Five Acres Timeline

1888 The Boys' and Girls' Aid Society of Los Angeles County established as an orphanage

1903 Moves from Los Angeles to South Pasadena

1926 Moves to its present five-acre location in Altadena

1947 Five Acres name is adopted and agency moves from custodial care to casework

1957 Accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Services for Family and Children

1965 San Marino Area Auxiliary of Five Acres established

1972 Santa Rosa group home opens

1974 Art and activity therapy added

1981 Non-public therapeutic school opens

1981 Monte Vista group home added

1983 Research department opens

1983 Solita group home opens

1984 Bob Ketch becomes Excecutive Director

1986 Home-based services program added

1986 East Mountain group home opens

1986 Family Resource Center established

1988 Recreational therapy program begins

1988 Foster family program added

1988 Independent Living Program added

1988 Scholarship/independent living program begins

1988 Five Acres Ambassadors established

1988 Five Acres celebrates is Centennial Anniversary and 100 years of service

1990 Deaf services added

1990 Five Acres Children’s Guild founded

1995 Family preservation network added

1995 Deaf perinatal services program added

1999 School-based serices with counseling added

1999 Day rehabilitation established

2000 Training department added

2001 Therapeutic behavioral services added

2001 Licensed for adoptions

2004 Grace Center affiliation (est.1996)

2004 Aftercare services added

2005 Adoption promotion and support services added

2005 Multidisciplinary Assesment Team added

2006 Wraparound established

2006 Family Finding Technology added to permanency efforts

2007 Five Acres School received accreditation from the prestigious Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)

2007 Affiliation with Pasadena Mental Heath Center (est. 1965)

2008 Intensive treatment foster care added

2009 Zeilstra Research and Training Center established

2012 Chanel Boutakidis appointed as CEO

2013 Five Acres celebrates its Quasquicentennial - 125 th Anniversary.