Chambliss Center for Children has been around for 148 years, and at only one time in our history, when part of the building burned, did we halt our 24-hour operations. As both a residential program—serving children and youth who are in or have aged out of foster care—and a 24/7 child care program, we never close. Our kitchen serves three meals a day, every day. Our child care program stays open every day and night except Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The Dumpster is always being emptied. Deliveries happen several times a day. The phone rings constantly, and someone is always coming in and out the front door.

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