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Identity & Acceptance Program

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

Every young person deserves a community who respects and understands them. The Foundling’s Identity & Acceptance program offers an array of clinical services for LGBTQIA+ youth across New York City, with the aim of creating a more equitable and inclusive world.

Nationally, LGBTQIA+ youth experience high levels of discrimination, and are at higher risk for depression, anxiety, eating disorders, experiencing homelessness or placement in the foster care system, substance use and attempted suicide. Our trained staff works to prevent these negative outcomes, through providing psychoeducation, therapy, and resources around sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression to children and young adults, their caregivers, and youth-facing professionals.

Based within The Foundling’s Home of Integrated Behavioral Health, the program uses a holistic approach to assist people at all stages of their journey – from children starting to navigate their identity and looking for safe spaces, to  families who want to better understand their children or repair a strained relationship. Acknowledging the intersectional identities of the young people that enter the program, our staff offer support to directly address all forms of trauma that our participants may experience, including sexual, gender, racial, and ethnic discrimination. Through individual, group, and family therapy, The Identity & Acceptance Program helps LGBTQIA+ youth and their families thrive in a loving, affirming environment.

The program serves those involved in The Foundling’s child welfare programs, youth and families in foster care with other agencies, and those in the greater New York City community. Referrals are accepted for community clients up to age 18, and youth in foster care up to their 21st birthday.

Services offered include:

  • Individual and family therapy (for birth, foster, or chosen families)
  • Access to Psychiatric Services and Consultation
  • LGBTQ+ Youth and Parents of LGBTQIA+ Youth Support Groups
  • Staff Consultation and Professional Development
  • Connection to community spaces and outside services
  • Letters to support of gender-affirming medical intervention
  • Resources on Non-Medical TGNCNB interventions
  • LGBTQIA+ job support and connection to LGBTQIA+ affirming summer camp opportunities

To learn more, contact Identity@NYFoundling.org.

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Success Stories

From the hospital room to a happy home

Marina was thrilled to learn she was pregnant for the second time. But when she discovered she was expecting twins, the excitement quickly shifted to anxiety. It had been nearly 13 years since she had her first child, and she worried that having twins would be a completely different experience. With guidance from The Foundling’s Healthy Families Program, Marina refreshed her parenting skills and learned about community resources available to her and the new babies, Amaya and Ayden. From the hospital room to today, The Foundling's family support specialists have been there every step of the parenting journey. “The program has given me confidence in being a mom,” she says.

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Marina

Our Continued

Impact

93%
of primary caregivers are employed, enrolled in an education program, job training, or job placement program
95%
of young adults in our supportive housing program have transitioned to permanent housing
30,000+
people served in The Foundling's programs every year
88%
of students were employed or in classes during the summer
1,000
children and adults served in our programs for individuals with developmental disabilities every year
98%
of Haven Academy students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch
DID YOU KNOW
Of young people involved who have been placed in foster care, 90% have experienced at least one traumatic event in their lifetime

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