Fraser 1935-1945
1935 Home Study School founded by Louise Whitbeck Fraser
1935-39 Home Study School located at 5019 38th Avenue South, seven students
1939-40 School located at 17 East Elmwood Place, 25 students
1940-41 School located at 4101 Sheridan Avenue South, 25 students
1941-42 School located at Joppa Lodge, Lake Street and Hennepin Avenue, 32 students
1942- School located at 4319 Upton Avenue South, 32 students

Fraser 1945-1955
1942-49 School located at 4319 Upton Avenue South, 32 students
1949-60 School located at 5301 Penn Avenue South, 52 students Incorporated (1955) — Home Study School, Inc.

Fraser 1955-1965
1955 Fraser Home Study School is incorporated and the board of directors launches a fundraiser to increase the school’s size.
1960-76 School enlarged and remodeled (1960), 60 students School renamed in honor of its founder—Louise Whitbeck Fraser School, Inc. (1965)
1963 Minnesota Senator Hubert H. Humphrey has a granddaughter, Vicky, who is born with Down syndrome. Vicky is enrolled in Fraser Home Study School and, soon after, Hubert’s wife, Muriel, gets involved with the school.
1965 The school is renamed the Louise Whitbeck Fraser School, in honor of its founder.

Fraser 1965-1975
1967 School located at 2400 West 64th Street, 100 students (new construction)
1970-72 Extension program added, West 60th and Nicollet Avenue South (Richfield Lutheran Church), 30 additional students, extension terminated on July 1, 1972
1973 L.W.F. DAC, Inc. established to serve children not of school age, 50 students. Original corporation continued to serve school age children (50 students)
1975

Facilities remodeled and administrative wing added

Home-based Infant Stimulation Program services added

Fraser 1975-1985
1977 Muriel Humphrey Residences established. Three group homes, serving 12 residents each
1982 Whitbeck Nursery School (WNS) Division established to serve children without disabilities. Program emphasis formulated to provide integrated services for special needs children—12 students—located in Fraser School facilities.
1984 Corporation renamed—Louise Whitbeck Fraser Community Services, Inc. Three divisions: Fraser School, Whitbeck Nursery School, and Muriel Humphrey Residences.
1985 Year of celebration—50th Anniversary.

Fraser 1985-1995
1987 Whitbeck Nursery School Division expanded to include Kindergarten.
1988 Fraser Independent Living opened Sheridan Court
1990
Opened the Fraser School Family Focus Program.
Received certification as an Outpatient Physical Therapy/Speech Therapy Provider (OP/PT/ST).
1991
Fraser Independent Living opened Lyndale Court
Started Home-Based Respite Care Program.
1993
Received certification as a personal care attendant provider.
Opened in-home waiver program.
1994 Fraser Child and Family Center transitioned from Minneapolis Children's Medical Center.
1995 Opened 13 four-person waiver sites (SLS's).

Fraser 1995-2005
1996 Completed the Fraser School expansion—doubling the size of the school.
1997
Excelsior Court, our third independent living project, opened in Minnetonka
Neuropsychology and neurology services were added.
Adopted a new Fraser logo.
1999
Began Fraser Child and Family Center; completed $3 million capital campaign.
Began The Fraser Institute.
2000
Began Fraser Child & Family Center’s new facility building project.
Corporation name changed to Fraser.
2001 Opened Apple Grove Court
2002 Opened new Fraser Child & Family Center at its new building at 3333 University Avenue S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55414.
2004 Founded Fraser Academy, a public charter school for elementary age students.
2005 Added a new feeding therapy program to Fraser services.

Fraser 2005-2015
2006
Fraser expanded its autism day treatment services and unique service model for children younger than 24 months.
Fraser sponsorship of Fraser Academy Charter School approved.
2007
Opened 1st preschool mental health day treatment classroom in conjunction with Minneapolis Public Schools.
2008
Fraser sold Minnetonka House (four-person waivered home).
Fraser purchased two buildings on Penn Ave in Richfield.
Fraser opened Fraser Anoka, offering autism therapy services.
Received HUD funding to open a fifth Independent Living Project apartment site for adults with developmental disabilities.
Fraser hired a lobbyist and formed a legislative advocacy workgroup.
2009
Developed additional autism services across Fraser, including more home-based treatment options and intervention services for infants.
Fraser opened a new home customized to the unique needs of adolescents and young adults in response to their changing needs.
2010
Year of celebration—75th Anniversary.
Fraser Bloomington opened in March.
2011
Fraser expanded its clinical site in Anoka.
Started waiver CM contract with Dakota County to serve BI, CADI and DD waiver recipients.
Opened three Fraser Supportive Living sites for adults with developmental disabilities.
2012
Fraser trademarked Fraser Center of Autism Excellence™.
Joined Hennepin Health ACO to help lower-income clients with complex health needs.
Added Spanish-speaking and Southeast Asian mental health case managers.
Added four apartments to our new, innovative Supportive Living program.
2013 Launched Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), and expanded clinic hours to nights and weekends.
2014
Opened Fraser Eden Prairie and served more than 500 clients in its first partial year of operation.
Developed a new therapeutic house for adolescents and young adults.
2015
Fraser Eagan opened and served 258 children and families in its first partial year.
Worked with Culture Brokers to launch our first Diversity and Inclusion Initiative to eliminate disparities and measure access by race, ethnicity, language and other factors in our clinical services.
Approved purchase of land for clinical expansion into Woodbury.