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Road to Success Citywide

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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 7th grade through 9th 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

Latina wants to help others

As a first-year student at Borough of Manhattan Community College, she is enjoying the independence, stability, and support that the Dorm Project has provided. Over the past few months, she has appreciated the emotional and academic assistance that her coaches have provided in navigating college life. As a Childhood Education and Psychology major, she’s planning for a career in Social Work. She is innately driven by her desire to give back, and to use her own experiences growing up to assist others in foster care.

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Latina Dorm Project

Our Continued

Impact

1,536
children served in five municipalities in Puerto Rico
2.1M
youth under the age of 18 arrested in the United States every year
Less than 4%
of young people who age out of foster care have a college degree, compared to 35% of their peers
59,000+
investigations into child abuse and neglect occur every year in NYC
20
school partnerships to bring health and behavioral health services to NYC public school students
37%
of students over the age of 14 with a mental health condition drop out of school
DID YOU KNOW
Haven Academy was founded to help close the academic achievement gap for students whose families are involved with the child welfare system

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