As part of a series featuring millennial parents who have children with developmental disabilities, a foster mom with The New York Foundling opens up about her home and raising several children with disabilities, behavioral challenges or other special circumstances. READ MORE
“Young people in foster care – especially in group homes or in households that limit kitchen access – often lack autonomy in their meal-planning or food preparation,” reporter David Brand writes. To show what programs are doing to change this, David features the efforts of The New York Foundling’s Young Mothers program to introduce youth to good nutrition and healthy food choices. READ MORE
“Students, faculty and supporters gathered at Mott Haven Academy at the beginning of the school year to celebrate the school’s 10 year anniversary and expansion into middle school.” READ MORE
BronxNet covers the opening of Mott Haven Academy Middle School for Social Leadership. READ MORE
The New York Foundling, one of the oldest and largest child and family service organizations in New York City, has named Valerie Russo as its chief operating officer. READ MORE
Last week, a New York charter school catering to children caught up in the city’s child welfare system started the new school year with almost 100 new fifth and sixth graders. READ MORE
This roundup of recent career moves highlights the hiring of a new Chief Operating Officer at The New York Foundling. READ MORE
Mott Haven Academy elementary school celebrated its 10-year anniversary Wednesday by opening the doors of a new middle school. READ MORE
Real Clear Education promotes The Wall Street Journal’s piece on The Foundling’s Mott Haven Academy Charter School. READ MORE
From The Wall Street Journal: “The Bronx charter is believed to be the first in the U.S. designed for children in foster care or at risk of entering it, often due to parental addiction, abuse or neglect. It tries to support them with counseling and trains teachers to be especially sensitive to their needs.” READ MORE