End of an era

Photograph by Wallace Kirkland, showing a group of Italian boys having just finished building a clubhouse in 1924. After years of rising costs and dwindling income from fundraising the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORNPR0000055" title="Hull House" href="/topic/arts-culture/museums/hull-house-ORNPR0000055.topic">Jane Addams Hull House Association</a> will close and file for bankruptcy, the agency stated. The 123-year-old agency, provides foster care, domestic violence counseling and prevention services, <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="HHA000079" title="Child Development" href="/topic/health/human-body/child-development-HHA000079.topic">child development</a> programs, and job training to about 60,000 children, families and community groups each year.

( Wallace Kirkland / January 20, 2012 )

Photograph by Wallace Kirkland, showing a group of Italian boys having just finished building a clubhouse in 1924. After years of rising costs and dwindling income from fundraising the Jane Addams Hull House Association will close and file for bankruptcy, the agency stated. The 123-year-old agency, provides foster care, domestic violence counseling and prevention services, child development programs, and job training to about 60,000 children, families and community groups each year.

  • Email E-mail
  • add to Twitter Twitter
  • add to Facebook Facebook
  • Read This Later Read This Later
Comments are filtered for language and registration is required. The Times makes no guarantee of comments' factual accuracy. Readers may report inappropriate comments by clicking the Report Abuse link next to a comment. Here are the full legal terms you agree to by using this comment form.
Connect
Advertisement

Videos

Advertisement

Raw Video: Dragon arrives at space station

Space station astronauts have captured the Dragon. The privately bankrolled Drag...

Space station astronauts have captured the Dragon. The privately bankrolled Dragon capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Friday, making history as the first commercial delivery truck in orbit. (May 25)