The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-09-09
Maryland c. A. S. Reports Over
600 Children in Care.

Edward H. Gavin, the Executive
Secretary of the Maryland Children's
Aid Society has recently compiled a
statistical report covering the work
of the society during the first six
months of 1926, which shows that
600 children under IS years of age, of
whom 429 are legally committed
wards, are living under the supervis-
ion of the societies agents in foster
homes located in every county in the
state.
Upon further analysis the figures
show that 81 of these children are
contributing to their own support,
104 are being boarded at the expense
of the society, 140 are living in the
homes of relatives and 294 are placed
in families which have assumed full
responsibility for the cost of their
education and up-bringing.
During the period under considera-
ton, 80 children have benn accepted
for placement by the society and Is
children have passed from care, of
whom died and ran away. The re-
mainder either attained their ma
jority or were married, adopted or
discharged to some other suitable
custody.
In addition to caring for such child
rem as need to be placed in foster
homes, the society has served 972
families, involving more than 1000
children in their own homes during
the past six months.
The jurisdiction of the Maryland
Children's Aid Society includes the
entire state with the exception of
Baltimore City, which is served in a
similar way by the Henry Watson
Children's Aid Society. About rs per
cent of the total work of the orga-
nization is accomplished in it's four
rural branches located in Baltimore.
Frederick, Montgomery and Talbot
counties, which have become practi-
cally self-supporting in regard to
finances. More that $4,000 was
spent by the state organization and
its various branches in their opera
lions during the year 1925.
The chief cause for bringing
families to the attention of the society
during the period under consideration
was desertion or non-support by the
father which occurred in 25 per cent
OF the cases, the next most frequent
cause was his unemployment or made
quate wage which occurred in 20 per
cent. Children were brought before
the Court as delinquents in II per
cent of the families dealt with. In
Is per cent the parents were either
divorced or legally separated, and in
the same number one OF both of them
were dead immortality, temporary
illness and improper guardianship
each occurred as a factor in about Is
per cent of the cases, while drunken
ness and feeblemindedness were re-
sponsible each for less than s per
cent.
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