Forestdale (agency)

Forestdale, Inc. is a non-profit agency that provides foster care, preventive and other family services in New York City.

The Fathering Initiative provides parenting classes, links to education and job resources, and individual counseling.

It is funded by the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development, with additional support from private foundations, including the National Fatherhood Initiative.

[3] In 1941, the Brooklyn Home for Children was bequeathed a parcel of land in Forest Hills, Queens to construct a five-building residential campus.

In 1980, the agency closed its residential program to focus on foster care and adoption and eight years later changed its name to Forestdale.