Agency History

Bauer History Timeline

• 1929 Agency founded by probation officer Grace (Mrs. Marcus) Bauer to provide south side youth with a place to go. The upstairs of a house at 522 South Third Street was used for meetings and funds were raised by the Tourist Club and Tippecanoe County Federation of Clubs. Mrs. Bauer oversaw the services offered the first 2 years
• 1930s During the Great Depression the group operated as a settlement house, providing food and other types of assistance to in the neighborhood
• 1935 House at 522 South Third Street donated by Mrs. George Haywood to the Community House Association to be used for a community center. Donations and WPA labor was used to remodel the building, under the direction of C.D. Plan, principal of the Tippecanoe County School
• 1938 First paid staff was hired; as many as 1,400 persons participated each month in Center activities
• 1940s Lincoln Center operated in halls of Lincoln School as Lincoln Negro Center; Community Chest support help pay expenses               
• 1942 South End Community Center becomes incorporated and becomes a Community Chest Fund Agency
• 1950 150 attend “movie nights” at the South End Community Center
• 1952 Mrs. Robert Buckley serves as Director of  the South End Community Center; Kiwanis Club donates wood working equipment to Center; day care teachers making $2 to $2.50 an hour
• 1954 Founder Grace Bauer murdered on her front porch
• 1955 Center Board purchases neighboring property with help from Delta Eta chapter of Tri Kappa to develop into day care facilities for working mothers
• 1956 Community Chest becomes United Fund; Mrs. Sam Perlis serves as the South Side Center’s Youth Director
• 1957 Agency incorporated as the South Side Community and Day Care Center
• 1962 20 children enrolled in child care program for working mothers; cost $1 per day. 17 United Fund Agencies; James C. Shook chair of the 1963 United Fund Budget Committee
• 1963 Council for Community Services, which includes YWCA, South Side, Hanna and Lincoln Center, hires consultant to study community centers; consultant recommends unification of services of community centers; Program information provided in English and Spanish
• 1965 Agency becomes home of one of the first Head Start programs in the country, a six-week summer program
• 1966 Lincoln School closes, 7th Day Adventist Church building at 8th and Union Streets purchased for Lincoln Center activities. Location too far from neighborhood and Hanna Park becomes center of community life.
• 1968 United Community Services forms evaluation committee; facilitates discussions between South End and Lincoln Center Boards of Directors
• 1970 South Side Community and Day Care Center and Lincoln Center merge their Boards and become incorporated as the Greater Lafayette Community Centers. Lincoln Center building at 8th and Union Streets deeded to GLCC by United Community Services on Sept. 9, 1970.
• 1970s Virginia H. Pearlman named social services and community director of the Greater Lafayette Community Centers; Greater Lafayette Community Centers oversees National Youth Corps program aimed at encouraging local teenagers to work during summer
• 1971 Greater Lafayette Community Centers organizes Community Food Pantry in the basement of Trinity United Methodist Church. Tippecanoe County Church Women United responsible for stocking the Food Pantry.
• 1972 South Side Community Center destroyed by fire on May 28 – arson suspected; programs take up temporary residence in the building at the south-west corner of Romig and Fourth Streets. Lincoln Center at 8th and Union Streets destroyed by fire on Dec. 26 – arson suspected. Lincoln Center never reopened. Services offered following year in Hanna Park for north-side     residents
• 1972 Agency secures HUD grant to build new facility; land purchased at the north-west corner of Fourth and Fountain Streets for construction
• 1973 More than 400 people attend ground breaking ceremony for new South Side Center at corner of 4th and Fountain on Sept. 30. Mayor Jim Riehle broke ground; Joan Backoff, president of Community Projects Foundation; H. William Bottomley, president of Capital Funds Foundation; and John Cherry, president of Greater Lafayette Community Centers made remarks. “Star Spangled Banner” played by Tecumseh 9th grader David Dungan.  
• 1974 South Side and Lincoln Center budget is $101,605; 15 programs in three divisions – recreation/education, social services and administration. United Way campaign struggles to make goal of $829,754 to support 22 agencies. Greater Lafayette Community Centers begins offering programming in Hanna House Community Center at 1801 Hanna Street.
• 1976 Official grand opening of the South Side Community Center’s new building at 4th and Fountain Streets. 3,246 individuals served this year in the Food Pantry.
• 1980 Hanna Neighborhood Council and the Lafayette Negro Center, Inc., merge, resulting in the Hanna Neighborhood Council.
• 1981 Hanna Center ground breaking held on May 30, with Mayor James Riehle officiating; welcoming address by Robert L. Johnson, President of the Northside Neighborhood Council. Through a cooperative planning endeavor with the Hanna Neighborhood Council, it was determined that Greater Lafayette Community Centers would turn over the operation of the Hanna Community Center to the Hanna Neighborhood Council on Jan. 1, 1982.
• 1982 Hanna Center separates from Greater Lafayette Community Centers
• 1983 Agency name changed to Community and Family Resource Center on Feb. 10; School Age Child Care services begun
• 1984 Counseling programs added – Parental Stress Program and Sexual Abuse Family Treatment Intervention Program; Learn the Law for minors series offered. Food Pantry closes for 2 months because of lack of food items.
• 1985 Triangle Park donated to South Side. Supervision of park provided by Barry G. Richard and his brother Randy
• 1986 First Be a Lifesaver Campaign conducted
• 1987 South Side hosts Candidate’s Forum; seeks volunteers for Parental Stress Child Abuse Prevention Programs; 102 four year olds “graduate” from Head Start Program
• 1988  First summer day camp held at Triangle Park – 104 different youth participate in a variety of outdoor activities during the summer
• 1993 Head Start teacher Bea Figueroa was one of 20 “Outstanding Child Care Providers of the Year in Indiana; the William J. McCaw Scholarship Fund for CFRC participants
• 1994 Supervised visitation services added; Healthy Families collaboration with Family Services begins
• 1995 Counseling programs moved to Commerce Building     at Third and Main streets; church on Eisenhower Road purchased to serve as Head Start Center
• 1996 Youth as Resources program offered through Youth Development
• 1997 Youth Services Providers Network formed at CFRC
• 1998 Teen Court, Early Head Start; Forever Parents Mediation Program and Hispanic Outreach Services     started
• 1999 CFRC and Tippecanoe County Child Care Early Head Start collaboration wins “Model Partnership Award” from Head Start Region Vb Quality Network
• 2000 South Side Community Center receives a bright new coat of paint – inside and out –  thanks to United Way Day of Caring     volunteers from Lafayette Savings Bank and Eli Lilly
• 2001 Worked with City of Lafayette to develop Latino Service Provider Network; Head Start Program expanded  to add 17 more children
• 2002 First collaboration for administrative services with Tippecanoe Child Care (MIS position)
• 2003 Counseling and Administrative Offices move to  Professional Building on Saw Mill Road
• 2004 Celebrating 75 years of serving children and families in Tippecanoe County!
• 2005  Four year old Aiyana Gauvin was tortured & murdered by her stepmother making people question the safety of children in the community. Our Kids Are Our Community, a county wide collaboration of youth service providers and interested community members, was formed and meets monthly. Babies Can’t Wait funding awarded for work with substance affected families. Lilly CAPE grant awarded for 2 multi-aged childcare classrooms, parenting classes and kindergarten transitions—all to encourage success in education.
• 2006 Babies Can’t Wait services began at Saw Mill. Purchase of Babies Can’t Wait house located on South 3rd St. Kindergarten transitions work underway.   
• 2007 Lafayette designated as one of America’s “100 Best Communities for Youth” by America’s Promise Alliance. Two “Challenge Day” meetings—peer conflict resolution and acceptance of differences for high school students—were held at South Side. HOMEBUILDERS began serving clients at Saw Mill. Community Partners for Child Safety, CPCS, short term case management to keep families from becoming involved with DCS, began serving clients from offices at Saw Mill. Pregnant women’s program expanded to Harrison and McCutcheon high schools.  
• 2008 YouthLink, a modified day reporting program for moderate risk offenders,began serving clients at South Side. Babies Can’t Wait house opened for business in May. CAPE classrooms licensed by the state. Moved three Early Head Start classrooms to Durgan School to serve very young parents.—center named the Rowe Early Head Start Center in honor of long-time staff member Betty Rowe. 5 year strategic planning conducted.
• 2009 Living in Balance drug and alcohol treatment program started at The Counseling Center. Former Purdue football player and CFRC youth worker Steve Wambold raises $38,000 for renovations at the South Side.   
• 2010 Was a BIG year for the organization. The Family Support Center—home of the Babies Can’t Wait Program completes interior renovations and opens north side of house. Federal recovery dollars used to remodel space at community center to allow for three new Early Head Start classrooms. Two Early Head Start classrooms added at the Eisenhower Head Start Center. Mission, name and logo of agency changed to Bauer Family Resources