During the great depression, many families struggled to take care of themselves and their children. The separation of the families caused nearly 250,000 children to be orphaned and homeless (about 30,000 were in New York City alone). Many children were on the streets in need for food, shelter, and money so, they did everything they could do from selling rags to joining gangs to get their requirements to survive. People such as Charles Loring Brace became concerned about the street violence and homeless, needy children. These people put together welfare programs called orphan trains (or The Orphan Train Movement) which transported and relocated homeless, abandoned, and orphaned children to foster homes in the midwest United States.
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