About CHS

Our Mission
To promote the right of every child to a permanent, safe and loving family.

Our Vision
To be a leader in transforming families and communities so children can thrive.

Children’s Home Society has been serving children and families for more than a century, with programs built on our mission of promoting the right of every child to a permanent, safe, and loving family. Founded in 1902, CHS has placed more than 14,500 children into loving, adoptive homes. But while CHS is perhaps best known for our work related to foster care and adoption, we are much more than a placement agency.

Mergers with Family Life Council, Youth Homes, and Lifegains have greatly expanded the scope of services we are able to provide to North Carolina’s children and families. Today, CHS has one of the most comprehensive and seamless offerings of child welfare and family support services in the state – providing programs in parenting education, family preservation, teen pregnancy prevention, foster care, and adoption - all from one agency.

Specific CHS initiatives include working to prevent teen pregnancy, providing education and support for parents having difficulty maintaining a stable family setting for their children, and supporting the efforts of public social services agencies to preserve families. When a child’s birth parents are unable to provide a safe, positive family environment, CHS finds safe shelter for those children through foster care and adoption.

Through our programs, CHS serves well over 12,000 clients each year, with a statewide staff and offices in nine cities across North Carolina.

What We Believe
We believe:
- In the inherent value and potential of every child.
- A child’s potential is best nurtured in a family.
- Investing in children and families is the greatest opportunity to improve our communities.
- In pursuing excellence in everything we do.
- Our success requires skilled, empowered, and supported staff.
- Our history, scope, and expertise call us to leadership on issues affecting children and families.

We believe there are families across the state that desperately need our care, experience, and unwavering dedication to helping children thrive. Because of this, CHS has a strong commitment to using quality assurance systems that help us effectively serve clients while evaluating and integrating agency programs. Our work is based on specific outcomes and focused on making measurable differences in the lives of our clients. This affects every aspect of our work resulting in better outcomes for the children and families we serve.

CHS has always been a place where families come together. From the first children rescued from the streets of Greensboro in 1902 to the over, 12,000 children and families served today, CHS has sought to provide all children with an environment of stability, security, and love. For the next 100 years, CHS will remain committed to its mission to promote the right of every child to a permanent, safe, and loving family.

CHS is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. A copy of our IRS Form 990 for fiscal year ending 3/31/10 is available here.

CHS is funded through private contributions, performance-based contracts with state and federal funding, churches, foundations, and United Way.

Children's Home Society of NC is licensed by the NC Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Social Services • Accredited by The Council on Accreditation for Children and Family Services • A member of the Child Welfare League of America • A member of the Children and Family Services Association of North Carolina • An individual plan will be made to address the circumstances of any person who has special communication needs or language barriers • CHS has a commitment to respond to each client with respect and to ensure quality services and equal application of policies and procedures • All client information and contacts are handled confidentially • A copy of the CHS grievance policy is available to any client upon request • CHS does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, political belief, religion, or mental or physical disability.