Several New York-area social justice nonprofits received generous donations from The New York Jets in December 2018, including The New York Foundling for its Mott Haven Academy charter school in the south Bronx. READ MORE
The Foundling’s Child Abuse Prevention Program (CAPP), which uses puppets to teach an age-appropriate program on how to identify, stop, and report sexual and physical abuse, is facing funding problems. NBC New York takes a look at the impact of this important program. WATCH HERE
The New York Foundling was awarded $1.545 million by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to support its Road to Success tutoring program for youth in foster care. READ MORE
Child welfare professionals strive every day to keep children safe, to keep families healthy and together and break multi-generational cycles of maltreatment. More than 3 million new cases of child abuse and neglect are reported every year in the United States and more than 400,000 children are in foster care at any given time. The financial cost to our society is enormous. We now have a moral imperative to recognize decades of hard data, from multiple studies covering hundreds of thousands of children and families, showing compelling evidence that a different approach can improve outcomes.
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Players, coaches and owners of the New York Jets have committed to donate $800,000 to five non-profit social justice organizations that “aim to combat social inequality and reduce barriers to opportunity,” the team announced Thursday. Players and coaches combined for $200,000 of the commitment, which was matched by the Jets organization. READ MORE
A look at Washington state’s apprenticeship program for teens in foster care, from Youth Today’s ongoing series examining education for foster youth in America, made possible by The Foundling. READ MORE
Part 2 of a story spotlighting the benefits of an apprenticeship program in Washington state providing life-changing trade education for youth in foster care, and how more states are getting on board. This article is part of a yearlong series examining higher education for youth in foster care, made possible in part by The New York Foundling. READ MORE
Part 1 of a story highlighting the apprenticeships available to youth in foster care through Washington state’s Passport to Careers program. This article is part of a yearlong series examining higher education for youth in foster care, made possible in part by The New York Foundling. READ MORE
“New York Jets Linebacker Brandon Copeland gathered up some of his teammates to surprise 20 kids from the The Foundling’s Mott Haven Academy in the South Bronx and 20 high school students from Newark with a pizza party.” WATCH HERE
The New York Foundling brought Santa Claus to deaf children in New York City at its annual holiday party for families in its Deaf Services program. READ MORE