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Maternity Homes - New Orleans, Louisiana
St. Vincent’s Infant and Maternity Home
(Associated Catholic Charities) In 1727, Ursuline nuns stepped onto Louisiana soil in the area now known as the Ninth Ward of New Orleans to care for the citizens of Louisiana. In 1853 New Orleans was decimated by the worst outbreak of yellow fever in its history, seven priests and five sisters being among its victims. On 6 March, 1854, the School Sisters of Notre Dame arrived in New Orleans to take charge of St. Joseph's Asylum, founded to furnish homes for those orphaned by the epidemic. St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum was also opened as a home for foundling and infant orphans and entrusted to the Sisters of Charity. Although nearly three centuries have passed, the legacy of the Ursuline nuns continues through "Catholic Charities" and its mission to care for those in need. Incorporated in 1938, Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans offers life-giving programs, advocates for the voiceless and empowers the most vulnerable to foster a more just society. Contact Danna Cousins - Catholic Charities
Search & Reunion Volunteers of America (VOA) In 1915, a Magazine Street home was donated
to Volunteers of America to help indigent women and children.
Protestant Home for Babies Protestant Home for Babies was located in the lavish and historic Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana. It was established in 1926 by community women seeking to provide a shelter for destitute infants. In 1959, maternity services were added to provide short-term shelter for pregnant young women. The shelter continued to provide for adoptable and homeless infants. By 1974 the community's needs for maternity home services decreased and the Board of Directors discontinued the maternity and infant shelters. A group home was established for adolescent girls in need of a nurturing home environment. In 1979, the agency's name was officially changed from Protestant Home for Babies to Raintree Services.
PHB Founded in 1886 by the United Methodist Church as the Methodist Home Hospital, the organization originally provided care for unwed mothers and served as an adoption agency. In 1973, it became an emergency shelter for abandoned, abused and neglected children in the state's custody. In 1988, it became a licensed residential treatment facility for children in crisis. In 1996, the name was changed to The Methodist Home for Children to better reflect our commitment to care for abused, abandoned and neglected children.
Methodist Home for
Children Organized in 1828, this was the first German-speaking, protestant congregation in New Orleans. For most of its early history, it was located on Clio Street, between St. Charles and Carondelet Streets, and was often referred to as the “Clio Street Church.” The church is known today as First Trinity Evangelical United Church of Christ. From 1855 until 1979, the German Protestant Orphan Asylum provided care for orphans and neglected children through its facility called the State Street Children's Home, located in uptown New Orleans. The initial concerns that we addressed were those of children who were orphaned from epidemics, or whose mothers were widowed during the Civil or World Wars. The State Street Children's Home provided the children with a place to live, food, educational opportunities and vocational training. Times changed, however, and in 1979 the children's home was closed and funds from the sale of the property were invested to create a grant making foundation. Our mission now is to support programs that serve children in Louisiana.
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