Bill Baccaglini is a member of the newly created NYC Children’s Cabinet Advisory Board. The Board will enhance the ways in which City agencies promote and protect children across the City and will drive policy to support the health and well-being of youth across 24 City agencies. A press release announcing this news was published […]
Before she even knew what the word “advocate” meant, Jasmin Gonzalez was doing it for herself and her three sisters. All four were taken away from their drug-addicted parents and placed into foster care when Ms. Gonzalez was 3 years old. Memories of abuse by her first foster parents remain vivid. Click Here to read […]
There is a tremendous need for more families to open their homes to foster children. These children need loving foster parents to care for them either for a transitional period or longer-term. In some cases, these children have been through a lot. Many have experienced some form of trauma at a very young age. Especially […]
Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock recently announced that she is becoming a mother of two after adopting her three-year-old daughter Laila. Her journey to adoption is shining a light on the often-overlooked foster care system. Click Here to view the video coverage and interview.
The New York Foundling celebrated its First Annual Fall Fête, held on November 19th at the NoMad Hotel, by honoring two heavy hitters of philanthropy and hands on involvement with the issues faced by children and families in need. It was an auspicious start for what is sure to become one of the most important […]
On Thursday, The New York Foundling hosted its first annual Fall Fête at The NoMad Hotel in New York City. The evening was emceed by Emmy Award-winning television host of NBC’s Talk Stoop Cat Greenleaf and featured a performance by New York singer and songwriter Rachel Brown. Other notable guests included Orange is the […]
Tanya Goode had already been married and raised two adult sons, when life threw the New York resident an unexpected curve ball that made her a new ‘mommy’ again. After a relative was unable to care for her brood of six children, Goode was asked in 2005 to step in as a “kinship” foster caregiver, […]
Picture yourself at home for the holidays, the smells of dinner coming from the kitchen, the sound of laughter throughout the house, family members on the sofa watching TV. Perhaps old friends are coming by for a visit – maybe gifts will be exchanged. You’re surrounded by people who love you. Now imagine that none […]
NEW YORK (FOX 5 NEWS) – November is National Adoption Month, and perhaps the best way to understand the impact of adoption is to visit a family that’s been changed forever by the decision to adopt. Meet Tanya Goode and her children 17-year-old John, 15-year-old twins James and Jasmine, and 13-year-old Jalen. These four […]
There are several must-stops on a tour of the country’s very best charter schools: In California, High Tech High schools are flat out striking, and Summit founder Diane Tavenner may be personally re-inventing American high schools. In Texas’s Rio Grande Valley, seeing an IDEA school in action is inspiring (Take your passport; don’t ask […]