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Abbott House’s Foster Care Program ranked #1 among all Foster Care
Agencies in New York City on the FY2025 Foster Care Scorecard, an annual
assessment of foster care program performance.
This achievement is a direct result of the extraordinary commitment of our foster care
program staff, who embody the mission of Abbott House in their work every single day.
Specifically, Abbott House led NYC in several critical areas of child welfare practice:
Combined Permanency:
Our children are achieving permanency at exceptional rates.
Frequency of Caseworker Contacts:
When our children go home, they stay home—powerfully demonstrating the stability and
strength of the support we provide.
Re-entry:
We are meeting and exceeding expectations for meaningful engagement with children,
parents, and caretakers—an essential driver of positive outcomes.
Service Planning:
Our individualized, timely plans of care ensure every child and family receives the thoughtful
guidance they deserve.
Family Team Conferences (FTCs):
Our approach brings families and resources together in ways that foster collaboration and
lead to stronger outcomes.
Wendy’s Wonderful Kids
In partnership with the Dave Thomas
Foundation for Adoption, Abbott House
operates the Wendy’s Wonderful Kids
program within the Enhanced Family
Foster Care program, rooted in the
guiding principle that “unadoptable is
unacceptable.”
Through this initiative, a dedicated Abbott House Wendy’s Wonderful Kids recruiter
provides individualized and intensive recruitment services to youth in foster care who
need permanent families. The recruiter works collaboratively with each young person,
honoring them as the expert in their own permanency story, to guide decision-making
and identify lifelong connections. This youth-centered, relationship-based approach
supports the achievement of permanency and helps ensure that each young person
has the opportunity to secure a forever family.
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