Topic: Lorraine Hale

AP News | 2008-10-29 07:35:28
NYC charity that began as crack-baby haven adapts to gentrified Harlem as drug epidemic wanes

The toddler-sized beds are empty now at Hale House, the charity launched when cracked-addicted moms routinely abandoned their newborns in Harlem. Founded by "Mother" Clara Hale in 1969 to house babies with few options, Hale House drew a generation of celebrities and politicians who posed ...

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