Rescuing children since 1888.
Working as a maid at Atlanta’s Terminal Station in the late 1800s, Carrie Steele Logan became concerned about the abandoned children living along the tracks. With no resources, the emancipated slave got permission to care for them in box cars by day and in her home at night. By 1888 she had raised enough to purchase land and a charter for one of the nation’s first orphanages for African-American children. The name was changed to the Carrie Steele- Pitts Home in 1950 to honor longtime director Clara Maxwell Pitts.
“Today, we serve approximately 700 young people involved in foster care, adoption and guardianship throughout the state,” says former foster youth Michael Conger, who coordinates the program that supports teens in guardianship or DFCS custody.
Over the years, more than 20,000 young people were housed on the organization’s Adamsville campus until the Family First Act moved teens into home settings, says Executive Director Eloise Mitchell, a Sandy Springs resident. “We continue to work with the state on a hybrid model with students living in apartments. Most programs are virtual so we can reach young people all over the state. Life Skills workshops teach how to navigate the adult world. Of the youth served, 100% graduate from high school.
“We will continue serving families and foster youth to provide support through college or careers,” says Mitchell.
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