ABOUT NEBRASKA CHILDREN'S HOME
Imagine an organization whose one and only purpose is to do what is best for the child…an organization that builds hope on a daily basis.

Welcome to Nebraska Children’s Home Society. We are a licensed private, non-sectarian, non-profit child agency focused on providing safe and loving care to children of all ages.

Upholding adoption as a positive way of growing families continues to be the primary mission of Nebraska Children’s Home Society in its 115-year tradition of meeting the needs of Nebraska’s children. Every member of the adoption process has one simple and common goal: putting the needs of the child first. Our offices offer the following services:

• Ongoing support and education for anyone dealing with an unplanned pregnancy
• Ongoing adoption education, support and placement services
• Preparation and life-long support for adoptive children and families
• Post placement adoption services, including search & reunion
• Temporary and traditional foster care services, including medically fragile foster care
• Early Childhood Development Program in our Omaha office for children ages 18 months to five years old.

OUR MISSION
Nebraska Children’s Home Society provides safe and loving care to children of all ages.

OUR PROGRAMS
Nebraska Children’s Home Society provides care through our four main programs: Pregnancy & Adoption Programs, Foster Care for primarily medically fragile children, and our Early Childhood Development program, focused on strengthening children’s social, academic and life skills.

If you’d like to learn more about us, feel free to browse our website – www.nchs.org and learn about our programs.  In addition, visit the Foundation pages to learn how you can support our services and get involved.

Feel free to contact one of our offices. We have ten different statewide locations

Our Cornerstone:
Building Loving Homes for More than 111 Years
There’s an old saying, “To know where you’re going, you have to know where you’ve been.” So, before you read anything else, we’d like you to take a few moments to journey back in time with us in 1893 to meet a man named Dr. E.P. Quivey.

Dr. Quivey was a chaplain at the Iowa State Reformatory. Through his experiences, he became convinced that “juvenile delinquency” could be eliminated by placing young boys in decent homes rather than in reform schools. So, he and his wife became affiliated with the National Children’s Home Society, a federation of 26 state child-placing societies.

In Nebraska, Dr. Quivey found between 60 and 100 children housed at The Homes of the Friendless. It wasn’t long before plans were laid for a corporation. Despite financial struggles and other obstacles, the National Children’s Home Society survived in Nebraska – and eventually became Nebraska Children’s Home Society.

In 1922, its Board of Trustees met to discuss a permanent “receiving station.” On February 1, 1924, a new home was opened on Fontenelle Boulevard in Omaha and sixty years later, the Society opened its first out-state office in Scottsbluff.

Today, Nebraska Children’s Home Society provides services statewide and continues to grow.