In the Press
(October 22, 2012, NYU College of Dentistry)
The New York University College of Dentistry (NYUCD) and Graham Windham, a local NYC-based foster care agency, have partnered to provide regular dental care to more than 650 children since spring of 2011. The success of the program, Partners Against Caries (PAC), both for the participating foster children and the dental school students, may serve as a model for other dental schools’ outreach programs. PAC’s successes were outlined in an oral as well as a poster session at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans, October 20-23, 2012. [...]
Watson Named VP of Family Permanency Planning Services at Graham Windham
(August 22, 2012, New York Nonprofit Press)
Kym Watson has been named Vice President for Family Permanency Planning Services at Graham Windham. Her appointment is effective on September 17th. Watson has served as Associate Vice President for the division for the past two years. During this time, she led the re-creation of the Youth Development, Foster Parent Recruitment, Development and Support, and Family Team Conferencing practices. [...]
Stoehr Appointed Sr. Vice President at Graham Windham
(August 22, 2012, New York Nonprofit Press)
Katie Stoehr has been appointed Senior Vice President for Performance, Strategy and Advocacy at Graham Windham. In this position, Stoehr will lead the agency’s program development, performance analysis, research and evaluation, policy development, and cross-divisional excellence initiatives, including the design of staff support and development work. [...]
Four Agencies Receive $200,000 from The New York Community Trust for Solution-Based Casework
(August 22, 2012, New York Nonprofit Press)
Four of New York City’s largest and longest-serving child welfare agencies – Good Shepherd Services, Graham Windham, The New York Foundling, and SCO Family of Services – will share a $200,000 grant to implement Solution-Based Casework, a proven model for reducing rates of child abuse and neglect. [...]
Ms. Fox: Her Work Changed My Life
(Summer 2012, Represent Magazine)
Marlo, one of our young men at The Graham School, writes about how he turned his life around, graduated from high school, and headed to college with help from our Guidance Counselor, Ms. Bridget Fox. The piece was written for Represent magazine, a publication created for youth, and by youth, in foster care.
Sometimes a Miracle Happens Inside Black Adoption
(July 27, 2012, Examiner)
“We were meant to be,” Lisa Llewellyn-Thompson said about adopting their 6-year-old African-American son Keyveon, whom they call Key. The stress and frustrations that she and her husband Kent endured through the yearlong adoption process disappeared the moment he came home. [...]
Graham Windham Raises $1.3 million at Dinner
(May 10, 2012, New York Nonprofit Press)
Last Wednesday, Graham Windham, the nation’s longest serving non-sectarian child welfare agency, held its annual Leadership Council Celebration Dinner at The Museum of Modern Art. With more than 400 guests in attendance [...]
Graham Windham Dinner in Evening Hours, photographed by Bill Cunningham
(April 29, 2012, New York Times)
Two Graham Windham staff members honored in 2012 Child Welfare Best Practices Awards
(April 4, 2012, New York Nonprofit Press)
The Council of Family and Child Caring Agencies (COFCCA) has announced the winners of the prestigious 2012 Child Welfare Best Practices Awards. Checks of $1000 were presented to 10 individuals providing direct service. [...]
(December 25th, 2011 and January 15th, 2012, New York Times)
(April 19, 2011, New York Nonprofit Press)
Graham Windham Services to Families and Children raised more than $1.13 million at its Annual Leadership Council Celebration Dinner on April 7th. The event, which was held at The American Museum of Natural History’s Rose Center for Earth and Space, was co-chaired by Board Chair, Georgia Wall, and Board Members Jennifer Mackesy, Heather McVeigh and Melissa Thomson. [...]
(December 26th, 2010 and January 2nd, 2011, New York Times)
Poul Jensen, President and CEO, named a “HERO AMONG US” by New York Family magazine
(December 2010, New York Family Magazine)
Poul Jensen’s first experience with the heartache often wrought by the foster care system came at the age of 10, when he had to say goodbye to his two young foster brothers. “I had no memory of life before them—when they left I lost my only brothers and was left with my sisters,” Jensen says with mock disdain, then resumes a more serious tone. “I was traumatized by that, so foster care was always in my head.” [...]
The Hunts Point Beacon’s community soccer league highlighted in the “Diario del Mexico” newspaper
(September 23rd, 2010, Diario del Mexico)
Many countrywomen in New York City practice football during their spare time. In addition to work and being a mother, they make an effort to participate in sporting activities as way of “therapy” in order to fight stress. Guadalupe Morales is a mother of a one year old child. The Mexican native is part of a football team in the Bronx. Her husband, Omar Mendez, shares with her the love of soccer and while she scores goals, Omar changes pampers. [...]
(Summer 2010, ACS “What’s Working” Bulletin)
Youth Financial Empowerment (YFE) is a unique program piloted by ACS which combines financial literacy, asset building, and the opportunity to save money in an Individual Development Account (IDA) with 2:1 matched savings. It is the program’s asset building aspect that makes it so unique. [...]
The Graham School’s Collaboration with the East Coast Assistance Dogs (ECAD) featured
(Summer 2010, ECAD Newsletter)
“Hey Pumpkin, doesn’t brushing feel good?” Service Dog candidate Pumpkin gets groomed by a student trainer. At the same time, the student benefits because the brushing motion is effective occupational therapy for his weak left hand. “Tug, Caramel, tug! That’s it, yes!” Service Dog candidate Caramel and his student trainer are both learning new skills at the Graham School on the campus of Graham Windham, a residential facility for children in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY. [...]
Older Highlights
Graham Windham selected as New York Nonprofit Press Agency of the Month, January 2008
Poul Jensen chosen Child Advocate of the Year, 2007, by Phi Delta Kappa, the Professional Association in Education, at Teachers’ College at Columbia University
