The SPCC came to be because of one horribly abused little girl named Mary Ellen Wilson. Due to the lack of programs available for abused and neglected children, Mary Ellen was initially saved by the SPCA (University of Delaware). ... As Ashby states, the New York Children's Aid Society was " a free foster care system "free in the sense that families caring for children received no monetary reimbursement for their services- (40). ...

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