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The paper deals with the forms of social assistance provided to poor children and youth in schools. The specific examples are illustrated by the example of Pardubice town. The article mainly deals with the second half of the 19th century, when under the influence of social changes the charitable activities aimed at children and young people were developed. The article mentions also the end of the 18th century, when education and social care reforms took place, and influenced the development of social assistance in the following century. Two types of institutions were established at schools; on one hand, associations providing financial or material support, on the other, groups providing out-of-school activities for children and youth. These organizations had the same goal – the discipline of the poor in society.