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Behavioral Health

Health Services for Child Welfare Involved Children & Youth

Adolescent Health Education Initiative Children's Care Management Identity & Acceptance Program Health Services for Child Welfare Involved Children & Youth Partnership to Improve Community Health Outcomes School Based Mental Health Services School Response Teams Supportive Housing

Abuse, violence, and threats in the home of a child can have damaging long-term effects on health, ranging from increased risk of heart disease to depression and suicide. As a result, youth who are involved with the child welfare system often have heightened health care needs. The Foundling provides free medical and mental health services for all of the young people in our foster care programs, and also provides health services to youth in care with other providers throughout New York City.

Health Services

Mental Health Services

Placement in foster care can be a traumatizing experience due to separation from one’s family, and placement into an unfamiliar environment with unfamiliar caregivers can create additional stress. These stresses can lead to mental health problems, which require specialized trauma-informed treatment and an understanding of the unique needs of children in foster care. In order to address this, The Foundling launched our Mental Health Services program. The clinical program at The Foundling is staffed by psychiatrists, psychologists, and therapists who have expert knowledge in the psychological and systemic issues that children in foster care often struggle with. All mental health services are trauma informed and tailored to the needs of children and families.

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Health Services

Alternatives for Families – Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Children in our general foster care population receive an evidence-based intervention called Alternatives for Families – Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a therapeutic intervention model developed to address individual and family involvement in conflict, coercion, and aggression.

Health Services

Medical Services

The New York Foundling began providing pediatric medical services in 1882, and today our medical program aims to provide every child and youth in our foster care programs with high-quality medical services by professionals that understand the unique needs of this population. Medical services are provided at our clinics located in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island, and include pediatric medical and dental services, optometry services, and intensive medical case management.

Success Stories

Kalvin & his Family Find Strength and Support

Last year, Kalvin, a 3rd grade scholar at The Foundling’s Mott Haven Academy Charter School, was diagnosed with leukemia. After undergoing emergency surgery and starting cancer treatment, COVID-19 hit their community. Kalvin and his family found it difficult to balance medical visits and emotionally cope with the fear and uncertainty, all while adapting to remote education and the other challenges that came with the pandemic.

From the beginning, however, Haven Academy was there to guide the family along their new and uncharted path. The K-8 charter school, which combines a trauma-informed curriculum with social services that address the needs of the whole family, was uniquely positioned to provide a helping hand. Haven teachers worked with Kalvin’s parents to address his academic needs, ensuring that Kalvin received high-quality instruction that accommodated his schedule. School staff provided emotional support, ensuring that Kalvin and his family always had a listening ear. When the family found that their living situation – an apartment in a poorly maintained complex – posed health issues and complications to Kalvin’s recovery, The Foundling supported them in finding a new home. With The Foundling at their side, Kalvin and his family are hopeful for the future – and know they can work through any obstacles along the road ahead.

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Kalvin Haven

Our Continued

Impact

40+
programs and services serving children, families, and adults across New York and Puerto Rico
107
107 program sites across New York and Puerto Rico
90%
of those who die by suicide have an underlying mental illness
4,000+
4,000+ holiday gifts distributed to The Foundling program participants every year
$5
donation launched The Foundling's work in 1869
2,000+
hours of evidence-based therapy provided every year at our Home of Integrated Behavioral Health in Harlem
DID YOU KNOW
The Foundling's Implementation Support Center works with organizations across the world to help them identify and implement evidence based programs

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To bring evidence-based practices to your agency, call 917-485-7297 or email us at ISC@nyfoundling.org

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Piloting Alternatives to Incarceration

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