Education

College Choice Support Services

Camp Felix College Choice Support Services Early Head Start Head Start Mentored Internship Program Mott Haven Academy Charter School Road to Success Road to Success Citywide

LOCATIONS SERVED:
All of NYC; program also supports eligible students attending institutions outside of the city or state
AGES SERVED:
Young people in NYC foster care that are enrolled in a full-time college or university program
HOW TO ENROLL:
Submit an application on the website.

College life comes with its own challenges for students in foster care, as they often struggle to fit in and keep up academically with their more advantaged peers. College Choice Support Services – using The Foundling’s Fostering College Success Initiative model – provides comprehensive financial, academic, and social supports to help young people in foster care across all of New York City’s foster care system succeed in college and beyond.

Since 2016, The Fostering College Success Initiative model has built upon The Foundling’s unique capacity for supporting the educational achievement of older adolescents. The Initiative targets the increasing number of older youth in foster care and provides a wide range of supports – academic, social, financial, and professional – to prepare students to graduate from college with a four-year degree, ensuring a better future. Participants are supported by College Success Coaches who are deeply in touch with and trained to respond to the issues that this unique population faces. The program also includes career counseling and academic support that is provided by a team of tutors who ensure that each student is prepared to pass their classes, develop effective study habits, choose a major, and implement a long-term academic plan.

College Choice Support Services is operated in collaboration with the Administration of Children’s Services, and works closely with the City University of New York (CUNY) and other universities.

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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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Our Continued

Impact

30,000+

people served in The Foundling's programs every year

153

years providing life changing services to children, families, and adults in New York

program sites providing services throughout the New York metropolitan area

donation launched The Foundling's work in 1869

evidence-based models and adaptations implemented with fidelity across our array of programs and service areas

40+

programs and services serving children, families, and adults across New York and Puerto Rico

DID YOU KNOW

After completing the Healthy Families program, families reported a decrease in family stress and stronger family relationships

HISTORY

1869
October 11, 1869