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Abbott House company history timeline

1963

In 1963 a child-welfare agency bearing their name was opened in Westchester, New York on the bucolic grounds of what was once a 42-room Tudor Estate in Irvington-on-Hudson.

1965

On October 29, 1965, Abbott House held its first inaugural dinner, a coming out of sorts with the invocation spoken by Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr.

1972

In 1972, Abbott House opened a Special Acts School District in Westchester.

1973

Until 1973, Abbott House was considered to be the first “receiving Home” in the state.

In 1973 the Board of Directors closed Abbott House for three months in anticipation of a revised program.

1984

The South Dakota Children’s Aid Foundation was incorporated in 1984 to assure attention to the financial development needs of Abbott House.

1987

During the summer of 1987, Abbott House expanded its physical plant from 6,400 square feet to 10,000 square feet with the expansion of the building to the North at a cost of $155,000.

1990

In the 1990’s, responding to the need for specialized community based residences; Abbott House developed residential programs for children and adults with developmental disabilities, including day habilitation and prevocational training programs.

2002

In 2002 Abbott House began providing therapeutic foster care for children ages 10 to 17.

2013

Then in 2013, Abbott House wanted to “finish the work it started” by helping young people transition to adulthood through an independent living program.

2017

In 2017, Abbott House received a new multiyear Federal contract extending and expanding our work in this emerging field for the foreseeable future.

In 2017, Abbott House opened a second program for adolescent girls.

2021

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