At The New York Foundling, an agency that finds homes and facilitates adoptions for children, each child is assigned an education specialist who works closely with a team, including foster parents, to get the child the appropriate educational services so that they can stay on track in school. Liyan Bao, vice president of permanency placement […]
As its director of events (at WeWorks), Karly Giaramita’s main goal is to encourage connection among company members and staff through memorable live experiences. Giaramita also makes sure that new events speak to the company’s ideology. As an alternative to the typical office holiday party, the company hosted its first “giving back” days in December, […]
“Other moms say you have to show love to get love” — something Eneida Lugo, 53, of Clinton, says she did not know how to do before taking classes in parenting skills classes at New York Foundling many years ago. After having learned how to validate her children with love, acceptance and affection, she said, […]
Child Success New York City, an innovative program launched by New York City and implemented by several foster care agencies, aims to improve those children’s lives, by providing greater stability while they’re in foster care and a greater likelihood that they’ll be able to return to their natural families. To date, this program has shown […]
Stephanie Kearns, Vice President of Business Operations at The Foundling speaks about children aging out of foster care, a Mother’s Day Comedy Benefit Show on May 5th and more. Listen here.
While April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, our obligation to help children should be year-round. All of us should be conscious about the children around us – our neighbors, our own children’s classmates – and be sufficiently aware of the telltale signs of abuse so that we can report it when we see it. Click […]
“Staten Island moms were invited to a ‘symbolic’ baby shower at Snug Harbor as part of the ‘Healthy Baby Campaign.’ The shower was hosted by the city’s first lady Chirlane McCray and The New York Foundling as part of the Talk to Your Baby campaign, which encourages parents to talk, read and sing to their babies […]
Child Success NYC (CSNYC) is a program that uses evidence-based practices to provide biological and foster parents the skills they need to help reduce challenges in the home. The Foundling is one of the largest agencies to pilot CSNYC. Read more here.
In Selena Garcia’s piece featured in Represent Magazine, Garcia speaks of one of The Foundling’s Socio-Therapists, Cresa Galaritta and how Galaritta became not only her social worker, but her friend and mentor. Read more here.
“The Foundling’s Crisis Nursery is an emergency haven for the children of families in dire need, aiming to prevent them from going into foster care. ‘If we could keep them out of foster care and just work on with what’s going on with the family at home, that could change this child’s life,’ says Fanny Duran-Pena, […]