Get Involved
Volunteers are needed to help with childcare, office support and special events.
Donations make it possible for us to provide our programs and services at no charge to our children and families.
The Professional Partners are a group of young Chicago professionals that help further our mission. Their 4 the Love of Art fundraiser is an annual highlight.
Help us further our mission...join the staff of The Children's Place Association.
Our History
At a time in history when many infants and young children were neglected, abandoned or left parentless because of their own and/or their parents' HIV infection, a group of concerned individuals came together to provide a home to these vulnerable children.
In August 1991, The Children's Place Association opened its doors as the Midwest's first residential facility dedicated to the care of HIV/AIDS-affected children.
Today, this Residential Center continues to offer 24-hour nursing care and other specialized treatment for children.
While the face of the HIV/AIDS epidemic has changed over the past two decades, The Children's Place Association has adapted programs and services to continue to meet the needs of our children and their families.
- 1993 – In-home respite care, case management, mental-health counseling, and summer day camp.
- 1994 – Foster Care and Adoption Program
- 1998 – The Arthur E. Jones Early Childhood Care and Learning Center opened.
- 2007 – Children's Place International launched in response to the growing number children around the world affected by HIV/AIDS.
The Children's Place Association continues to evolve with the HIV/AIDS epidemic in order to provide programs and services that meet the needs of children, youth and families confronted by HIV/AIDS.
