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Children's Home, Akron, Ohio

Children’s Home

At its peak, the Children’s Home cared for about four hundred children, although placement in foster homes began to be favored over larger institutions. Gradually, the facility emptied its wards until all of the children had new places to live. The building was converted into offices for the Summit County Children Services Board.

Children's Home, Akron, Ohio

Children’s Home

The Children’s Home was part of a period when large residential homes were an important way of caring for children who could not live with their families. Over time, attitudes toward child welfare changed, and foster homes increasingly became the preferred alternative to institutional care.