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Children's Aid, formerly the Children's Aid Society, [6] is a private child welfare nonprofit in New York City founded in 1853 by Charles Loring Brace.With an annual budget of over $100 million, 45 citywide sites, and over 1,200 full-time employees, Children's Aid is one of America's oldest and largest children's nonprofits.
Charles Loring Brace (June 19, 1826 – August 11, 1890) was an American philanthropist who contributed to the field of social reform.He is considered a father of the modern foster care movement and was most renowned for starting the Orphan Train movement of the mid-19th century, and for founding Children's Aid Society.
The Fourteenth Ward Industrial School is located at 256-258 Mott Street between Prince and Houston Streets in the Nolita neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.It was built for the Children's Aid Society in 1888–89, with funds provided by John Jacob Astor III, and was designed by the firm of Vaux & Radford in the Victorian Gothic style. [2]
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In 1854, the Children's Aid Society began transporting children out of New York City into Protestant foster homes in the west, including Catholic children. [6] In an attempt to keep Catholic children in catholic homes, the Foundling Hospital began their own mercy train efforts. [6]
The Children's Aid Society rated its transplanted wards successful if they grew into "creditable members of society," and frequent reports documented the success stories. A 1910 survey concluded that 87 percent of the children sent to country homes had "done well," while 8 percent had returned to New York and the other 5 percent had either died ...
The head of the city’s Administration for Children’s Services, in an oddly-timed message, praised his staff’s work after the Daily News reported the agency botched its handling of the Coney ...
The Association was one of the most active and innovative charity organizations in New York, pioneering many private-public partnerships in education, healthcare and social services. [2] It merged in 1939 with the Charity Organization Society to form the Community Service Society of New York, which continues to operate in New York City.