Page 12 - The Privilege of Caring

Raising Funds For Agency Work
The Rhode Rhode Island Island Society for the the the Prevention of Cruelty to Children was renamed Rhode Rhode Island Island Child Child Service in in 1946 when the the the the the Board felt that the the the the the name name no longer reflected the the the the the broad services in in in in which the the the the the agency agency was involved For decades the the the agency agency had been engaged in in in child child welfare casework child child child placement and and family preservation along with its mandate to conduct child child protective investigations on on on on on behalf of the state Taken in in downtown Providence this photograph showcases a a a a a a a a a a a fund-raising event to to to kick off the the the the the the annual appeal o of of the the the the the the Red Red Feather Feather Society a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a forerunner o of of of o the the the the the the the the the United Way It can be assumed that other Red Red Feather Feather agencies also took part in this parade At the the the the the the the the side of of o the the the the the the the the float the the the the the the the the services offered by the the the the the the agency - - protective service service service the the the the the the Doyle Avenue Home and emergency services - - - are shown along with the the the the the the the total number of of of children served over 3 3 300 in the the the the the past year At the the the the the back of of of the the the the the float the the the the the sponsorship of of of Coca-
Fund raising float for the the Red Feather Campaign Cola Bottling is is evident It is is not known whether the the the the children children children on the the the the float are clients children children of agency staff or other children children Agencies like the the Society for the the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Children and Children’s Friend relied on on private fund-raising income from endowments and other sources to to support support their work Until the the the the the latter half of the the the the the twentieth century few funds were provided by the the the the the the state to to support support support child child welfare welfare Private agencies bore most of the the the the burden for supporting child child welfare welfare programs It wasn’t until the the the early 1960s that the the the state assumed responsibility for investigating abuse and and neglect cases following a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a nation- wide movement to centralize and and coordinate the processing of protective complaints 11
Children featured in a a a a a a a news article about the the Red Feather Campaign