DePelchin Children's Center , founded in 1892 in Houston, Texas, is a non-profit provider of children's mental health, prevention and early intervention, and child welfare services. DePelchin helps more than 20,000 children and their families each year through various services including counseling, psychiatry, home care, risk programs, and parenting education in addition to foster care and adoption. As one of the largest centers of its kind in Houston, DePelchin coordinates over thirty different programs for children and their families at schools, community sites, and at home as well as on DePelchin's main Memorial campus and five satellite offices. The center continues to be recognized at the state and federal levels for cutting-edge programs, including a federal grant as a leading child trauma expert in Texas.
The former campus for DePelchin Children's Center at 2700 Albany Street is designated as the City of Houston Landmark and Texas Historic Landmark. It is also listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
The institution, founded by Kezia Payne DePelchin primarily as an orphanage for young children, is rapidly growing to include other services. Since its founding in 1892, DePelchin Children's Center has expanded its facilities and operations to offer more services to the Houston family.
Video DePelchin Children's Center
Founder
The institution now known as DePelchin Children's Center was founded by Kezia Payne DePelchin in 1892. DePelchin was born in the Portuguese Madeira Islands on July 23, 1828, to Catherine and Abraham Payne. However, his tombstone at Forest Park Cemetery in Houston stated that he was born in 1831.
Kezia has a brother, Benjamin, and three sisters, Frances, Sarah, and Catherine. After elder Catherine died in 1833, Abraham decided to move his family to America. At the end of 1836, Hannah Bainton, the nanny of the children, accompanied the children during their move to the United States while Abraham stayed on Madeira to complete the unfinished business. The family finally found its way to Galveston, Texas, in 1837. Yellow fever raged through Galveston in 1839 as soon as Abraham arrived. Before the arrival of Abraham, Sarah and Frances had returned to Madeira to live with other relatives. The remaining families have fever; Kezia, Hannah, and Abraham are the only surviving members of the plague. Although initially he survived, Abraham was very weak by illness and, as an indirect result of fever, died June 11, 1840.
In late summer 1841, Kezia and Hannah moved to Houston to make a fresh start. During his early years in Houston, Kezia worked as a music teacher. He will be hired in 1877 to teach at Houston's first public school. On August 23, 1862, Kezia Payne married a musician, Adolf DePelchin. Within a year, Kezia could no longer endure Adolf's financial carelessness and both ways of separation; However, they have never been legally divorced. With his immunity to yellow fever, Kezia Payne DePelchin treated the victims of the disease during an epidemic that struck Houston and also traveled to help victims of yellow fever in cities as far away as Memphis, Tennessee, and Senatobia, Mississippi, between 1878 and 1879.
When DePelchin returned to Houston, he became the first woman at Bayland Orphans' orphanage for the Boy, who looked after young boys between the ages of six and twelve. In 1892, when DePelchin was approached with three orphaned boys who were too young to be taken by Bayland, he asked his friend Agnes Perry to open a room in his home to look after the three boys. This small act effectively creates an institution now known as DePelchin Children's Center. The number of children taken by DePelchin grew, and the institutions moved into larger buildings to accommodate additional children. Within a year after founding Faith Home, DePelchin died on January 13, 1893, at the age of 64, due to a contracted pneumonia attack when he walked five miles (8 km) between Bayland Orphans and his Faith House. DePelchin often selects this road rather than riding a train to save on nickel that can be used for children. To continue his work, DePelchin's friends and family acquired the charter on March 24, 1893, to include DePelchin Faith Home officially. When asked if DePelchin would call his agency, he replied, "I think I should call it my 'house of faith', I am totally dependent on my faith in God and the good people of Houston to support it.
Maps DePelchin Children's Center
History
Name and address changed
1892 : DePelchin cramming 2500 Washington Avenue, home of Agnes Perry, "her trust home." On March 24, 1893, following DePelchin's death, a charter was secured so that his work could continue.
1899 : As more children in parenting, DePelchin Faith Home moves to a larger building on the corner of Chenevert and Pierce Streets.
1913 : Larger buildings are built on 2700 Albany Street to accommodate the growing number of children.
1928 : The charter of the institution was renewed and its name changed to "DePelchin House Bureau and Children's Children" to reflect the wider scope of the previous House of Faith. The Agency's new charter expands its service area to include general care of children, including adoptive house services, adoption, and protective work.
1934 : Farms of 50 acres (200,000 m 2 ) near Spring, Texas, were obtained for use as summer camps.
1937 : Partially with help from the Works Progress Administration (WPA), construction on an area of ​​12 acres (49,000 m 2 ) at 100 Sandman Street begins. This site, although now larger, still serves as DePelchin's main campus.
1983 : The name was changed from "DePelchin's House Bureau and Children's Children" to "DePelchin Children's Center," a name the organization still runs today, and a name that better reflects its expanded service. The institute is re-scaling the number of beds while expanding in other areas such as counseling, post-adoption services, maternity care, parental preparation, and special education.
2002 : After a successful capital campaign, DePelchin Children's Center moved into a large new facility with a 4950 Memorial Drive address, where it occupies much of the same physicality as before.
Historical introduction
The building at 2700 Albany Street housed in DePelchin Faith Home between 1913 and 1938 is specially designed by the architectural firm of Mauran & Russell. The Faith Home incarnation features an open arcade downstairs with Doric columns to support the classic cornice; the structure is modeled after an Italian villa, a 19th century American architectural movement popular. The design contains the symbolic characteristics of architectural trends of the era such as sleeping porches and flat roofs that project far away with wide roofs. The list of National Historic Sites recognizes this building because of its architectural significance as well as for its importance in social history. The building is also recognized as the Houston City Landmark and Historic Landmark of Texas.
Negro Children Center
On November 30, 1947, the House and Children Bureau DePelchin Faith officially dedicated the opening of the Negro Children Center. The center stands on Jalan Solo 1900 in the Fifth Ward of Houston and is renowned for being the first institution of its kind in the South to welcome African-American children in need. This dedication is the result of a seven-year effort from the citizens of Houston, an effort that began after DePelchin took his first African-American children in 1939.
Eva Burmeister, a respected social worker, praises DePelchin Faith Home and Children's Bureau as "one of the best in the country" for her dedicated commitment to help children of all races and unique layouts. Similar institutions in the United States at that time usually designed their residential buildings in a dormitory style, but DePelchin modeled his residential buildings in a cottage layout, meaning that children were housed in some small free-standing buildings rather than one large building. This arrangement is considered more conducive to creating a healthier home environment than a dormitory-style building.
Mergers and acquisitions
1982 : DePelchin Faith House and Children's Bureau donated a Houston branch from Florence Crittenton Services, a charitable organization that provides help and homes for pregnant teenagers.
1987 : On September 22, a temporary emergency shelter for youth and youth managed by Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU) in Richmond, Texas, is incorporated into the DePelchin Children's Center.
1992 : On April 1, DePelchin Children's Center joins the Houston Child Guidance Center, which is a major extension for DePelchin in the field of mental health. The Houston Child Guidance Center, founded by Ima Hogg in 1929, is a pioneer in mental health services as it offers an alternative to inpatient care. The focus is on family involvement, working with the whole family to reduce the problem. Organizations are trying to keep children in their homes to maintain a family network, which they feel is important for mental health. DePelchin entered the mental health field in 1982 with the establishment of Cullen Bayou Place, named in honor of a $ 5 million donation from the Cullen Foundation. This facility serves as a psychiatric hospital that specifically cares for children and adolescents.
Services
The DePelchin service revolves around three core areas: mental health, prevention and early intervention, and child welfare.
DePelchin offers comprehensive mental health services including individual and family counseling, psychiatric evaluation and drug management as well as psychological tests. His team of mental health experts serves children and their families who seek help on issues ranging from ADHD and anger management to severe childhood trauma. In 2009, DePelchin expanded its service range to offer an autism assessment program that provides evaluation, social skills training for children with autism, and support groups for family members.
DePelchin also offers prevention and early intervention programs to promote healthy families and reduce future needs for more intensive services. This includes services for risky youth who face substance abuse, truancy, and other issues; prevention of teenage pregnancy; assistance for pregnant teenagers and parents; and family education programs to improve parenting skills and reduce risk factors that lead to abuse and neglect. These programs are offered throughout the Greater Houston community in schools, community centers, and in homes. DePelchin also offers general parenting classes to strengthen families and help them cope with divorce.
DePelchin's child welfare services include parenting, adoption, and post-adoption. In some cases, children who have been excluded from their home by the Child Protection Service (CPS) can reunite with their families. Otherwise, these children are placed in an orphanage or foster home. DePelchin also provides baby adoption services for mothers and biological fathers who wish to place their unborn or newborns into host houses. Post-adoption services include support groups, parental education, 24-hour crisis intervention and access to DePelchin's residential care center, which houses children at one of two campuses for intensive special care.
DePelchin Children's Center's main campus is located at 4950 Memorial Drive. In addition, there are several satellite locations throughout Greater Houston area, including Stafford, Baytown, The Woodlands, Richmond, and Clear Lake. There are also locations in San Antonio, Austin, and Lubbock.
DePelchin contracted the University of Texas Charter School system to provide state accredited education services for children in residential care at major campuses in Houston and in Richmond, Texas.
Awards of Kezia DePelchin
Awards Kezia DePelchin was founded in 1998 as a way to honor individuals who are committed to serving as supporting the mental and physical health of children.
Recipient
1998 : Former President George H.W. Bush and First Lady, Barbara Bush
1999 : Ann G. Trammell
2000 : Mantan First Lady Rosalynn Carter
2001 : Pediatrician Dr. Thomas Berry Brazelton
2002 : Anne S. Duncan
2003 : Dokter Peggy B. Smith
2004 : CEO Kinder Morgan, Energy Partners Richard Kinder and wife Nancy
2005 : Catherine dan Robert Mosbacher, Jr.
2006 : Flo dan Bill McGee
2007 : Bobbie dan John Nau III, CEO Distributor Silver Eagle
2008 : CEO of Hines Interests Limited Partnership Jeff Hines and Wendy's wife
2009 : Jesse H. Jones II
2010 : NFL Houston team owner Texans Janice and Robert McNair
2011 : Your Honor, James Baker, III, and Susan Garrett Baker
Affiliate
DePelchin has been affiliated with and a beneficiary of United Way of Greater Houston since 1922. At that time, the organization was known as the Houston Community Chest.
In 1933, DePelchin officially joined the American Child Welfare League (CWLA).
After the Houston branch of the Florence Crittenton service transferred management to DePelchin Children's Center in 1982, DePelchin became an official member of the Florence Crittenton Agent Family.
An alliance established between DePelchin Children's Center and the Menninger Department of Psychiatry & amp; Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine provides training opportunities for psychiatric children at Baylor College of Medicine. In addition, PhD psychology students revolve through DePelchin, providing counseling for children on the outpatient site and at Houston's residential care center.
DePelchin is a member of Alliance for Children & amp; Family, a national membership organization that supports education and training for organizations serving children and families, and the Texas Alliance for Child and Family Services, an organization that provides nonprofits with advocacy, public policy, and technical assistance.
DePelchin is also licensed as a Child Placement agent and Child Care agent by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (TDFPS). These state institutions are charged with the welfare and protection of children and are responsible for issuing permits to organizations that allow them to operate residential care facilities, provide care, and place children in foster homes.
Note
DePelchin currently has licenses for Child Placing Agency and four branches located in Baytown, Clear Lake, Stafford and The Woodlands alongside the main campus in Houston, Texas. DePelchin also operates two Public Residential Operations that focus on residential care. Information about compliance with Texas State laws and regulations can be found at http://www.dfps.state.tx.us/Child_Care/Search_Texas_Child_Care/CCLNET/Source/CPA/ppSearchTXChildCare2.aspx
References
- (1942). Houston: A History and Guide . Houston: The Anson Jones Press. Internet Archive. Retrieved 2010-06-18.
- "Guide to Kezia Payne DePelchin's papers, 1878-1879". Online Resources Texas Archival. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
- Kleiner, Diana (2010). "Kezia Payne DePelchin". The Handbook of Texas Online . Retrieved 2010-06-12.
- Matthews, Harold (1942). Candle by Night . Boston: Bruce Humphries, Inc.
- McAshan, Marie Phelps (1985). On Main and Texas Corner: A Houston Legacy . Houston: Hutchins House.
External links
- DePelchin's official website
Source of the article : Wikipedia
0 Comments