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Students in foster care often struggle with multiple traumas that can interfere with their ability to stay focused in school and keep up with peers. Following the success of our Road to Success tutoring program for youth in foster care with The Foundling, we have expanded our comprehensive, one-on-one tutoring model to include students in foster care with other New York City-based child welfare agencies.

Much like The Foundling’s Road to Success program for young people in foster care with The Foundling, Road to Success Citywide connects students in 7^th grade through 9^th grade with long-term, one-on-one tutors who assist them in completing the requirements to succeed in school, with the goal of each student graduating high school and applying to college. Tutoring takes place for 1-2 hours each week in the student’s home (or nearby in their community).

In 2019, New York City child welfare agencies rallied together and showed their collective support for Fair Futures. Fair Futures is an advocacy-based effort to support young people in foster care by providing them with coaches and academic support as they approach adulthood. Fair Futures does not yet provide enough funding to support tutors for all young people in foster care, and The Foundling determined that the need was too great to wait.

As a result, we launched Road to Success Citywide. The program provides tutors who work with students across a wide range of academic areas. Our tutors are rigorously vetted and trained to deliver outstanding instruction while creating a patient, engaging, and supportive environment for their students. Tutors also serve as mentors to their students, modeling positive academic behaviors, assisting in the development of organizational and self-advocacy skills, and fostering persistence and resilience.

Success Stories

Jake has found himself a place in over 18 homes…

Jake has found himself a place in over 18 homes across the city while providing weekly, one-on-one, home-based tutoring for youth in The Foundling's foster care program. Traversing the streets year round, Jake builds special bonds not only with his students, but with their entire families. To youth who have endured transition, hardship, and uncertainty, Jake represents permanency and stability. He earns the trust of his student by showing up every week, excited and ready to help them overcome the academic struggles they experience through creative approaches and individualized learning strategies. Jake's students improve their grades and build their confidence, but more importantly, Jake transforms his students' outlooks on education--and their futures.

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Impact

70%

of youth in state and local juvenile justice systems have a mental illness

283

students in foster care across NYC receive high quality tutoring from Road to Success Citywide

37%

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

2,000+

hours of evidence-based therapy provided every year at our Home of Integrated Behavioral Health in Harlem

50%

of all lifetime cases of mental illness begin by age 14

20%

of youth between the ages of 13-18 live with a mental health condition

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The New York Foundling is one of New York City's largest providers of foster care

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