FORESTDALE INC

Programs

1. Foster care services:forestdale's strong families - foster care program works with 600 children aged 0-21 placed in foster care during the fiscal year. Several youths stay in foster care beyond their 21st birthday due to limited housing. Forestdale's foster care program provides safe and nurturing homes to help youth achieve their personal, academic and professional goals. We aim to return children home to their parents as soon as it is safe to do so. In order to accomplish this, we have implemented solution based casework (sbc) which helps case planners and families create a partnership, identify destructive patterns of everyday family life, and establish new ways of interacting to create safety and reduce risk in those family situations. Our case work model, dynamic parenting programs, trauma-informed therapeutic approaches, and academic and career development support focus on providing our youth and families with the tools and resources they need to thrive.

   $19,137,837 spentof which $10,142,297 as grants
   48% of program spending

2. Preventive services:our strong families: preventive services program serves approximately 450 families per year and helps them avoid foster care placement through our intervention which includes intensive counseling to address unemployment, substance use disorder, intimate partner violence, truancy and mental health. Preventive case planners help families identify strengths to build upon as well as obstacles that impact their ability to be intimate and supportive of each other. Families typically receive one year of services under the preventive program.forestdale's family enrichment center, named community connection, is a community-led space in southeast queens. The goal of community connection is to offer a home-like space where community members can come together, build relationships, learn new skills, and find resources to help their families thrive. Forestdale staff partner with community members and other organizations to co-design events and offerings. Community members vary in their level of participation, some attend the center daily, others come once for help solving a problem or to receive some type of concrete support. Over 1,000 people received assistance and/or…

   $9,653,219 spent
   24% of program spending

3. Health services:through partnership with nyu and a network of high quality medical, dental, and mental health providers, we help to ensure that over 400 children receive great preventive and routine healthcare, as well as access to specialty care, when needed. Our health home program provides a care management model for our youth with significant challenges to their physical, social and emotional well-being. The concept is to improve healthcare for the most high-need medicaid patients by averting costly hospital stays through access to high quality preventive and routine treatment. Nearly 200 of our youth were enrolled and receiving coordinated care led by several dedicated care managers who partner with a strong network of experienced health care organizations and professionals.

   $5,363,292 spent$6,224,282 earned by the program
   14% of program spending

4. Other program services include: forestdale fathering initiative: the strong fathers program works with over 215 non-custodial fathers to help them re-engage in their families' lives. The purpose of the strong fathers program is to prepare men to lovingly engage with their children, support their family financially, and develop healthy and respectful relationships with their children's mothers. The heart of the program is a 10-week, 20-session course that blends intensive parenting skills with referrals to continuing education and job training programs. Additional services include anger management and male accountability groups, intimate partner violence groups and co-parenting counseling. Strong mothers: the strong mothers program works with over 300 pregnant and parenting young women in queens, providing information, support, and services to increase their access to healthcare, pursue educational and employment opportunities and reduce the risk of unplanned pregnancies. The support and services provided are offered on a group and/or an individual level. Services offered include - but are not limited to - weekly workshops on a variety of topics that increase a mother's ability to…

   $5,534,323 spent
   14% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $39,688,671.