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Kids Experiencing Young Successes

Adolescent Mentoring Program Families Rising Kids Experiencing Young Successes Recognizing Emerging Adults & Creating Hope

The Foundling’s Kids Experiencing Young Successes (KEYS) program works with families to prevent long-term placement of their adolescent children in foster care or in a criminal justice residential placement by providing them with evidence-based interventions that support improved behavior, family functioning, and stability.

When an adolescent frequently skips school, associates with delinquent peers, uses drugs, and even runs away from home for long stretches of time, his or her parent may seek help. The parent’s outreach may result in their child being sentenced to probation or placed in a detention center, a group care facility, or in foster care. Open to families in Manhattan, Staten Island, and the Bronx, KEYS works to prevent this type of placement, and instead offers evidence-based therapy to help keep the young person at home with their families. Program participants are provided with one of three evidence-based models for in-home interventions: Functional Family Therapy (FFT), Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT), or Multisystemic Therapy – Substance Abuse (MST-SA).

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Success Stories

As a young teen, Justice was arrested and found himself…

As a young teen, Justice was arrested and found himself facing a serious criminal accusation and possible jail time. His judge referred him to The Foundling's juvenile justice program, and the intensive counseling and support he and his family received from his therapist, Stephanie, helped him to avoid a criminal record and get back on the path to success.

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Impact

Up to 80%
of youth involved in the juvenile justice system are rearrested within 3 years
$167,731
in taxpayer savings every year for every young person who completes one of our juvenile justice diversion programs
40+
programs and services serving children, families, and adults across New York and Puerto Rico
$5
donation launched The Foundling's work in 1869
107
107 program sites across New York and Puerto Rico
9
program sites providing services throughout the New York metropolitan area
DID YOU KNOW
The New York Foundling is one of New York City's largest providers of foster care

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To learn more or enroll in the Kids Experiencing Young Successes (KEYS) program, contact us at KEYS@NYFoundling.org.

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Trauma-Informed Education Where it's Needed Most

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