The New York Foundling’s charter school Mott Haven Academy in the South Bronx is beginning its middle school expansion in fall 2017. “The idea, explained the Foundling’s president and CEO Bill Baccaglini, grew out of wanting to keep existing students in a stable environment for as long as possible,” Chalkbeat reports. READ MORE

The New York Foundling’s Families Rising program was featured in a Juvenile Justice Information Exchange article. The outlet reports, “The New York Foundling has been operating evidence-based Functional Family Therapy (FFT) programs for adolescent offenders since 2007, with excellent results, reducing costs dramatically and producing far better outcomes. Over the past four years, these programs have expanded to include Families Rising, which focuses on older adolescents who appear before courts in the adult criminal justice system.” READ MORE

Families in Staten Island celebrated the holiday season with The New York Foundling at the Historic Old Bermuda Inn. The party was planned with youngsters in mind, with face painting and dancing provided by Bubbles the Clown, and toys donated by the Staten Island Power Squadron. READ MORE

Crime doesn’t happen in isolation. It’s about networks, like the block you live on and the web of relationships you have. That’s where Families Rising comes in: Delivered by the New York Foundling nonprofit, the initiative offers an alternative to incarceration of New York City youths who have been tried as adults. These young people get delayed sentencing and the possibility of avoiding a criminal record in exchange for going into Functional Family Therapy, an evidence-based approach that’s had highly replicated success. READ MORE