Dr. Delaney Gracy, our Senior Vice President of Medical Services, appeared on BronxNet’s local talk show, OPEN, to discuss The Foundling’s healthcare services available to Bronx children and families, and practical ways families can prepare children for a healthy return to school.
Watch her full interview below:
The New York Times profiled Everette Green, a Foundling Direct Support Professional, as part of their ‘Affording New York’ series.
The feature details Everette’s role at The Foundling supporting adults with developmental disabilities, his life story and personal achievements, and how he makes ends meet.
Learn more about our Bring Up Minimum Pay (BUMP) Campaign, which seeks to raise the wage floor for workers like Everette and others state-wide.
The Foundling held a ribbon cutting celebration to celebrate the opening of our new Day Habilitation Without Walls location in Jamaica, Queens. This space provides a comfortable home base for adults with developmental disabilities in our day program to relax, learn life skills, foster connections, and engage with the community.
New York State Senator Leroy Comrie joined Foundling leadership and staff at the event.
The New York Foundling has been named one of City & State’s top healthcare organizations. This list recognizes organizations that are driving the sector forward and have an impact on policy, politics, and the economy.
As they share:
“The effectiveness of The Foundling’s services is grounded in a commitment to expanding opportunity; we continually evolve to meet the needs of the people and communities we support. Drawing on over a century of experience providing pediatric care, we operate a community-facing health center in the Bronx, with a new location opening soon in Brooklyn. Through a coordinated, multidisciplinary approach that integrates medical, mental health, psychiatry, nutrition and case management, we deliver high-quality, holistic, trauma-informed care.”
Our CEO & President Melanie Hartzog appeared on the Capitol Pressroom – a radio show airing on WCNY – to discuss our programming designed to help prevent child abuse and support survivors.
Listen to the full interview below, or learn more at the Capitol Pressroom.
The Staten Island Advance reported on a recent event – hosted by our Strong Families & Communities Training Center – at our Staten Island office. This event brought together community partners to teach child CPR, disaster preparedness and child development to families in the area.
Read more at Staten Island Advance
“A new study shows that home health care workers and others who work in the human service fields are among some of the poorest state workers. It’s an issue that is statewide,” writes Spectrum News. “A CUNY Institute for State & Local Governance report highlights how 18% of social service workers in Orange, Rockland and Westchester area live in poverty.”
Their news report features Brian Bulluck, one of our Residence Managers in Rockland County, as well as Jennifer March, our Chief Advancement Officer, to speak about the impact of this issue and our BUMP Campaign.
Our CEO & President, Melanie Hartzog, appeared on Monsignor Kevin Sullivan’s radio show, JustLove, where she discussed her distinguished career shaping New York City’s social service landscape— including exciting Foundling initiatives such as our investment in Puerto Rico and our BUMP campaign to bring up minimum pay for human service workers.
Listen on JustLove (Mel’s segment starts at 34:20.)
Dr. Akeem Marsh, Medical Director of our Home for Integrated Behavioral Health and Vice President of the Vincent J. Fontana Center for Child Protection, spoke to NBC News Daily on its Daily Heath segment to discuss how families can make the most of winter break.
Watch it below:
Our CEO & President, Melanie Hartzog, was named on City & State’s Women Power 100, along with the other leaders on Zohran Mamdani’s transition team:
“Hartzog, who leads the nonprofit human services provider The New York Foundling, played key roles at City Hall as deputy mayor for health and human services and director of the Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget. She overlapped with Torres-Springer under then-Mayor Bill de Blasio and also served as a deputy in the Bloomberg administration, bringing plenty of firsthand experience and insights into filling important posts.”