Sunrise Children's Services (or Sunrise) is a nonprofit organization based in Kentucky. It is the state's largest provider of services to children in crisis. Its services include providing homes to abused, abandoned, or neglected children. Sunrise is owned and operated by the Kentucky Baptist Convention. Sunrise has previously been known as Louisville Baptist Orphan's Home, Baptist Children's Homes, and Kentucky Baptist Homes for Children. Work Sunrise Children's Services is a licensed behavioral health organization with locations in Danville, Dixon, Elizabethtown, Mayfield, Morehead, Bronston, and Mount Washington. The organization maintains a "covenant agreement" with the Kentucky Baptist Convention that requires, among other things, that the agency "shall maintain its distinctive Baptist character". Members of the organization's board of directors are selected by the Convention. In 2018, Sunrise officials estimated that the organization served approximately 1,200 people in all 120 Kentucky counties. As of 2018, Sunrise holds the highest levels of accreditation from The Joint Commission, the Better Business Bureau, and other professional organizations. Sunrise provides training and support to foster parents. The Kentucky Baptist Convention is waging initiatives to support Sunrise, including adopting foster care families in each of the Baptist churches. History Early history Sunrise Children's Services was founded as Louisville Baptist Orphan's Home in 1869 by a group of women at Walnut Street Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky. It would later be known as Baptist Children's Homes and Kentucky Baptist Homes for Children. Sunrise's purpose was to house and care for children orphaned as a result of the American Civil War and its aftermath. The original facility moved to a campus in Middletown, Kentucky, and was named Spring Meadows Children's Home. In the early 1900s, the Baptist Educational Society of Kentucky purchased the former Lynnland Military Institute (which closed in 1879) in Hardin County and opened the Glen Dale Children's Home on the property in 1915. The facility closed in 2009, and operations were moved to consolidate all of the agency's operations under one roof at a new location elsewhere in the county. In 1956, Pine Crest Children's Home opened in Morehead. In 1978, Sunrise secured a contract with the state of Kentucky to care for wards of the state. In 1980, Kentucky Baptist offered more counseling services, opened residential centers in Dixon and Morehead, and opened an emergency shelter in Elizabethtown. Modern day In March 2007, Sunrise adopted its present name, changing from Kentucky Baptist Homes for Children.