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Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota (LSS or LSSMN) is a social service organization headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota, with programs serving residents in each of the state's 87 counties. As one of the largest social service non-profit organizations in Minnesota , LSS employs over 2,500 staff and is supported by 10,000 volunteers. [ 3 ]
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI) is the social service arm of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)'s three Illinois synods. [1] It is headquartered in Des Plaines IL. [2] [3] [4] LSSI started in 1867 [1] as an orphanage for children who lost their parents in the cholera epidemic. [5] [6]
The Good Samaritan Society / Good Samaritan Canada (GSS) is a Canadian Lutheran social service organization that provides continuing care, assisted living and other health and community care services to the independent elderly, frail elderly, mentally challenged, physically challenged, and chronically ill.
Samaritas, formerly Lutheran Social Services of Michigan, [1] is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, human services organization that serves the entire Lower Peninsula of Michigan with more than 70 programs sites, including adoption, a community center, foster care, family preservation, independent, assisted living and rehabilitation centers for seniors, skilled nursing centers, refugee resettlement and ...
Lutheran Services in America is the national office of a network of 300 Lutheran health and human services organizations across the United States.Headquartered in Washington, DC, Lutheran Services in America amplifies the voice of its $23 billion network to aid community leaders and advance policies and practices that improve the lives of people and communities.
The society continued to grow throughout the Great Depression, nearing the end of the 1930s with facilities in ten states and 27 different locations.Because of financial difficulties and a rift in philosophy within the society, the board of directors voted to split the society into two separate organizations: The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society and Lutheran Hospitals and Homes ...
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Ecumen began as a Lutheran social services agency in 1862, providing foster care services to children orphaned in the Dakota Conflict. By the early 20th century had it become a full-time operator of senior housing and services in Minnesota. The company has been known under several different names throughout its history.