<Li> Mazatlan Mexico Orphanage </Li> <Li> Casa Hogar Jeruel: Orphanage in Chihuahua City, Mexico </Li> <P> Some private orphanages still exist in the United States apart from governmental child protective services processes . Following World War II, most orphanages in the U.S. began closing or converting to boarding schools or group homes . Over the past few decades, orphanages in the U.S. have been replaced with smaller institutions that try to provide a group home or boarding school environment . Most children who would have been in orphanages are in these residential treatment centers (RTC), group homes, or with foster families . Adopting from RTCs, group homes, or foster families does not require working with an adoption agency, and in many areas, fostering to adopt is highly encouraged . </P> <P> "...currently there are about 20,000 children in orphanages ." </P>

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