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HISTORY

SINCE 1898, WE CREATE OPPORTUNITIES
FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES

GADS HILL CENTER
HISTORY

Gads Hill Social Settlement opened its doors in Pilsen in 1898 as a settlement house dedicated to the successful integration of immigrants into the fabric of the community. Many immigrants, including Poles, Czechs, Italians, Germans, and Mexicans, have passed through its doors, all seeking opportunities to build better lives.

Gads Hill Center offered a safe place for families to access resources for their children to grow healthy and strong and to build a strong future. Gads Hill Center offered kindergarten, singing groups, cooking classes, after-school programs for school-aged children, English as a second language, and citizenship classes.

Over the following years, Gads Hill Center grew from one site in Pilsen to four more locations on Chicago's underserved west and southwest sides. Gads Hill Center offers innovative, bilingual, and culturally competent children and youth programs and mental health services that have received local and national awards and recognition.