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Family Services for Deaf Children and Adults

Child Abuse Prevention Program (CAPP) Families Are Stronger Together (FAST) Family Services for Deaf Children and Adults Foster Care Healthy Families Improving Family Systems LifeSet Mother and Child Program Partners for Change The Phoenix Project Staten Island Community Partnership Strengthening Our Families Strengthening, Teaching, and Educating People through Support (STEP-S) Youth on the Rise

The Foundling is the only specialized provider of family support programs for families with children in which there is one or more Deaf or Hard of Hearing members. Our professional staff are fluent in American Sign Language and provide home-based services across New York City, using the evidence-based Functional Family Therapy – Therapeutic Case Management (FFT-TCM) model to provide families with the tools to thrive.

Deaf or Hard of Hearing children and adults often have trouble accessing the services they need. This can be a major obstacle to success, particularly for families who are involved with the child welfare system. Our Deaf Services programming, operating as part of our evidence-based Partners for Change program, helps keep children out of foster care by strengthening the family system. Caseworkers who are fluent in ASL meet with families in their homes and in their communities to work with family members to develop strategies to strengthen the family system and increase capacity to access available community supports.

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Success Stories

Ohilda was ready to move cross-country for a new job…

Ohilda was ready to move cross-country for a new job when she received an unexpected phone call: "You're an aunt!" In that same moment, she was asked to become a foster mom to baby Elizabeth. Ohilda dropped everything, changed her plans, and agreed. From the second newborn Elizabeth arrived at Ohilda's door, The Foundling has provided guidance and resources to make sure Elizabeth, now 5 and living with special needs, receives the best possible medical and mental health care. "There's no greater reward than being a foster parent," Ohilda frequently shares with friends.

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Our Continued

Impact

Nearly 50,000
NYC children and families participate in prevention programs every year
64%
of children that are mistreated every year have at least one developmental disability
18
evidence-based models and adaptations implemented with fidelity across our array of programs and service areas
58%
of teens in foster care live with a family, compared to 95% of children ages 12 and under
153
years providing life changing services to children, families, and adults in New York
400,000+
young people in foster care in the United States
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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HISTORY
2020
Developmental Disabilities Division Doubled

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