Each year, more than 250,000 children in the United States enter the foster care system. While many will be reunited with their families or adopted, about 10 percent will “age out,” depending on the state they live in, and suddenly be on their own. The New York Foundling, along with a number of other organizations across the […]
“Using race entry fees as seed money, Tunnel to Towers has built a house for orphaned children at the New York Foundling, and helped injured soldiers adjust to life back at home.” READ MORE
We traveled coast to coast during the first half of 2016, sitting down with more than two dozen educators, school leaders, entrepreneurs and philanthropists to document the origins of America’s top public charter schools — and the web of collaborators who came together to nurture the charter networks that would reinvent American education. The Foundling’s Mott Haven […]
An Olympic gymnast is quickly becoming an inspiration to many adopted children. Thirteen-year-old Elishama Collado was adopted as a baby through The New York Foundling. She says she dreams of playing in the WNBA and becoming an elite athlete like Olympian Simone Biles, who is also adopted. READ MORE.
Destiny Paradiso discovered important pieces to her personality as a young girl at Camp Felix in Putnam Valley. Now 17 and a volunteer at the camp for foster care children from New York City, she’s hoping to help other young girls do the same. Paradiso has spent part of 10 summers at the Camp Felix, which […]
Tucked away in Putnam Valley is a safe haven for New York City’s children in foster care and the child welfare system. Every summer, the team at The New York Foundling, along with our partners at The Felix Organization, provide a carefree experience to hundreds of children who many never have had the opportunity to […]
CEO of the New York Foundling, Bill Baccaglini, spoke to NY1’s Anthony Pascale about their current situation during Foster Care Awareness Month. Click here to watch the segment.
Click here to meet Lizzie Burrows, a foster parent with The Foundling who has taken care of dozens of foster kids for more than 30 years.
Bill Baccaglini, CEO, sat down for a phone interview with The Chronicle to talk about Foundling’s changes, foster home recruitment, federal finance reform and the future of juvenile justice in New York. Click here to read more.
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 […]