New York Foundling

Due to space considerations, the Foundling opened a Boarding department in November and began placing children under the care of neighbours.

[7] Parishioners in the destination regions were asked to accept children, and parish priests provided applications to approved families.

[9] The United States Supreme Court case involving the New York Foundling Hospital began when nineteen[10] children were sent to Clifton, Arizona territory, and placed with Roman-Catholic Mexican American families living there.

Gatti was the head of the white household that Norton lived with after his kidnapping and was awarded a letter of legal guardianship by the probate court of Graham County, Arizona.

[13] In an attempt return the children to their care, the New York Foundling Hospital filed 17 writs of habeas corpus with the local sheriff.

[16] This method of keeping airways open saved thousands of children[17] from the life-threatening disease diphtheria, an epidemic at the time.

Some foster children are able to be reunited with their birth parents while others may find a permanent home through placement with a blood relative or through adoption.

In recent years, foster care practices have shifted toward evidence-based interventions that are proven to support happy, healthy, and functioning families.

The Foundling's current foster care model, Child Success NYC (CSNYC), was launched in 2012 and is a multifaceted approach geared toward improving outcomes for the children.

[20] The New York Foundling's foster care program is responsible for approximately 700 children at any given time (roughly 1,200 per year) and range from newborns up to age 21.

The Fontana Center is dedicated to furthering the understanding and detection of child abuse and neglect, and to teaching prevention and treatment.

The first charter school of its kind in the nation, Haven Academy uses a trauma-sensitive curriculum designed to meet the unique educational needs of kids in the child welfare system.

Staff are fluent in American Sign Language and provide a variety of home-based services based on families' assessed needs.

[25] The New York Foundling began its program to help individuals with developmental disabilities in 1974 with the opening of a group home in Nyack, NY.