Join The New York Foundling and other partnering agencies on September 26th for our Staten Island Community Day! ✨👪 This will be the inaugural event for our new office on Staten Island and will serve as our hub of resources and programming for the community. There will be free giveaways, program information, and job opportunities from the Foundling.
The event will be happening rain 🌧️ or shine ☀️ We look forward to seeing you there! 😄
Join us in Brooklyn NY for a community awareness event where caregivers will have the opportunity to learn about their rights on navigating systems in NYC. There will be youth mental health activities, food and beverages, free raffles and so much more. Lets have some fun and help the community!
Join us in East Harlem for our Back to School Community Event for youth and families! We’ll be giving away backpacks, school supplies, art activities, and so much more! There will even be icees available for FREE 🍨 Come learn about our services and how we can better support the community. We cant wait to see you there! 😄 All are welcome regardless of age/zip code
Join us at Ranaqua Park in the Bronx for our upcoming Community Day on Thu 8/17! This event will help young people and families prepare for the approaching school year and get involved with our community! RSVP on the link in bio – @thenyfoundling to enjoy an afternoon of free food, school supply giveaways, art activities, and more!
We would like to invite you to the Staten Island Community Partnership’s premiere event, the 13th Annual Fatherhood Fun Day to be held on Saturday June 10, 2023 from 11am-3pm at Clove Lake Park, Staten Island, NY 10301.
We expect hundreds of families to attend to enjoy this wonderful day with neighbors while the learning about their community and receiving information from dozens of vendors about their services. There will be fun activities for all family members including live art, a DJ, theatrical performances, food, and much more!
Through this event we want to highlight the importance of family as a whole both from a traditional lens and a nontraditional lens with an emphasis on male caregivers, whether they be biological or not, in the healthy development of children. We hope you can join us and the partnership as we are able to “Build Partnerships, Support Community Knowledge Sharing, and Collaborate with other Agencies” to accomplish the goal of “Strengthening the Community One Family At A Time”.
The Staten Island Community Partnership is a collaborative network comprised of community-based service providers, city agencies, grassroots organizations and participating local residents, sponsored by New York City Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) and hosted by The New York Foundling.
During these challenging times providers often think about how to best support the families and youth we service in an ever changing and challenging world. In this 3 hour – 1 day workshop the New York Foundling’s Strong Families and Communities Training Center would like to offer a time for social service providers to come together and discuss the strategies and resources to support a child dealing with grief.
Title: Supporting the Grieving Resilient Child
Date: Monday, May 8, 2023
Time: 10-1 pm
Description: Through this workshop-
Location: (Details provided after registration)
Audience: Social Service providers within the New York City Area *i.e case managers, social workers, peer advocates, mental health providers, coordinators, case workers, and those working with the youth in various capacities.
Professionals with the following licensed will be eligible to receive 3 free continuing education credit LMHC, LMSW, LCSW, PSYD and PHD. If you are seeking to obtain CEU’s please provide license number on the registration form.
Presenter:
Dr. Goodman is a psychologist and art therapist in private practice with a specialty in trauma, medical illness and grief. Currently she is also Associate Director of Public Education and Bereavement for Child HELP Partnership. Previously she established child life and behavioral health programs at pediatric cancer services at Mt. Sinai and NYU Medical Center and served as Executive Director and bereavement program director for A Caring Hand Founded in Memory of Billy Esposito and Co-Director of the NYU Child Study Center 9/11 Child and Family Recovery Program. She has held leadership positions at the National Child Traumatic Stress Network and state and national professional organizations. She is committed to increasing mental health awareness through various media and developed Caring for Kids After Trauma and Death: A Guide for Parents and Professionals. She also developed Making Connections, a child and family grief group curriculum. Book credits include, Childhood Revealed: Art Expressing Pain, Discovery and Hope, The Day Our World Changed: Children’s Art of 9/11, Ready to Remember: Jeremy’s Journey of Hope and Healing, and Rosie Remembers: Forever in Her Heart.
Join The New York Foundling’s Strong Families and Communities Training Center, in partnership with the Home for Integrated Behavioral Health for our first ever Holiday Card Design Contest where we will celebrate the Holiday Season, along with our local children & families! Folks are welcomed to bring their jingle bell best and most colorful design to life through their own artistic perspective! We’ll gather in community to enjoy hot cocoa, delicious comfort snacks and the fun of creating beauty & wonderful memories together!
Enjoy a Holiday Dream with us on Friday, December 9, 2022 at 3:00pm at 109 East 115th Street, between Lexington & Park
All are Welcome! Join us on November 12, 2022 from 11-3PM for an afternoon of fun and learning in a safe and quiet space for all families. The Doodle Den is a place to find and explore different forms of self-expression and, in doing so, find new ways to gain personal insight. From reading, writing, poetry and art, participants will find their form of self-expression. We will be offering the community more insight into the New York Foundling Strong Families and Community Center and the support services that we offer! 👍📚🖍️
Title: Understanding the Needs of Newly Arrived Immigrant Parents to NYC
Date: 11/16/22
Time: 10am-1pm
Location: 590 Avenues of the Americas – 9th FL
Learning Objectives:
During these challenging times providers often think about how to best support the families and youth we service in an ever changing and challenging world. In this 2 hour – 1 day workshop the New York Foundling’s Strong Families and Communities Training Center would like to offer a time for social service providers to come together and discuss the current concerns of youth mental health.
Title: Supporting Youth Mental Health in a Traumatic World
Date: Thursday, June 30, 2022
Time: 1-3pm
Description: In this workshop we will-
Location: Zoom (Link will be provided after registration)
Audience: Social Service providers within the New York City Area ie case managers, social workers, peer advocates, mental health providers, coordinators, case workers, and those working with the youth in various capacities.
Professionals with the following licensed will be eligible to receive 2 free continuing education credit LMHC, LMSW, LCSW, PSYD and PHD. If you are seeking to obtain CEU’s please provide license number on the registration form.
Presenter:
Dr. Akeem Marsh has dedicated his career to working with children and families of medically neglected communities. He currently serves as the Medical Director of the Home of Integrated Behavioral Health – The New York Foundling and as a consultant member of the Verywell Mind Review Board. In part through his leadership efforts, The New York Foundling has participated in a learning collaborative through the Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) following a competitive selection process and was a recipient of the American Psychiatric Association Foundation (APAF) 2022 Award for Advancing Minority Mental Health. He maintains a faculty appointment as Clinical Assistant Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine. Dr. Marsh is a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), and serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the New York Council on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He has presented nationally and internationally in a variety of professional conference settings, has authored many articles, and recently published a book he co-edited, Not Just Bad Kids: The Adversity and Disruptive Behavior Link.