Forum: Group Homes for Children

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Date(s) - 12/16/2018
9:00 am - 10:00 am

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UUCTC

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Speaker: Jane Dobbins, Director of Group Homes for Children

Group Homes for Children is dedicated to helping our community’s children in crisis survive, succeed, and thrive. We are a private, not-for-profit corporation funded by both private and public contributions. In 1970, a small group of concerned citizens from Tippecanoe County organized Group Homes, Inc. to provide a home for children in crisis as an alternative to institutions or detention. Their first attempt, Hartford House, was a failure. Scholer Home, named after Lafayette architect Walter Scholer, Jr., was opened in December of 1972 as an emergency shelter. As the community’s need for long-term placement increased, Revington House, named after Betty Revington, was opened on January 15, 1978. Thompson House for boys, named after Judge Warren Thompson, was opened on November 26, 1979. The Howell Program began in 1984, named after Louise Baker Howell. Currently, Group Homes for Children is operating Scholer Home as both an emergency shelter and long-term placement for girls.

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