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A Century-old Tradition of Caring for Children
Today, EMQ FamiliesFirst has evolved into California's leading provider of mental health services for
troubled children and adolescents and their families. It provides a broad continuum of mental health services,
including residential treatment, school-based day treatment, 24-hour crisis intervention, community-based
wraparound care, child sexual abuse treatment, therapeutic foster care and substance abuse prevention/education,
as well as outpatient and in-home services.
Milestones
| 1867 |
Eastfield Home of Benevolence (a predecessor of EMQ) founded in San Jose. |
| 1874 |
Ming Quong Presbyterian Mission Home (a predecessor of EMQ) is founded in San Francisco, the first U.S. charity to admit Chinese children. |
| 1880 |
Hollygrove originally founded in downtown Los Angeles by Mr. Dan G. Stephens & Mrs. Frank A. Gibson as the Los Angeles Orphans Home Society. |
| 1910 |
Hollygrove moved to its current location in Hollywood. |
| 1935 |
Norma Jean Baker (Marilyn Monroe) comes to live at Hollygrove. Ming Quong opens another orphanage for younger girls in the hills of Los Gatos. |
| 1950s |
Hollygrove provides residential services for abused & neglected children removed from their families by court order. |
| 1953 |
Ming Quong enrolls boys and needy children of all races, and becomes independent of the Presbyterian Church. |
| 1974 |
The Praul Center Residential Treatment Program (RTP), a predecessor to FamiliesFirst, is founded in Davis. |
| 1985 |
RTP changes its name to FamiliesFirst to reflect the importance of family in children's lives. |
| 1987 |
Eastfield & Ming Quong merge (Eastfield Ming Quong), later to be called EMQ Children & Family Services. |
| 1990s |
FamiliesFirst Crisis Residential and Day Treatment programs started in Concord. |
| 1992 |
EMQ adds Kids are Special drug and alcohol abuse prevention/education. |
| 1994 |
In 1994, in partnership with the county departments of Social Services, Juvenile Probation,
and Mental Health, EMQ launched California's first Wraparound program. |
| 1997 |
FamiliesFirst starts Adoptions, Kinship, Shared Family Care & Transitional Living Programs. |
| 1999 |
EMQ acquires San Jose-based child sexual abuse treatment pioneer Giarretto Institute and begins providing Wraparound services in the Sacramento area in partnership with River Oak Center for Children and Stanford Home. |
| 2002 |
EMQ expands into Southern California, opening a Wraparound program in San Bernardino County. |
| 2004 |
Mental Health Services Act (Prop 63) passes in California making Wraparound available to children. EMQ's Jerry Doyle chaired the subcommittee that wrote the children's portion of the legislation. |
| 2005 |
Hollygrove closes its residential program to concentrate on community-based mental health services. |
| 2006 |
Hollygrove and EMQ merge. |
| 2009 |
EMQ and FamiliesFirst merge. CEO Jerry Doyle retires after 39 years, and Darrell Evora is named President/CEO. |
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