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

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

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

Bill Baccaglini, president and CEO of The New York Foundling, talks to Lynda Baquero about our work in Puerto Rico after the hurricane. WATCH HERE

Mayra Rivera adopted a group of four siblings on adoption day in Brooklyn in November 2017. Mayra talks with HelloGiggles about how the new additions to her family — and her transition from foster parent to adoptive mom — has shaped their holidays. READ MORE