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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.

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Manuel has a passion for music and dance and wants…

Manuel has a passion for music and dance and wants to be a choreographer when he grows up. Manuel looks forward to his weekly tutoring sessions with Jake because they help him better understand the topics being covered in school--and to show off his newest dance moves. With Jake's help, Manuel received a Most Improved Student award at school. Manuel has another recent achievement of which he is very proud: in 2015, he was adopted by his foster mother, Judy. When asked why she adopted Manuel, Judy said, without hesitation, "I don't see myself without him."

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Impact

10.2M

adults have co-occurring mental health and addiction disorders

77%

of Road to Success high school graduates enroll in college

2.1M

youth under the age of 18 arrested in the United States every year

15,000+

of tutoring hours provided since the launch of our tutoring programs in 2013

15%

of children between the ages of 3-17 have a one or more developmental disabilities

90%

of those who die by suicide have an underlying mental illness

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Individuals with developmental disabilities are the largest minority group in the United States

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