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By
1925, so many applications were being received that it became
necessary to find larger quarters. In 1926, Mrs. Theodore Gibbs
from Newport, contributed one hundred thousand dollars to St.
Mary's Orphanage. Seven acres of land were purchased in North
Providence for a new location. After fifty years in East
Providence, Rhode Island, St. Mary's moved to its present site
on Fruit Hill Avenue in North Providence. In 1928, the charter
was revised to name the orphanage, "St. Mary's Home for
Children." 
The
1980's were a time of tremendous expansion and for St. Mary's.
The George N. Hunt Campus School was established in 1982;
developed for behaviorally disordered residential and day
students who for various reasons have failed to succeed in
public school. The Shepherd Program was established in 1985 in
response to the growing need for therapeutic intervention for
child victims. It is a specialized state-of-the-art, out-patient
treatment program for child victims of sexual abuse, children
with sexual behavior problems, juvenile sex offenders, and their
families. 
In
the fall of 2004 St. Mary's added two new Acute Residential
Treatment Services (ARTS) to its existing programs. The ARTS Programs provide short-term psychiatric
hospital step-down and diversion services with complete
diagnostic and assessment capabilities for girls and boys. 
