Mott Haven Academy elementary school celebrated its 10-year anniversary Wednesday by opening the doors of a new middle school. READ MORE
Real Clear Education promotes The Wall Street Journal’s piece on The Foundling’s Mott Haven Academy Charter School. READ MORE
From The Wall Street Journal: “The Bronx charter is believed to be the first in the U.S. designed for children in foster care or at risk of entering it, often due to parental addiction, abuse or neglect. It tries to support them with counseling and trains teachers to be especially sensitive to their needs.” READ MORE
CET US News helps spread the word about Mott Haven Academy Charter School’s successes in the South Bronx (repost of Wall Street Journal article). READ MORE
The Wall Street Journal profiled Mott Haven Academy Charter School, which opens its middle school and enters its 10th school year in 2017-18. The article breaks down the successes of the school’s trauma-sensitive model and how it educates children involved in the child welfare system in the South Bronx. READ MORE
Darryl McDaniels, one of the founders of Camp Felix, will be featured on an upcoming broadcast of American Graduate Day, which will focus on the role of mentorships. READ MORE
An overview of the opening of The New York Foundling’s new space in the Bronx, where several of its programs now have a home. READ MORE
The Wall Street Journal discusses the opening of our new Bronx location, where our child welfare and developmental disability programs have consolidated. READ MORE
The New York Foundling runs the The Fostering College Success Initiative (otherwise known as ‘The Dorm Project’) in conjunction with the Administration for Children’s Services and The City University of New York. This program affords youth in foster care the opportunity to attend CUNY schools across the city and live in the dorms at no cost to them. READ MORE
The Pinkerton Foundation will make grants of nearly $1 million to help eight of the city’s leading foster care agencies (including The New York Foundling) sponsor in-house mentored internships for the young adults they serve. READ MORE