The New York Foundling’s CEO and President Bill Baccaglini weighs in on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed cuts to New York City’s child welfare system. “I see it as a major assault on the [2002] legislation, and the spirit and intent of it,” Baccaglini says. READ MORE
New York Foundling CEO and President Bill Baccaglini talks with Voice of America’s Lori Lundin about the state of affairs in Puerto Rico five months after Hurricane Maria and the organization’s Head Start programs on the island. LISTEN HERE (at 18:30)
The Kings County Criminal Bar Association announced its next charity golf outing, happening July 19, 2018. Last year’s outing raised money for several local charities, including The New York Foundling’s Families Rising juvenile justice program. READ MORE
The New York Foundling’s charter school Mott Haven Academy had its students create Valentine’s Day cards for care packages being sent to children and their families in Head Start programs across Puerto Rico, which are led by The Foundling. READ MORE
As part of New York Gov. Cuomo’s three-year initiative to “aid behavioral health providers during the transformation of New York’s Medicaid system,” The New York Foundling, along with several other agencies, helped found the initiative’s Behavioral Health Care Collaboratives called “AsOne. The BHCC will “participate in value-based payment arrangements — a financial incentive framework that rewards improved health outcomes rather than volume-based care,” according to the NYN Media article. READ MORE
Bill Baccaglini, The Foundling’s CEO and President, and Liyan Bao, Vice President, Specialized Services and Permanency Support, talk about The Foundling to spread awareness about foster care agencies and fostering children in New York City. LISTEN HERE
Many foster children are ill-served by traditional school structures, but Mott Haven Academy in the Bronx is helping those students beat the odds. READ MORE
Sylvia Rowlands, Senior Vice President of Evidence Based Practices at The Foundling, talks about the effectiveness of Functional Family Therapy through Child Welfare (FFT-CW) and Multisystemic Therapy for Child Abuse and Neglect (MST-CAN), and the roll out of these programs in Australia. READ MORE
Students from The Foundling’s Mott Haven Academy Charter School in the South Bronx made valentines to send to Puerto Rico along with care packages from The Foundling. WATCH HERE
Bebe Swanecamp, who attended nursing school at The New York Foundling Hospital, is still working to serve children, now as a crossing guard in Framingham, Massachusetts. READ MORE
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