Written by Foundling Intern and Guest Blogger, Liam M. As students at The New York Foundling’s charter school, Mott Haven Academy wrap up classes for the year, they are still taking the time to enjoy once of a lifetime opportunities, including field trips and activities to help them learn about teamwork, setting and achieving […]
This past weekend, The New York Foundling celebrated its 150th anniversary with a host of events which included a Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, a Reunion Day at NYU’s Kimmel Center, and a Block Party Festival in Chelsea. The weekend was a great way for The Foundling to commemorate a century and a half of […]
Dozens of human services agencies and foundations, including The New York Foundling are asking Mayor Bill de Blasio for a $50 million boost to the budget for foster care next year. The funding would go toward full-time life coaches and tutors for current and former foster youth from middle school through age 26, a model […]
In November 2018, several members of The Foundling’s Implementation Support Center (ISC) traveled to Guatemala and met with the leadership team of The Comprehensive Health, Opportunities and Human Rights Programs at the Barbara Ford Peacebuilding Center. And later this month, staff from the Barbara Ford Peacebuilding Center will come to New York City to continue […]
Written by Foundling Guest Blogger, Christina, a Graduate of The Foundling’s Road to Success Program. Freshman year was definitely the year where you brace yourself for the following three years of college. Now that I am in my sophomore year, I feel ready to finish off the remaining years and earn my degree. I […]
The New York Foundling is proud to yet again be an Official Charity Partner of the 2019 TCS New York City Marathon, happening Sunday, November 3rd. Tens of thousands of marathon runners will join Team Foundling in the 26.2-mile race that weaves throughout New York City’s five boroughs. The Foundling has 5 guaranteed spots […]
Pictured above: Four of The Foundling’s first cohort of Women in Technology New York (WiTNY) interns. Five women with the Women in Technology New York (WiTNY) program recently wrapped up their “Winternships” with The Foundling’s IT Services team. This unique 3-week mini-internship taught them how technology platforms and other tools support the work of […]
Youth Today provides a detailed chronicle of The New York Foundling organization that focuses on education and its decade of work with the Mott Haven Academy Charter School that ultimately became a successful endeavor. READ MORE
Foundling Chief Program Officer Carmen Jirau-Rivera and ACS Commissioner David Hansell hold a wearable blanket that is safe for sleeping babies. These wearable blankets will be available to families for free at various ACS locations throughout the city. (Photo courtesy Administration of Children’s Services.) Ahead of a bitter cold, snowy weekend, the New York […]
Jessica Nauiokas, Principal of The Foundling’s Mott Haven Academy, writes about the effectiveness of a trauma-informed approach to educating children in the child welfare system and in low income communities. This opinion piece is part of a yearlong series examining higher education for youth in foster care, made possible in part by The New York Foundling. READ […]