Great Falls Children's Receiving Home

Since 1966, the Great Falls Children's Receiving Home (GFCRH) has provided an emergency safe haven for over 10,000 local children who have fallen victim to heinous acts of child abuse and neglect. Each year, approximately 200 local children (most from Cascade County) enter the doors of the GFCRH as they have been tragically victimized by an adult caretaker. The GFCRH provides comprehensive services to each child entering its doors. In the State of Montana, it is estimated that 3000 children are in foster care each year. Cascade County has the largest population of these victimized children, accounting for approximately 1/5 of all children entering foster care.

Founded in 1966, the Great Falls Children's Receiving Home was created to provide temporary and emergency foster care services to children who have been physically removed from their homes due to issues of child abuse and neglect. Each year, approximately 200 children enter the doors of the GFCRH. Each year in Cascade County, it is estimated that approximately 500 children enter foster care. At any one, given time the GFCRH can care for 14 abused, abandoned or neglected children. Emergency shelter care facility, located in Great Falls (MT), that provides a temporary safe haven for children, ages 0 to 18, who have been physically removed from their homes of origin due to issues of child abuse and neglect.