Students at P.S. X114 in the Bronx learned about how to prevent child abuse during a special program marking National Child Abuse Prevention Month. The workshop was held by the nonprofit group New York Foundling, and was intended to help children understand what child abuse looks like. READ MORE
Darryl ‘D.M.C.’ McDaniels of the hip-hop group Run-D.M.C. was featured on this list of celebrities who were adopted. McDaniels was surrendered to The New York Foundling and was in foster care through most of his childhood. READ MORE
The New York Foundling’s Child Abuse Prevention program hosted a Positive Parenting Workshop at PS 97Q, The Forest Park School. Through the CAPP workshop, parents learned positive alternatives to spanking. READ MORE
With office space at a premium and many nonprofits working with thin margins, one New York City partnership is aiming to serve as a model for helping nonprofits handle one of their most taxing overhead line items: rent. The New York Foundling recently “adopted” fledgling nonprofit She’s the First in a partnership dubbed Adopt a Cause that hopes to match larger organizations with smaller ones that need affordable space in New York City’s costly real estate market. READ MORE
The Bubble Foundation and Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Victor Ochi celebrated family health and wellness at the New York Foundling’s Mott Haven Academy Charter School on Wednesday, March 1. The commemorative event, in the schools where the Bubble Foundation piloted its Family Meal program, celebrated the importance of eating together as a family as students and their families enjoyed a healthy family-style meal. READ MORE
Michael Zink, Director of Educational Services at The Foundling discusses ways to improve access to technology among foster youth in New York City. READ MORE
New York City First Lady Chirlane McCray reads from the book “Love Is” to a group of children during a baby shower at Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden in April 2016 presented by the First Lady and one of the largest and oldest NYC nonprofits, The New York Foundling, as part of the NYC Children’s Cabinet Talk to Your Baby Campaign Saturday, April 2, 2016. READ MORE
“If they haven’t already, many agencies may be forced to decide between paying the rent or the utility bill. Unfortunately, it’s the city’s most vulnerable children and families who will end up paying the price,” writes The New York Foundling’s CEO and President Bill Baccaglini. READ MORE
How does a company recruit top talent with the tenacity to get the job done and the diversity to bring new and valued perspectives to their work? These days, this is a ubiquitous question being asked by hiring managers at startups and Fortune 500 companies alike. The answer is not straight forward, but as one of New York’s largest social services nonprofits with nearly 2,000 employees and constant hiring needs, at The New York Foundling, we know that merely posting on job boards and culling for pedigreed resumes isn’t working. READ MORE
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