Editing Orphanage (section)

===North America and Caribbean===

====Haiti====
Haitians and expatriate childcare professionals are careful to make it clear that Haitian orphanages and children's homes are not orphanages in the North American sense, but instead shelters for vulnerable children, often housing children whose parent(s) are poor as well as those who are abandoned, neglected or abused by family guardians. Neither the number of children or the number of institutions is officially known, but Chambre de L'Enfance Necessiteusse Haitienne (CENH) indicated that it has received requests for assistance from nearly 200 orphanages from around the country for more than 200,000 children. Although not all are orphans, many are vulnerable or originate in vulnerable families that "hoped to increase their children's opportunities by sending them to orphanages. [[Catholic Relief Services]] provides assistance to 120 orphanages with 9,000 children in the [[Ouest (department)|Ouest]], [[Sud (department)|Sud]], [[Sud-Est (department)|Sud-Est]] and [[Grand'Anse (department)|Grand'Anse]], but these include only orphanages that meet their criteria. They estimate receiving ten requests per week for assistance from additional orphanages and children's homes, but some of these are repeat requests."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.synergyaids.com/documents/3549_fhi10.pdf |title=Report page 14 and 15 of actual report, not web page counter |access-date=10 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061111041119/http://www.synergyaids.com/documents/3549_fhi10.pdf |archive-date=11 November 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2007, [[UNICEF]] estimated there were 380,000 orphans in Haiti, which has a population of just over 9 million, according to the ''[[CIA World Factbook]]''. However, since the [[2010 Haiti earthquake|January 2010 earthquake]], the number of orphans has skyrocketed, and the living conditions for orphans have seriously deteriorated. Official numbers are hard to find due to the general state of chaos in the country.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

==== Jamaica ====
A large amount of children on the island of Jamaica grow up without a parental relationship as a result of their parents' death.<ref>{{Cite web |title=General Information on Jamaica |url=https://www.sos-childrensvillages.org/where-we-help/americas/jamaica |website=SOS Children's Village}}</ref> An example of places for these lone children to go to are [[SOS Children's Villages UK|SOS children's villages]], The Maxfield Park Children's Home<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.maxfieldparkchildrenshome.com/|website=maxfieldparkchildrenshome.com|title=Maxfield Park Children's Home|access-date=31 July 2022|archive-date=31 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731223212/http://www.maxfieldparkchildrenshome.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the [[Missionaries of the Poor]] facilities.

==== Mexico ====
There are over 700 public and privates orphanages in Mexico which house over 30,000 children. In 2018 it was estimated that 400,000 children lacked parents. Of these 100,000 are thought to be homeless.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://icfdn.org/not-orphanages-equal-make-sure-support-trusted-organization/|title=Not All Orphanages Are Equal: Make Sure You Support a Trusted Organization|website=icfdn.org|date=29 March 2018 }}</ref>

Some notable orphanages include:
* Casa Hogar Jeruel Orphanage in Chihuahua City, Mexico<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.casahogarjeruel.org |title=Casa Hogar Jeruel |publisher=casahogarjeruel.org |access-date=2022-04-02}}</ref>
* Casa Hogar Alegría<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.casahogaralegria.org/en/|title=Casa Hogar Alegria|website=casahogaralegria.org|access-date=2022-04-02}}</ref>

====United States====
[[File: Music Class at St Elizabeths Orphanage New Orleans 1940.jpg|thumb|St. Elizabeth's orphanage in New Orleans, 1940]]

While the term "orphanage" is no longer typically used in the United States, nearly every US state continues to operate residential group homes for children in need of a safe place to live and in which to be supported in their educational and life-skills pursuits. Homes like the [[Milton Hershey School]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mhskids.org/|title=Milton Hershey School Website|date=21 July 2018}}</ref> in [[Pennsylvania]], Mooseheart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mooseheart.org/|title=Mooseheart|website=mooseheart.org}}</ref> in [[Illinois]] and the Crossnore School and Children's Home<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.crossnore.org/|title=Crossnore School & Children's Home - Foster Care - Clinical Services|website=Crossnore}}</ref> in [[North Carolina]] continue to provide care and support for children in need. While a place like the Milton Hershey School houses nearly 2,000 children, each child lives in a small group-home environment with "house parents"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mhskids.org/careers/careers-houseparent/|title=Careers as Houseparents - Milton Hershey School}}</ref> who often live many years in that home. Children who grow up in these residential homes have higher rates of high school and college graduation than those who spend equivalent numbers of years in the US Foster Care system, wherein only 44 to 66 percent of children graduate from high school.<ref>Conger, D. Rebeck, A. "How Children's Foster Care Experiences Affect Their Education." Vera Institute of Justice. 2001.</ref><ref>"A Critical Look at The Foster Care System: Foster Care Outcomes." 2015</ref>

Some private orphanages still exist in the United States apart from governmental [[child protective services]] processes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hopechildrenshome.org/about-hope-childrens-home/|title=About Hope Children's Home|access-date=2017-07-15|publisher=Hope International Ministries}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/quora/are-there-any-traditional_b_4960439.html|title=Are There Any Traditional Orphanages in the US?|author=Paul deHolczer|date=2014-03-14|access-date=2017-07-15|work=[[Huffington Post]]}}</ref> Following [[World War II]], most orphanages in the U.S. began closing or converting to boarding schools or different kinds of [[group home]]s. Also, the term "children's home" became more common for those still existing. Over the past few decades,{{when|date=March 2021}} orphanages in the U.S. have been replaced with smaller institutions that try to provide a group home or boarding school environment. Most children who would have been in orphanages are in these [[residential treatment center]]s (RTC), [[Residential Child Care Community|residential child care communities]], or with foster families. Adopting from RTCs, group homes, or foster families does not require working with an adoption agency, and in many areas, fostering to adopt is highly encouraged.<ref name="orphanagestats">{{cite web |url=http://encyclopedia.adoption.com/entry/orphanage/264/1.html |title=Orphanage – Adoption Encyclopedia |publisher=Encyclopedia.adoption.com |access-date=3 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503050428/http://encyclopedia.adoption.com/entry/orphanage/264/1.html |archive-date=3 May 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Silverman |first=Jacob |url=http://people.howstuffworks.com/adoption5.htm |title=HowStuffWorks "Orphanages and Foster Care" |publisher=People.howstuffworks.com |date=18 February 2007 |access-date=3 April 2012}}</ref>