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Founded in 1887 in Chicago by Fr. Louis Campbell, a Chicago priest, the shelter's original mission was to house homeless, orphaned, and abandoned boys in and around the Chicago area. Under the initial guidance of the Archdiocese of Chicago, a struggling orphanage became a boys home under the name of the Mission of our Lady of Mercy.
Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago was founded in 1860 as the Chicago Nursery and Half-Orphan Asylum. In addition to housing orphans and other dependent children, the Asylum provided day care services for working mothers. In 1931, the Chicago Nursery and Half-Orphan Asylum moved into a building at 2800 West Foster Avenue.
The Larkin Home for Children is a former orphanage at 1212 Larkin Avenue in Elgin, Illinois.The Larkin Home originated from the Elgin Children's Home Society, which was founded in 1898; it operated from a donated building until 1912, when it built its own orphanage due to space concerns.
Some private orphanages still exist in the United States apart from governmental child protective services processes. [147] [148] Following World War II, most orphanages in the U.S. began closing or converting to boarding schools or different kinds of group homes. Also, the term "children's home" became more common for those still existing.
In 2020, there were 407,493 children in foster care in the United States. [14] 45% were in non-relative foster homes, 34% were in relative foster homes, 6% in institutions, 4% in group homes, 4% on trial home visits (where the child returns home while under state supervision), 4% in pre-adoptive homes, 1% had run away, and 2% in supervised independent living. [14]
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago is the largest in a nationwide network of faith-based social service providers that form Catholic Charities. Together they form the largest private network of social service providers in the United States. More than 1,400 agencies, institutions, and organizations make up the Catholic Charities ...
Orphanages in the United States by state or territory (9 C) Pages in category "Orphanages in the United States" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total.
For convenience, all non-profit organizations based in Chicago, Illinois, are included in this category. This includes all articles about legal non-profit organizations (NPO) that have either incorporated or have their headquarters in Chicago.