Children's Friend, Inc., Neighbor

Welcome to Children’s Friend, Inc., a private, not-for-profit agency that has been serving children and families since 1849. We love sharing information about what we do – and have been doing for so many years – to help children and families.

Our mission is to improve the lives of children and those who love them. To accomplish this mission, our current services reflect the complex needs of contemporary families. Our programs are designed to improve family relationships, ensure effective parenting and protection of children, enable young people struggling with mental and behavioral problems or grief to reach their full potentials, and help create within each family an environment where children can grow into healthy, educated and responsible members of the community.