Jasmine Edwards recently graduated from The Dorm Project, a joint initiative of The Foundling, the Administration for Children’s Services, and City University of New York to give youth in foster care a successful, supportive higher education experience. She spoke with New York Nonprofit Media about navigating college as a young adult in foster care.. WATCH HERE
The New York Foundling announces the appointment of four new members to their Board of Trustees. Joining the board are James A. Hasso (Voya Investment Management), Sarah Kim (Clayton, Dubilier & Rice), Nadia Owens (KPMG) and Dennis Sheehan (Navigant Consulting). READ MORE
New York City thanks Lizzie Burrow, a longtime foster parent with The New York Foundling, for her years of foster parenting. Watch as the Administration for Children’s Services Commissioner David Hansell presents Lizzie with an official letter from Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office. WATCH HERE
After nearly a decade together, foster mom Lizzie Burrow officially adopted her foster daughter, Crystal. Lizzie has fostered dozens of children over her 30 years as a foster parent. WATCH HERE
Long-time foster mom Lizzie Burrow opened her home and her heart to Crystal when she was a teen. On July 9, Lizzie officially adopted the now 22-year-old Crystal. “She nurtured me, and she let me know that everything is going to be OK. Instead of closing her door on me, she was there for me.” READ MORE
As WCBS 880’s Sean Adams reported in “Stories from Main Street,” the songs in “Unstoppable: The Musical” are powerful, and the stories are real. The musical is performed by Haven Kids Rock. LISTEN HERE
New York City schools Chancellor Richard Carranza visited several city charter schools, making one of his stops at The Foundling’s Mott Haven Academy Charter School in the Bronx. READ MORE
“The New York Foundling had a little bit of partying to do as National Foster Care Month came to a close. The New York City nonprofit celebrated foster care students on May 24 who beat the odds by graduating college through The Dorm Project.” READ MORE
NYN Media shares an update from The New York Foundling about youth who have thrived because of its programming. One teen is Ralph, a former foster youth who interned with The Foundling last summer and is now working as a supervisor at Amazon. The other is Rajiv, who was recently accepted to Georgetown University after working with The Foundling’s education programs for youth in care. READ MORE
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