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The Phoenix Project

Child Abuse Prevention Program (CAPP) Crisis Nursery 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 (STEPS)

The Foundling’s Phoenix Project uses mentoring and evidence-based models to support survivors of human trafficking and young people at risk of trafficking as they work to attain stability and independence.

Taking a survivor-centered approach that focuses on lived experience, the program works with children and young adults to address both the impact of trafficking and the risk factors that can lead to exploitation.

Each Phoenix Project participant is assigned a mentor, who provides intensive case management under the Eisenhower Quantum Opportunities Program model. Depending on individual needs and goals, participants may also receive Cognitive Processing Therapy, a therapeutic model that leads trauma survivors to challenge unhealthy beliefs and move forward, and sex education though the Health Improvement Intervention for Teens (HIP Teens) model, a risk-reduction group intervention that specifically targets building healthy relationships and improving the health and psychosocial potential of participants around their own sexual health and decision-making. The program also offers wraparound supports, and participants will be connected to other Foundling services and other community-based systems for assistance attaining necessities and attaining life goals.

To learn more, email phoenix.project@nyfoundling.org.

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Success Stories

Creating a Better Future for Her Family

Oumou left Guinea as a young teenager, escaping the risk of an arranged marriage. Soon after arriving in the United States she became pregnant, and the relative she was living with told her she was no longer welcome in his house. Fortunately, she was referred to The Foundling’s residential program for pregnant and parenting teens in foster care, where she was welcomed with open arms. Today, with help from our staff, Oumou is creating a better future for her family.

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Oumou

Our Continued

Impact

1,000+
mothers with young children who have called The Foundling home
471,000+
children in New York City are growing up in low-income households
400,000+
young people in foster care in the United States
98%
98% of Haven Academy students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch
Mott Haven Academy Charter School
98%
of families in STEPS and PFC avoided foster care placement
9
program sites providing services throughout the New York metropolitan area
DID YOU KNOW
Haven Academy, The Foundling's public charter school, is the only one of its kind in the country, targeting children involved in the child welfare system

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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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