NY1 | Foster Care Agency Makes Plea to Public
CEO of the New York Foundling, Bill Baccaglini, spoke to NY1’s Anthony Pascale about their current situation during Foster Care Awareness Month. Click here to watch the segment.
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NY1 | Staten Island Woman a Lifeline for Dozens of Foster Kids
Click here to meet Lizzie Burrows, a foster parent with The Foundling who has taken care of dozens of foster kids for more than 30 years.
The Chronicle of Social Change | Q&A: Bill Baccaglini, CEO, The New York Foundling
Bill Baccaglini, CEO, sat down for a phone interview with The Chronicle to talk about Foundling’s changes, foster home recruitment, federal finance reform and the future of juvenile justice in New York. Click here to read more.
Youth Today | Beating the Odds: Boosting School Success Rates for Students in Foster Care
At The New York Foundling, an agency that finds homes and facilitates adoptions for children, each child is assigned an education specialist who works closely with a team, including foster parents, to get the child the appropriate educational services so that they can stay on track in school. Liyan Bao, vice president of permanency placement […]
BizBatch | The director of events at WeWork strives to foster community among company members and staff
As its director of events (at WeWorks), Karly Giaramita’s main goal is to encourage connection among company members and staff through memorable live experiences. Giaramita also makes sure that new events speak to the company’s ideology. As an alternative to the typical office holiday party, the company hosted its first “giving back” days in December, […]
amNY | Mother’s Day wish list: Express love for your mom without strings attached
“Other moms say you have to show love to get love” — something Eneida Lugo, 53, of Clinton, says she did not know how to do before taking classes in parenting skills classes at New York Foundling many years ago. After having learned how to validate her children with love, acceptance and affection, she said, […]
Huffington Post | Innovative Program Reduces the Number of Children In Foster Care
Child Success New York City, an innovative program launched by New York City and implemented by several foster care agencies, aims to improve those children’s lives, by providing greater stability while they’re in foster care and a greater likelihood that they’ll be able to return to their natural families. To date, this program has shown […]
106.7 LiteFM | Interview with The Foundling
Stephanie Kearns, Vice President of Business Operations at The Foundling speaks about children aging out of foster care, a Mother’s Day Comedy Benefit Show on May 5th and more. Listen here.
Huffington Post | Hidden in Plain Sight: Preventing Child Abuse Falls to us All
While April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, our obligation to help children should be year-round. All of us should be conscious about the children around us – our neighbors, our own children’s classmates – and be sufficiently aware of the telltale signs of abuse so that we can report it when we see it. Click […]
NY1 Online | ‘Symbolic’ Baby Shower Held as Part of Campaign to Encourage Parents to Talk to Their Babies
“Staten Island moms were invited to a ‘symbolic’ baby shower at Snug Harbor as part of the ‘Healthy Baby Campaign.’ The shower was hosted by the city’s first lady Chirlane McCray and The New York Foundling as part of the Talk to Your Baby campaign, which encourages parents to talk, read and sing to their babies […]