Out-of-Home Care Programs
Good Shepherd Services’ work in New York City began in 1857 with caring for young people who could not live at home, and we continue this work today. In both foster boarding home and group residential settings, we provide a supportive environment, surrounding each young person with positive relationships and comprehensive services to address their physical, emotional and educational needs. We seek to bring families back together whenever possible, and when family is not an option, we locate adoptive homes or other caring living arrangements for these young people. All of our out-of-home care programs offer a continuum of different levels of care to ensure that each individual young person receives the resources, supports and opportunities he or she needs to:
- be emotionally and physically safe from abuse, neglect and maltreatment;
- build social, emotional, academic, vocational and independent living skills;
- achieve self-sufficiency as developmentally appropriate;
- build strong connections to caregivers and community resources that support their developmental needs.
A Safety Net of Quality Care
Family Foster Care Program
Each year, our family foster care program provides safe, temporary care in the homes of trained kinship or resource (foster) parents to more than 600 children who have been removed from their homes because of possible abuse or neglect. more
Residential Services
Throughout our history, we have been widely recognized for the superior quality and innovation of our work with adolescents in a residential setting. more
Supportive Housing
Our Chelsea Foyer at the Christopher provides a springboard to independent living for young adults aging out of the foster care system and other youth who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness. more
Forging Permanent Connections
No young person leaves our care without a meaningful, permanent connection with a caring adult in the community. more
Promoting Self-Sufficiency
Preparing young people in our out-of-home care programs for productive, independent adulthood is our ultimate mission. more
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