Welcome.
When your a foster parent, you may not always understand how to best advocate for the child that is in your home, because child welfare laws and protections are complicated and confusing. At Foster Parent Advocacy Foundation Inc we're here to help you understand your rights as a foster parent and the child's rights so you can use your knowledge to take action on behalf of your child. You can look to us for guidance in becoming the best advocate you can possibly be – at the local (i.e., classroom) level, and, when you’re ready, at the district, state, and federal levels.
FPA Foundation Inc provide trainings! We'll be focusing on legislative activities happening in Washington, D.C. — and how we (and you!) can be involved in the upcoming changes that are likely to take place. We'll translate those legislative happenings so that you can better understand what they mean for you as a foster Parent and the child in foster care.
Foster Parent Advocacy Foundation Inc is heavenly committed to the social change of foster parents and foster children in the child welfare system. FPA is designed to meet the needs that are not met otherwise. FPA is committed to foster children and foster parents parents and are vigilant towards our mission. Our services are innovative, exploratory and catered to the needs of foster parents and youths in foster care.
Advocacy requires both the will to confront injustice and the commitment to transform it. There, FPA’s daily “rescue missions” for children and foster parents engaged it in the fight for services that they need. FPA helps to improve the lives of children and foster parents who, otherwise, might have waited unnoticed, vulnerable and suffering, with no advocate to witness their pain and give voice to their needs.
Children in foster care are one of the most vulnerable populations. Presently, there are 15,000 children in the NYC foster care system, and only 12,000 foster parents. These children suffer daily from a lack of services provided by foster care agencies. As a result, these children may face homelessness, unemployment, little to no education, and contribute to higher crime rates.
When your a foster parent, you may not always understand how to best advocate for the child that is in your home, because child welfare laws and protections are complicated and confusing. At Foster Parent Advocacy Foundation Inc we're here to help you understand your rights as a foster parent and the child's rights so you can use your knowledge to take action on behalf of your child. You can look to us for guidance in becoming the best advocate you can possibly be – at the local (i.e., classroom) level, and, when you’re ready, at the district, state, and federal levels.
FPA Foundation Inc provide trainings! We'll be focusing on legislative activities happening in Washington, D.C. — and how we (and you!) can be involved in the upcoming changes that are likely to take place. We'll translate those legislative happenings so that you can better understand what they mean for you as a foster Parent and the child in foster care.
Foster Parent Advocacy Foundation Inc is heavenly committed to the social change of foster parents and foster children in the child welfare system. FPA is designed to meet the needs that are not met otherwise. FPA is committed to foster children and foster parents parents and are vigilant towards our mission. Our services are innovative, exploratory and catered to the needs of foster parents and youths in foster care.
Advocacy requires both the will to confront injustice and the commitment to transform it. There, FPA’s daily “rescue missions” for children and foster parents engaged it in the fight for services that they need. FPA helps to improve the lives of children and foster parents who, otherwise, might have waited unnoticed, vulnerable and suffering, with no advocate to witness their pain and give voice to their needs.
Children in foster care are one of the most vulnerable populations. Presently, there are 15,000 children in the NYC foster care system, and only 12,000 foster parents. These children suffer daily from a lack of services provided by foster care agencies. As a result, these children may face homelessness, unemployment, little to no education, and contribute to higher crime rates.
FPA On-Air Interview with Pat O'Brian
You Gotta Believe - Adopting Teens and Tweens Show. Oct. 4th, 2009. Listen below.
You Gotta Believe - Adopting Teens and Tweens Show. Oct. 4th, 2009. Listen below.
The ecomony has changed, however the needs of foster children have not changed at all. Agencies need to provide loving supportive homes for each child that awaits foster care. Youths that 'age out' of foster care make up the majority of our homeless population. 40% of foster youths do not graduate from high school. These kids deserve better; they need guidance, support, and advocates to fight for their rights – especially when agencies chooses not to do so.
Nearly 700,000 abused and neglected children will spend time in foster care in the United States this year.
What they all have in common as they enter our nation’s child welfare systems is the need for safe and stable homes. What too many will have in common as they make their way through those systems is the stuff of nightmares.
Some will be separated from their siblings. Many will be bounced from one unstable foster care placement to another, never knowing when their lives will be uprooted next.
Some will suffer additional abuse and neglect at the hands of the people entrusted with their protection. Many will be denied adequate health care, education, and other fundamental necessities.
Some will be warehoused in institutions and group homes — the modern-day equivalent of the orphanages of old — and many will languish in foster care for years, without any prospect of growing up in stable, permanent homes.
And many of these children will be seriously, permanently damaged as a result
Entering foster care in the U.S. were children of color.
In 2009, more than half of the children entering foster care in the U.S. were children of color.
Black or African American children are more likely than other children to be reported, investigated, substantiated, and placed in foster care. These children stay longer in care and are less likely to be reunified with their families.
Thirty-one percent of the children in foster care are African American, double the percent of African American children in the population in America. While African American children are overrepresented in the child welfare system in every state, Asian children tend to be underrepresented.
Children of color, especially black children, and often American Indian children, face significant disparity within the child welfare system. They are more likely to have longer placements in out-of-home care, are less likely to receive comprehensive services, and are less likely to reunify with their families than white children.
The rates of child welfare involvement for black and American Indian children are more than twice those of white children. In one California study, two in five black children were likely to experience child welfare involvement by the time they were seven years old and one in 10 was likely to have experienced at least one foster care placement.
There is a strong correlation between race and permanent placement. While African American children are adopted at the same rate as other races, the adoption process takes much longer for these children than for others, with less chance of reunification with biological parents.
Under the Constitution and under the law, children dependent on child welfare systems have rights — and FPA-Foundation Inc is dedicated to protecting them.
Children in foster care and others dependent on public child welfare systems have important legal rights under the United States Constitution and federal and state law, including:
• The right to be protected from abuse, neglect, or other maltreatment in foster homes, group homes, and other placements. Foster parents and facility staff must be properly monitored and screened. Any alleged maltreatment must be quickly and thoroughly investigated.
• The right to adequate food, clothing, and shelter.
• The right to an appropriate, stable placement in the least restrictive situation possible.
• The right to regular medical and dental care, and any necessary mental health services.
• The right to needed developmental and educational services.
• The right to case-planning services and a permanent home consistent with the purposes of your custody.
• The right not to deteriorate while in state custody.
• The right not to be discriminated against based on race, religion, or gender
FPA- fights to protect children because they cannot protect themselves.
When we have determined that a failing child welfare system is harmful to children and resistant to other means of change, we take tough legal action to secure court orders mandating the system’s top-to-bottom reform. And we remain in place to monitor progress for as long as it takes to ensure that improvements are made and maintained.
We want to stop the inadequate services foster care agencies are failing to provide to foster parents and children. We need people of the community to get involved. These children need your help; be that voice in the community; reach out and support our cause. You can get involved by becoming a Foster Parent Advocate, or by making a donation. We need to provide every child in foster care with an advocate in order to keep them safe. Get involved - no foster child should be without a strong relationship to a caring adult they can depend on in times of need. Foster youths need your support now by providing advocates to fight for their rights. Foster Parents: we need you to come on board, speak out, and make that change.
With the help of more American's, the lives of these young people can change for the better. Nearly every community is suffering from a shortage of foster families. More and more children need you. Children in foster care feel more secure and are likely to do better in school when they are able to stay in their own communities. The simple truth is, the larger the pool of qualified foster parents, the easier it will be to ensure these children remain in their own neighborhoods and schools, and stay together with their siblings.Change the future for a young person in foster care. Find out how to get involved.
Our organization aims to provide a place for foster parents and children to receive adequate services.We provide advocates to foster parents, in turn helping the children in their care. We also work to provide youths who have 'aged out' of the child welfare system, with the services they are entitled to receive. We want to work to build relationships between agencies and foster parents, to ensure that parents and children in the foster care system receive the services they need. Foster Parent Advocacy Foundation Inc is a 501C3 non-profit organization, founded in 2008. FPA provides community resources, educational programs, and support and training services for foster parents and children in the child welfare system.
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1-646-402-6133 or 1-888-692-9471
Nearly 700,000 abused and neglected children will spend time in foster care in the United States this year.
What they all have in common as they enter our nation’s child welfare systems is the need for safe and stable homes. What too many will have in common as they make their way through those systems is the stuff of nightmares.
Some will be separated from their siblings. Many will be bounced from one unstable foster care placement to another, never knowing when their lives will be uprooted next.
Some will suffer additional abuse and neglect at the hands of the people entrusted with their protection. Many will be denied adequate health care, education, and other fundamental necessities.
Some will be warehoused in institutions and group homes — the modern-day equivalent of the orphanages of old — and many will languish in foster care for years, without any prospect of growing up in stable, permanent homes.
And many of these children will be seriously, permanently damaged as a result
Entering foster care in the U.S. were children of color.
In 2009, more than half of the children entering foster care in the U.S. were children of color.
Black or African American children are more likely than other children to be reported, investigated, substantiated, and placed in foster care. These children stay longer in care and are less likely to be reunified with their families.
Thirty-one percent of the children in foster care are African American, double the percent of African American children in the population in America. While African American children are overrepresented in the child welfare system in every state, Asian children tend to be underrepresented.
Children of color, especially black children, and often American Indian children, face significant disparity within the child welfare system. They are more likely to have longer placements in out-of-home care, are less likely to receive comprehensive services, and are less likely to reunify with their families than white children.
The rates of child welfare involvement for black and American Indian children are more than twice those of white children. In one California study, two in five black children were likely to experience child welfare involvement by the time they were seven years old and one in 10 was likely to have experienced at least one foster care placement.
There is a strong correlation between race and permanent placement. While African American children are adopted at the same rate as other races, the adoption process takes much longer for these children than for others, with less chance of reunification with biological parents.
Under the Constitution and under the law, children dependent on child welfare systems have rights — and FPA-Foundation Inc is dedicated to protecting them.
Children in foster care and others dependent on public child welfare systems have important legal rights under the United States Constitution and federal and state law, including:
• The right to be protected from abuse, neglect, or other maltreatment in foster homes, group homes, and other placements. Foster parents and facility staff must be properly monitored and screened. Any alleged maltreatment must be quickly and thoroughly investigated.
• The right to adequate food, clothing, and shelter.
• The right to an appropriate, stable placement in the least restrictive situation possible.
• The right to regular medical and dental care, and any necessary mental health services.
• The right to needed developmental and educational services.
• The right to case-planning services and a permanent home consistent with the purposes of your custody.
• The right not to deteriorate while in state custody.
• The right not to be discriminated against based on race, religion, or gender
FPA- fights to protect children because they cannot protect themselves.
When we have determined that a failing child welfare system is harmful to children and resistant to other means of change, we take tough legal action to secure court orders mandating the system’s top-to-bottom reform. And we remain in place to monitor progress for as long as it takes to ensure that improvements are made and maintained.
We want to stop the inadequate services foster care agencies are failing to provide to foster parents and children. We need people of the community to get involved. These children need your help; be that voice in the community; reach out and support our cause. You can get involved by becoming a Foster Parent Advocate, or by making a donation. We need to provide every child in foster care with an advocate in order to keep them safe. Get involved - no foster child should be without a strong relationship to a caring adult they can depend on in times of need. Foster youths need your support now by providing advocates to fight for their rights. Foster Parents: we need you to come on board, speak out, and make that change.
With the help of more American's, the lives of these young people can change for the better. Nearly every community is suffering from a shortage of foster families. More and more children need you. Children in foster care feel more secure and are likely to do better in school when they are able to stay in their own communities. The simple truth is, the larger the pool of qualified foster parents, the easier it will be to ensure these children remain in their own neighborhoods and schools, and stay together with their siblings.Change the future for a young person in foster care. Find out how to get involved.
Our organization aims to provide a place for foster parents and children to receive adequate services.We provide advocates to foster parents, in turn helping the children in their care. We also work to provide youths who have 'aged out' of the child welfare system, with the services they are entitled to receive. We want to work to build relationships between agencies and foster parents, to ensure that parents and children in the foster care system receive the services they need. Foster Parent Advocacy Foundation Inc is a 501C3 non-profit organization, founded in 2008. FPA provides community resources, educational programs, and support and training services for foster parents and children in the child welfare system.
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GET INVOLVED IN Fpa-Foundation Inc
"Understand that by fighting for the impossible, one begins to make it possible."—Oscar Arias Sanchez, Nobel Peace Prize LaureateHistory shows that all forward progress in improving conditions in the world is spearheaded by single, determined individuals, and groups that support the vision and strategies of those leaders.The actions of one person, added to those of other like-minded and informed individuals, create awareness, action and can build into entire movements. From these actions come real change.
1-646-402-6133 or 1-888-692-9471
Intake Procedure & 24-hour Hot-line Number
We have moved from Community Board 10 at 215 West 125 street 4th floor. Our new location is at at 332 West 141 street and St Nicholas Avenue ground floor.
We have moved from Community Board 10 at 215 West 125 street 4th floor. Our new location is at at 332 West 141 street and St Nicholas Avenue ground floor.
The hours of operation are the following:
Monday- 9:00am-6:00pm
Tuesday- 9:00am-6:00pm
Wednesday-9:00-6:00pm
Wednesday-9:00-6:00pm
Thursday-9:00am-7:00pm
Friday- 9:00am-:600pm
Weekends-Closed
Holidays-Closed
Please call to find out about workshops giving on Saturday.
Please call the number to set up an Intake appointment or come in for a appointment to receive a Partnership Coordinator that will be asisting you with your case. You must complete the intake first. Please bring copies of the following documents for the intake appointment:
$50 for Membership /donation fee/Support organization
Mapp Certificate
Foster Parent license
New York State ID
Court documents
Family Team Conference Notice
OSI determination letter
Friday- 9:00am-:600pm
Weekends-Closed
Holidays-Closed
Please call to find out about workshops giving on Saturday.
Please call the number to set up an Intake appointment or come in for a appointment to receive a Partnership Coordinator that will be asisting you with your case. You must complete the intake first. Please bring copies of the following documents for the intake appointment:
$50 for Membership /donation fee/Support organization
Mapp Certificate
Foster Parent license
New York State ID
Court documents
Family Team Conference Notice
OSI determination letter
Any other documents that are important to the case.
The $50 Membership fee helps the organization to contiue to provide services and programs for foster parents and youths. It is not a paid fee for a service. All membership donated fee are non refundable.
FPA News
FPA 2012 Event Calendar
FPA Welcomes Intern student! FPA welcome students from the different colleges.The students will work as interns, to assist the foster parents with advocacy that they need to help foster children receive the services that they need. They will also be working to develop a commercial about advocacy and foster care issues, working to enhance community awareness about foster care, and recruiting new volunteers and foster parents within the community.
2011 Awards for Interns
FPA awarded 3 interns from different colleges. Kimberely Konpoka from NYU,Melinda Santa from Mercy College and Natasha Rudder from Touro College.These students work hard to go above and beyond to support the mission of the organization.
FPA awarded 3 interns from different colleges. Kimberely Konpoka from NYU,Melinda Santa from Mercy College and Natasha Rudder from Touro College.These students work hard to go above and beyond to support the mission of the organization.
Foster Parent Action Committee
Join our committee if your a foster parent, youth,or person in the community that want to help makes changes and interested in helping children in foster care. Could there be a more beautiful venue to for getting the word out there about our cause and raising funds to support our efforts? We meet onces a month. Next meeting February 18th from 3:00pm-5:00pm.
Join our committee if your a foster parent, youth,or person in the community that want to help makes changes and interested in helping children in foster care. Could there be a more beautiful venue to for getting the word out there about our cause and raising funds to support our efforts? We meet onces a month. Next meeting February 18th from 3:00pm-5:00pm.
MAY- Foster Care Month
May is National Foster Care Month...You Can Change a Lifetime! All children — including the 513,000 American children and youth in foster care — deserve a safe, happy life. Young people in foster care especially need nurturing adults on their side because their own families are in crisis and unable to care for them.
Each May, we salute the compassionate people who make a difference by serving as foster parents, relative caregivers, mentors, advocates, social workers, and volunteers. Thanks to these unsung heroes, many formerly abused or neglected children and teens will safely reunite with their parents, be cared for by relatives, or be adopted by loving families.
April- Coming soon
March Events
1st Annual Too Big To Ignore Social Networking Fundraiser to support foster youths.
Thursday March 1st from 6pm-10:30pm Bring your business card
6 Week educational workshops for foster parents/adoptive parents.
Friday March 30th-10am-12pm
FEBRUARY- 2/4- Action Committee Meeting 3:00pm-5:00pm
NEXT Meeting Saturday 2/18 from 3pm-5pm
JANUARY- Foster Parent Workshops
Thursdays from 5:00pm-7pm
1/26/2012-OSI- what steps you need to know.
1/19/2012-Know Your Rights
1/16/2012-Martin Luther King day
1/7/2012- Action Commitee Meeting on saturday from 3:00pm-5:00pm
1/12/2012- Allegations the untold truth- What foster parents need to know.
MAY- Foster Care Month
May is National Foster Care Month...You Can Change a Lifetime! All children — including the 513,000 American children and youth in foster care — deserve a safe, happy life. Young people in foster care especially need nurturing adults on their side because their own families are in crisis and unable to care for them.
Each May, we salute the compassionate people who make a difference by serving as foster parents, relative caregivers, mentors, advocates, social workers, and volunteers. Thanks to these unsung heroes, many formerly abused or neglected children and teens will safely reunite with their parents, be cared for by relatives, or be adopted by loving families.
April- Coming soon
March Events
1st Annual Too Big To Ignore Social Networking Fundraiser to support foster youths.
Thursday March 1st from 6pm-10:30pm Bring your business card
6 Week educational workshops for foster parents/adoptive parents.
Friday March 30th-10am-12pm
FEBRUARY- 2/4- Action Committee Meeting 3:00pm-5:00pm
NEXT Meeting Saturday 2/18 from 3pm-5pm
JANUARY- Foster Parent Workshops
Thursdays from 5:00pm-7pm
1/26/2012-OSI- what steps you need to know.
1/19/2012-Know Your Rights
1/16/2012-Martin Luther King day
1/7/2012- Action Commitee Meeting on saturday from 3:00pm-5:00pm
1/12/2012- Allegations the untold truth- What foster parents need to know.
Our Mission
It is our mission to help improve the quality of life for foster parents and children in foster care. We will be responsible for addressing the social service needs of the children in care, as well as the foster parents. At the same time we look for constructive ways to improve relationships between foster care agencies and foster parents and children, so that they may provide quality service. We are consistently open to finding new ways to achieve the mission and constantly seek ways to do our work and meet the needs of those we serve.
We use our diversity to gain new perspectives, collaborate with, and help strengthen foster care agencies through training and organizational development. Our standard is excellence and we will always work to exceed expectations. We strive toward continuous improvement in all we do!
We thank you in advance for your time, attention and support. We look forward to hearing from you, working with you as a team and building a relationship with you, your staff and your foster parents. We hope that our mission coincides with yours and that we can partner together to provide the best quality services for foster parents and children in foster care. None of us can change our yesterdays, but all of us can change our tomorrows.
It is our mission to help improve the quality of life for foster parents and children in foster care. We will be responsible for addressing the social service needs of the children in care, as well as the foster parents. At the same time we look for constructive ways to improve relationships between foster care agencies and foster parents and children, so that they may provide quality service. We are consistently open to finding new ways to achieve the mission and constantly seek ways to do our work and meet the needs of those we serve.
We use our diversity to gain new perspectives, collaborate with, and help strengthen foster care agencies through training and organizational development. Our standard is excellence and we will always work to exceed expectations. We strive toward continuous improvement in all we do!
We thank you in advance for your time, attention and support. We look forward to hearing from you, working with you as a team and building a relationship with you, your staff and your foster parents. We hope that our mission coincides with yours and that we can partner together to provide the best quality services for foster parents and children in foster care. None of us can change our yesterdays, but all of us can change our tomorrows.
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Community Service Learning Internship for students
The Community Service Learning Program is a (October through June) internship-training program for youths ages 14-20. The program aims to provide youths an opportunity to improve their life skills.
The Community Service Learning Program is a (October through June) internship-training program for youths ages 14-20. The program aims to provide youths an opportunity to improve their life skills.
Please check out Foster Parent Advocacy Foundation Public service announcement by NYC-I-school students.
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http://mnnyouthchannel.blogspot.com/
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http://mnnyouthchannel.blogspot.com/
Welcome
Blue Man Group-Astor Theater 12/2010
Through the Night-11/2010
Daniel Beaty -star actor of show meets youths.
Daniel Beaty -star actor of show meets youths.
Basket ball game at the garden
Pitts Vs Texas
Pitts Vs Texas
Wintuk at MadisonSquare Garden 12/2010
Foster Parent Advocacy Foundation Inc Events for foster Parents and youths.
Apollo Theater-Amaeteur night on Wednesday
Get Involved today and become a Partnership Coodinator or a Volunteer.
Foster Parent Advocacy Foundation Inc
Recieves our first 20,000 grant from New York Community Trust. Come out to our open our 1st foster family resource center on September 23th at 332 West 141 Street ground floor level. Come out and support our foster family resource center.
Recieves our first 20,000 grant from New York Community Trust. Come out to our open our 1st foster family resource center on September 23th at 332 West 141 Street ground floor level. Come out and support our foster family resource center.
Foster Care Recruitment Celebration Event
May 21th at PS 175 from 12pm-6pm
May 21th at PS 175 from 12pm-6pm
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Our toy drive and holiday xmas party was a huge success. We would like to thank the community for your support and donations to support foster children
Foster Parent Advocacy Foundation Inc is intended to help foster parents learn enough about the law to be able to successfully defend themselves and their families against false accusations using legal documents and strategies that put foster parents in a stronger position when they go back to court.
Foster Parent Celette Johnson from J.C.C.A receives an award for supporting the mission of FPA Foundation Inc. We thank you for your generous donations and support as a member.
Foster Parent Advocacy Foundation Inc will be having NAMI six week educational program starting Friday March 30th from 10:00am-12pm on our site. We will be having 6 classes every friday and you must attend all workshops in order to obtain certificate. We have 18 seats available.You must call to register for the 6 week classes. You must be a foster parent, or adoptive parent to attend. Children are not allowed.
NAMI Basics is a free, six-week education program for parents and other caregivers of children and adolescents with behavioral issues, undiagnosed emotional issues, attention deficit disorder (ADHD), or other diagnoses such as major depression, bipolar disorder, conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), childhood schizophrenia and substance abuse disorders. NAMI Basics is taught by trained parents or other primary caregivers who have lived similar experiences with their own children. A recent study has shown that after taking NAMI Basics, parents and caregivers know more about the illnesses and the treatment strategies available to them, and are better able to advocate for their children within the mental health, school and other systems involved in their children’s care.
Please call Ms Matthews to register for the classes 1-646-402-6133. The deadline is March 20th. Thank you for your time.
Friday March 30th 10:00am-12pm
Friday April 6th 10:00am-12pm
Friday April 13th 10:00am-12pm
Friday April 20th 10:00am-12pm
Friday April 27th 10:00am-12pm
Friday May 4th 10:00am-12pm
NAMI Basics is a free, six-week education program for parents and other caregivers of children and adolescents with behavioral issues, undiagnosed emotional issues, attention deficit disorder (ADHD), or other diagnoses such as major depression, bipolar disorder, conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), childhood schizophrenia and substance abuse disorders. NAMI Basics is taught by trained parents or other primary caregivers who have lived similar experiences with their own children. A recent study has shown that after taking NAMI Basics, parents and caregivers know more about the illnesses and the treatment strategies available to them, and are better able to advocate for their children within the mental health, school and other systems involved in their children’s care.
Please call Ms Matthews to register for the classes 1-646-402-6133. The deadline is March 20th. Thank you for your time.
Friday March 30th 10:00am-12pm
Friday April 6th 10:00am-12pm
Friday April 13th 10:00am-12pm
Friday April 20th 10:00am-12pm
Friday April 27th 10:00am-12pm
Friday May 4th 10:00am-12pm
MARCH Events- 3/17 - 3/18th 8th Annual Original GLBT Expo. We welcome and support the gay community in helping children in the foster care system. Come to our booth. Become a foster parent today. Event location: Jacob J. Javitis Convention Center, 38th & 11th Aves, New York, NY