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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.
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Cottage homes are used in residential child care communities and other group homes. Organizations using this model employ married couples, also referred to as house parents or cottage parents, who are living in a dwelling on campus, together with a certain number of children.
Residential child care communities or children's homes are a type of residential care, which refers to long-term care given to children who cannot stay in their birth family home. There are two different approaches towards residential care: The family model (using married couples who live with a certain number of children) and the shift care model.
The Home for Little Wanderers is a private non-profit child and family service agency in Massachusetts, US. Founded as an orphanage in 1799, it the oldest agency of its kind in the US. Founded as an orphanage in 1799, it the oldest agency of its kind in the US.
Through its network of small "homes" for children, OI provides immediate aid to some of the world's most disadvantaged children. OI operates on an annual budget of less than a half-million dollars. OI houses and educates children orphaned and abandoned after the 2004 tsunami in Sri Lanka and Indonesia and 2004's Hurricane Jeanne in Haiti.
Buckner International is a non-profit International Christian charitable organization. Founded as a Baptist organization it maintains a relationship with the Baptist General Convention of Texas, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, and the Baptist World Alliance though it works with individuals and organizations of all denominations and faiths.
It was then renamed the West Virginia Colored Orphans Home. [5] The school building burned down on April 5, 1920 and a new building was constructed between 1922 and 1923. A separate institution, the State Industrial Home for Colored Girls, was established in a building constructed on the property between 1924 and 1926, also of three stories. [2]