Who We Are

Our Why

Our Why History Leadership Board of Trustees

At The New York Foundling, we trust in the power and potential of people, and we deliberately invest in proven practices.
The New York Foundling is built on a 150-year-old promise to our neighbors, that all children, adults, and families can have the opportunity to reach their full potential. For all of us, unlocking our potential requires support along the way. The New York Foundling provides carefully designed programs, effective and interrelated services, and opportunities for our community members to create transformational change in their own lives. We believe every one of the 30,000 people we serve each year is capable of making the right choice for their future and that circumstance or zip code should not limit someone’s potential. Through our whole-life and whole-person approach:

We help children and families navigate through and beyond foster care;
We help families struggling with conflict and poverty to grow stronger;
We help people with developmental disabilities live their best lives;
We help to remove obstacles to wellbeing for people across our community through and our health and mental health services—core to building lifelong resilience.

Who We Are

Mission

The New York Foundling, in the tradition of openness and compassion of its sponsors, the Sisters of Charity, helps children, youth, adults, and families in need through services, supports, and advocacy that strengthen family and community and help each individual reach their full potential.

Who We Are

Vision

A community where all children, youth, and adults enjoy safety, well-being, and supportive relationships needed to reach their full physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual potential.

Who We Are

Values

Compassion… All interactions with and among children, youth, adults, families, and staff are based on our continuously renewed capacity to be open to the full range of their individual needs, circumstances, and potential.
Dignity… Each person’s dignity, rights, and spiritual preferences are treated with respect, honor, and fairness.
Family and Community… Children, youth, adults, and staff benefit from lasting, interdependent and meaningful relationships in their community.
Diversity… Respecting, embracing, and celebrating the differences among us, strengthens us.
Excellence… Excellence and leadership require continual emphasis on innovation, increasing knowledge, and delivering the highest quality services and programs.

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What We Do

Together, our interrelated programs provide a whole person, whole family, and whole life approach that unlocks solutions for a lifetime.

Learn more about our core program areas:

Behavioral Health Child Welfare Developmental Disabilities Education Juvenile & Criminal Justice

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Who We Serve

From the beginning, The New York Foundling has found purpose in supporting our neighbors on their own paths to stability, strength, and independence. Today, our unwavering commitment to our community continues, with an expanded set of solutions for families, as well as specific services for infants and children, teens and college students, and people with developmental disabilities.

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How We Can Help

Consider the opportunities you’ve had along the way and the support that led to your own strong foundation. Join us in making similar opportunities and support available to people who are working to realize their own strength and independence.

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