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The Phoenix Project

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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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For 19 Years, Sandra Has Shared her Heart and Home

Sandra has loved caring for young children her entire life. Through The Foundling, she’s found opportunities to share her heart and home with more than 20 children. Over the past 19 years, Sandra has partnered with The Foundling’s foster care team members to get the specialized training and support she needs, arming her with the resources and tools to address the unique needs of those in her care. Over the years, Sandra’s family has grown in unexpected ways, most notably through the adoption of three children who were previously in foster care. In addition to her adopted sons, she is currently fostering two younger children. With Sandra’s support, her foster and adopted children are defying the odds and finding the stability and strength to thrive.

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Impact

37%

of students over the age of 14 with a mental health condition drop out of school

600+

young people age out of the foster care system each year without a consistent adult to rely on

1 in 5

young people who age out of foster care will become homeless

93%

of primary caregivers are employed, enrolled in an education program, job training, or job placement program

98%

of Haven Academy students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch

27%

27% of Haven Academy students have lived in a homeless shelter in the last two years

DID YOU KNOW

Over one third of youth in foster care will have experienced five or more school moves by the time they age out of the system

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Developmental Disabilities Division Doubled

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