New York City schools Chancellor Richard Carranza visited several city charter schools, making one of his stops at The Foundling’s Mott Haven Academy Charter School in the Bronx. READ MORE
“The New York Foundling had a little bit of partying to do as National Foster Care Month came to a close. The New York City nonprofit celebrated foster care students on May 24 who beat the odds by graduating college through The Dorm Project.” READ MORE
“‘Tis the season for #RoséAllDay, and Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence winner City Winery New York has a new limited-edition pink charity wine on the market, in honor of National Foster Care Awareness Month.” READ MORE
PIX 11 News gives viewers a behind-the-scenes preview of “Unstoppable: The Musical,” and original musical about life in the child welfare system put on by students from Haven Academy’s after-school music program, Haven Kids Rock. WATCH HERE
Mogul gives a snapshot of the 2018 Blue Party at The Bowery Hotel, which raised $140k for The Foundling’s programs for foster youth, including Camp Felix, Road to Success tutoring, and more. READ MORE
Get an inside-look at The Foundling’s annual Blue Party, which in 2018 raised $140k for its programs supporting youth in foster care. READ MORE
Entire communities were devastated by Hurricanes Maria and Irma in September 2017, including families and a workforce who relied on The New York Foundling’s dozens of Head Start centers for education and employment. Chief Program Officer Carmen Jirau-Rivera speaks with Jack Ford about both the damage sustained, the state of education in Puerto Rico, and the current recovery efforts underway. WATCH HERE (at 8:00)
One of The New York Foundling’s longtime foster moms, Debbie Evans, and her foster daughter, Christina, sat down with Jack Ford and The Foundling’s CEO Bill Baccaglini to talk about how the system and organization work, as well as their experiences with foster care. READ MORE
As part of their ongoing American Graduate series, PBS Metro Focus takes a look at Mott Haven Academy, which educates children in foster care or the child welfare system. Watch the segment here.