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| Abbreviation | JPA |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1901 [1] |
| Founder | Jane Addams |
| Type | Non-profit organization |
| Legal status | Charity |
| Headquarters | 1707 N. Halsted, Chicago, IL, 60614 |
| Location | |
Area served | Chicago |
Staff (2016) | 26 |
| Website | jpachicago |
Juvenile Protective Association (JPA) is a private non-profit agency devoted to protecting children from abuse and neglect by providing intervention and treatment services to families in Chicago.
- ^ "Juvenile Protective Association :: About". Juvenile Protective Association. JPA. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
Founded in 1901 by Jane Addams and her colleagues at Hull House as the Juvenile Protective League, JPA provided the first probation officers for the first Juvenile Court in the United States until this became a government function. From 1907 until the 1940s, JPA engaged in many studies examining such subjects as racism, child labor and exploitation, drug abuse and prostitution in Chicago and their effects on child development.