Carmen Villafañe is Senior Vice President, Head Start Services for the New York Foundling en Puerto Rico. She has a master’s degree in Education with a specialty in Supervision and Administration of Schools from the University of Puerto Rico. Carmen has worked in Head Start programs since 1973 and began her career as a preschool […]
Welcome to our new website! We are excited to present a new face on our 144 year-old mission to empower the children and families of New York and Puerto Rico. Our new website offers more ways to engage with our work and gain a better understanding of how we serve our communities. Please be sure […]
Dana Guyet is the Vice President for Preventive Services at The Foundling. She’s been with us for two years. She has an undergraduate degree in Sociology from Rutgers University and received a Master’s in Social Work from the University of Michigan. Click to view Dana’s video blog I’ve always had an awareness of […]
Whether she’s your mom, foster mom, aunt, grandma, teacher, wife or friend, we all have a mother figure to whom we owe a great debt. Here are a few ways to say “thanks” on Mother’s Day or any time of year, no matter your age Make her breakfast, even better in bed Arrange to volunteer […]
Click here to listen to our young scholars play a short number and hear Tom discuss his experiences on camera! Thank you to our guest blogger, Tom Winnick, for this timely piece for Volunteer Appreciation Week 2013. Tom is one of The Foundling’s most dedicated volunteers – he will be awarded our “Volunteer of the Year” award […]
Thanks to Dr. Mel Schneiderman for this contribution to our blog! Dr. Schneiderman is the Senior Vice President for Mental Health at The Foundling. He attended City College of New York and has a doctorate in Clinical-School Psychology from Hofstra. Dr. Schneiderman has worked for the Foundling since 1977 and co-founded The Foundling’s Vincent J. […]
An alumn of our Young Mother’s Support program, Nadia Owens discusses giving back to the program that helped her in NY1’s “New Yorker of the Week” spotlight.
Thanks to our very own Sister Carol Barnes for this contribution to the blog! We at The Foundling rejoice at the election of Pope Francis, the new pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. We are particularly delighted that he comes from our hemisphere. He has a deep knowledge of the culture of Latino peoples […]
Check out the profile in the New York Times on The Foundling’s renovation project, which will help secure additional revenue for our programs and increase productivity.
As we settle into 2013, The New York Foundling is focusing on our goals for the year to come with an agenda that will help expand the reach, quality and breadth of the care we provide to people and families in need. First, we have applied for an Article 28 License which, if granted, […]
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