What is "kidspeace"

KidsPeace is a private charity serving the behavioral and mental health needs of children, families and communities. Founded in 1882, KidsPeace provides a psychiatric hospital, a range of residential treatment programs, educational services and a variety of community-based treatment programs and foster care and community programs.

KidsPeace offers services in Georgia, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and the District of Columbia.

KidsPeace was founded by the president of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation William Thurston, in response to a smallpox epidemic that had left many children in the area homeless. In 1895, Captain James Wiley donated a Salisbury Township home and of surrounding land to the charity. Afterwards, the organization came to be known as "Wiley House" and remained so for many years, until it officially changed its name to "KidsPeace" in January 1992.