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
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
1993 Solita group home opens
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
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
2007 Affiliation with Pasadena Mental Heath Center (est. 1965)
2008 Intensive treatment foster care added