“‘Dentro de nuestras muchas obligaciones con estos jovencitos, tal vez ninguna sea más grande o más importante para su bienestar y felicidad a largo plazo que proporcionarles una oportunidad y el apoyo necesario para lograr un título universitario,’ manifesto el presidente de la organizacion The New York Foundling, Bill Baccaglini, que promovió la unión de […]
From 2003-2006, Iris often looked after Destiny Paradiso, the daughter of a family friend. She took care of Destiny when her grandmother, who served as the child’s guardian, worked. But when Destiny was placed in the foster care system at age eight, Iris lost contact with her. Destiny was in her seventh foster home on the day […]
NY1 anchor Pat Kiernan visited Haven Academy on November 15, to celebrate the launch of his debut children’s book, GOOD MORNING, CITY, to first-graders at The Foundling’s charter school, Haven Academy, located in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx. READ MORE
“We are more concerned about tomorrow than we are yesterday,” said New York Foundling President and CEO, Bill Baccaglini. “We’re constantly pushing the envelope on ways to respond to the need of the kids and families we serve. We love the kids and families of this city and we won’t rest until the foster care […]
“The new program, which is part of the Fostering College Success initiative, began this summer with The New York Foundling providing tutoring and other supportive services to 40 foster care youth.” READ MORE
The City’s Administration for Children’s Services announced a new program to help 50 foster care youth achieve a higher education. This work is a joint initiative with the City University of New York and The New York Foundling. READ MORE
Each year, more than 250,000 children in the United States enter the foster care system. While many will be reunited with their families or adopted, about 10 percent will “age out,” depending on the state they live in, and suddenly be on their own. The New York Foundling, along with a number of other organizations across the […]
“Using race entry fees as seed money, Tunnel to Towers has built a house for orphaned children at the New York Foundling, and helped injured soldiers adjust to life back at home.” READ MORE
We traveled coast to coast during the first half of 2016, sitting down with more than two dozen educators, school leaders, entrepreneurs and philanthropists to document the origins of America’s top public charter schools — and the web of collaborators who came together to nurture the charter networks that would reinvent American education. The Foundling’s Mott Haven […]
An Olympic gymnast is quickly becoming an inspiration to many adopted children. Thirteen-year-old Elishama Collado was adopted as a baby through The New York Foundling. She says she dreams of playing in the WNBA and becoming an elite athlete like Olympian Simone Biles, who is also adopted. READ MORE.
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