Click here to meet Lizzie Burrows, a foster parent with The Foundling who has taken care of dozens of foster kids for more than 30 years.
Bill Baccaglini, CEO, sat down for a phone interview with The Chronicle to talk about Foundling’s changes, foster home recruitment, federal finance reform and the future of juvenile justice in New York. Click here to read more.
At The New York Foundling, an agency that finds homes and facilitates adoptions for children, each child is assigned an education specialist who works closely with a team, including foster parents, to get the child the appropriate educational services so that they can stay on track in school. Liyan Bao, vice president of permanency placement at The New York Foundling, credits this specialized attention as well as the multiple programs they offer with helping to push children further in school, ideally on to a post-secondary education. Click here to read more.
As its director of events (at WeWorks), Karly Giaramita’s main goal is to encourage connection among company members and staff through memorable live experiences. Giaramita also makes sure that new events speak to the company’s ideology. As an alternative to the typical office holiday party, the company hosted its first “giving back” days in December, in which each WeWork location hosted a holiday-theme event for a local nonprofit. In New York, staff hosted New York Foundling foster children and their families for a day of gift- wrapping, arts and crafts, and a performance by a cappella group the Maccabeats. Click here to read more.
Click here to meet Stephanie Lopez, a foster parent with The Foundling who is in the process of adopting three biological sisters. The sisters have been living with Ms. Lopez for over three years.
“Other moms say you have to show love to get love” — something Eneida Lugo, 53, of Clinton, says she did not know how to do before taking classes in parenting skills classes at New York Foundling many years ago. After having learned how to validate her children with love, acceptance and affection, she said, her seven children “show me their love – they really do! They hug me and caress me!” Their expressions mean a lot, she said, because “tomorrow is never promised.” Click here to read more.
Before attending a tech summit last weekend, 20-year-old Stephon Harper aspired to be a paramedic. While he still holds onto those aspirations, he is now contemplating something new — learning how to code. Click here to read more.
Child Success New York City, an innovative program launched by New York City and implemented by several foster care agencies, aims to improve those children’s lives, by providing greater stability while they’re in foster care and a greater likelihood that they’ll be able to return to their natural families. To date, this program has shown very promising results and could prove to be a model for the future. Click here to read more.
The Foundling hosted a Digital Inclusion Summit with leading business and tech partners to provide a full day of basic digital literacy training for foster youth and foster parents. Thirty-six foster youth, age 12-19, and 18 caregivers gathered at The Foundling’s Chelsea headquarters to learn basic technology training. Since the pilot program’s inception in Fall 2015, 261 foster youth and 117 caregivers have learned about basic computer skills, typing, Microsoft Word, web email, Internet-based document sharing, social media, and online research techniques. Read More.
Stephanie Kearns, Vice President of Business Operations at The Foundling speaks about children aging out of foster care, a Mother’s Day Comedy Benefit Show on May 5th and more. Listen here.
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