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Entries by Elefant Design

A New, and Improved, Direction for Foster Care in NYC

Bill Baccaglini, President and CEO of The Foundling   Foster care, and how it is managed in New York City, will be getting an overhaul in the next two years.   To me and to many professionals in the field, it represents a great step in the right direction. It’s a win for the children […]

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November is National Adoption Month

November is National Adoption Month and as one of that largest facilitators of foster care adoptions in New York, it is a great chance for The Foundling to spread awareness! We were invited to help kick off the month at HuffPost Live yesterday on a segment about special needs adoptions. You can watch the recorded interview here featuring our CEO Bill Baccaglini with Edward, adoptive father, and […]

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Foundling Family Book Review – Issue 11

The 11th issue from Celia McGee is here!   Unbreakable: The Legion, Book I, by Kami Garcia (Little, Brown) Ages 12 and up      Evil takes many forms, inhabiting the world around us, but also threatening the good in people from within. When this double whammy takes on supernatural forms, as it does in this […]

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Foundling Family Book Review – Special Train Issue!

In honor of the 100th anniversary of Grand Central Station and acknowledging The Foundling’s part in the Orphan Trains of the early 20th century as well as our participation in the Orphan Train Musical taking place in Grand Central this weekend, Foundling friend Celia McGee has curated a whole list of books using the theme […]

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Foundling Family Book Review – Issue 9

Enjoy the latest review for your family by Foundling friend, Celia McGee!   AGES 12 AND UP The Darkest Path, by Jeff Hirsch.  Scholastic Press    America is at war with itself in bestselling author Jeff Hirsch’s new book. Sometime in the near future, it is split into the Federalist states (mostly north). But for […]

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The Foundling, Then and Now

We are very lucky to have so many great stories here at The Foundling, from clients, children, alumni, Sisters, staff and volunteers alike. The conversation below is between Foundling Therapist, Heidi Lynch, and her grandmother, Connie Sullivan, who was a social worker for The Foundling in the 1940s. They are pictured in a recent shot above. Both […]

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