A Century-old Tradition of Caring for Children

Today, EMQ has evolved into California's leading provider of mental health services for troubled children and adolescents and their families. It provides a broad continuum of mental health services, including residential treatment, school-based day treatment, 24-hour crisis intervention, community-based wraparound care, child sexual abuse treatment, therapeutic foster care and substance abuse prevention/education, as well as outpatient and in-home services.

Milestones

1867: Eastfield Home of Benevolence (a predecessor of EMQ) founded in San Jose.

1874: Ming Quong Presbyterian Mission Home (a predecessor of EMQ) is founded in San Francisco, the first U.S. charity to admit Chinese children.

1880: Hollygrove originally founded in downtown Los Angeles by Mrs. Dan G. Stephens & Mrs. Frank A. Gibson as the Los Angeles Orphans Home Society.

1910: Hollygrove moved to its current location in Hollywood.

1935: Norma Jean Baker (Marilyn Monroe) comes to live at Hollygrove.

1935: Ming Quong opens another orphanage for younger girls in the hills of Los Gatos, California.

1950s: Hollygrove provides residential services for abused or neglected children who have been removed from the custody of their families by the court.

1953: Ming Quong opens its doors to boys, enrolls needy children of all races and creeds and becomes independent of the Presbyterian Church.

1987: Eastfield and Ming Quong merged (Eastfield Ming Quong), later to be called EMQ Children & Family Services.

1992: EMQ added the Kids Are Special drug and alcohol abuse prevention/education program (now known as Addiction Prevention Services).

1994: EMQ launches UPLIFT, providing wraparound services to children and families in Santa Clara County.

1999: EMQ acquires San Jose-based child sexual abuse treatment pioneer Giarretto Institute.

1999: In partnership with River Oak Center for Children and Stanford Home, EMQ begins providing Wraparound services in the Sacramento area.

2002: EMQ expands into Southern California, opening a Wraparound program in San Bernardino County.

2005: Hollygrove closes its residential program to concentrate on community-based mental health services.

2006: Hollygrove and EMQ merge.