Apr 28, 2023 · On Jan. 30, 1973, volunteers from the Allegheny County Chapter of the Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children [ARC] daringly revealed scandalous …

The Pennsylvania State Hospital System is a network of psychiatric hospitals operated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. At its peak in the late 1940s the system operated more than …

Polk State School and Hospital expanded the system to the fourteen counties of the northwest, purchasing approximately 773 acres in and around the Thomas McKissick farm adjacent to the …

May 3, 2023 · — After announcing in 2019 that it would shutter Polk State Center, the state officially closed the facility Monday. Polk Center had been serving people with intellectual …

Jul 15, 2020 · Although the institution is particularly for the care and training of feeble-minded children, adults are admitted on pursuing the same course of legal commitment as governs …

Dec 27, 2022 · This was the founding vision at Polk Center, which opened as Polk State School and Hospital in 1897 on more than 2,000 acres in northwestern Pennsylvania. According to …

Apr 30, 2023 · POLK, Pa. — On Monday, the Polk Center officially closes its doors. The care home in Venango County has served those with intellectual disabilities for 126 years.

Mar 4, 2024 · “In 1973, Polk State School and Hospital drugged, bound and caged people with intellectual disabilities. We demanded change and helped set the stage for improvements that …

Aug 14, 2019 · Department of Human Services Secretary Teresa Miller announced the closure of Polk State Center in Venango County and White Haven State Center in Luzerne County.

Polk State School and Hospital in Venango County, is a collection of approximately ninety structures on a pastoral campus. It was opened in 1897 by the Commonwealth of …