Chavez Elementary at 600SE Grand, Santa Fe South at 53255 S. Pennsylvania and Telstar Elementary).

The county was organized in 1890 and consists of 897 square miles (2018). It provides a growing and diversified mix of business and industry, including agribusiness, manufacturing, oil & gas and retail trade. Plus it offers the added benefit of close proximity to the growing Oklahoma City market. Canadian County offers extensive economic development opportunities, including top-ranked schools, a productive and competitive labor force, excellent business climate and the nation's top career-technology network, Canadian Valley. Cost of living is just 80% of the national average. Major cities include El Reno (County Seat), Mustang, and Yukon. Canadian County's history is reflective of the entire state. It has been home to various Indian Tribes, the cattle industry, frontier military experience, land runs and land lotteries, various ethnic settlements, right agriculture and oil & gas production. The county was once part of the Cheyenne and Arapaho reservation. It was opened by the Run of '89 and the Run of '92, and by lottery in 1901. The historic Chisholm Trail passes through the county on the North/South basis. The trail, stretching from Texas to Kansas City is famous for the 10 million cattle, 1 million horses and 35 thousand cowboys that passed through in the 1800's. The name Canadian county comes from early French explorers who named the county for the two rivers which pass through the area, the North Canadian and Canadian.