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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

Edward and his son Malik consider their therapist Catie a…

Edward and his son Malik consider their therapist Catie a member of their family. As a youth, Malik was lost in the juvenile justice system and Catie helped get him on the right track. When Malik graduated high school, he proudly texted a picture of himself and his diploma to Catie.

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Our Continued

Impact

107
107 program sites across New York and Puerto Rico
40+
programs and services serving children, families, and adults across New York and Puerto Rico
9
program sites providing services throughout the New York metropolitan area
18
evidence-based models and adaptations implemented with fidelity across our array of programs and service areas
$167,731
in taxpayer savings every year for every young person who completes one of our juvenile justice diversion programs
70%
of youth in state and local juvenile justice systems have a mental illness
DID YOU KNOW
After completing the Healthy Families program, families reported a decrease in family stress and stronger family relationships

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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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