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Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society
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The Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society was founded in 1883 to aid orphaned and abandoned children. Begun by Methodist minister Reverend Martin Van Buren Arsdale and originally called the American Educational Aid Association, the organization sought to place homeless children in private family homes instead of institutions. It established advisory boards throughout Illinois to handle placement and created receiving homes for children awaiting placement. Van Arsdale sought national expansion...
