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The Foundling is one of New York City’s largest providers of foster care, and we partner with our dedicated foster families to provide support, resources, and training as they care for children who have been placed in foster care and need love, support, and stability.

Foster Parent Recruitment Helpline
888-847-2838

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A Helping Hand

Foster care provides a safe, loving, and supportive home for children who are unable to live with their parents. Children in foster care come from all ethnic groups and range from birth to 21 years old.

Foster parents are age 21+, legal residents of the United States, have stable housing, and have an annual income that can support adding a child to their home. Most importantly, foster parents care about helping children who need a home and support. Because the service our foster parents provide is so essential to the well-being of our children, we carefully screen every prospective foster parent.

Child Welfare

Partnership with The Foundling

Our foster parents provide homes and support to children of all ages and needs. We especially look for foster parents interested in fostering teenagers, children with disabilities, sets of siblings, and youth from the LGBTQ community.

As a foster parent with The New York Foundling, you receive:

Financial subsidy for the child
24-hour emergency support
Comprehensive services coordinated for each child in foster care, including counseling and health insurance
Ongoing training
Events, social gathering, and support groups

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DID YOU KNOW

The number of young people in foster care rose 1.5% in 2017, in part because of the opioid epidemic

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Open your home to a child in need of love, support and stability. Download the New York City Foster Parent Application Form.

To learn more about becoming a foster parent, call 888-847-2838 or email us at foster.parentsupport@nyfoundling.org

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