Are you a parent or caregiver?Are you feeling stressed and overwhelmed?

We can helpThe Maria LucadamoCrisis Nursery

The Maria Lucadamo Crisis Nursery

By providing the following services, our caring staff can ensure the crisis that brings a family to the Nursery is averted and the child(ren) can return to a safe and loving home.

• A safe place for children during a crisis

• Individual attention in a secure, nurturing environment

• Child care by trained professional staff

• Casework counseling for parents

• Linkages to community based support services

• Routine medical care for children while in the Nursery when necessary

• Follow-up/After Care

• 24-hour HelpLine

The Maria LucadamoCrisis Nursery

590 Avenue of the Americas

(at 17th Street)

New York, NY 10011

Parent HelpLine

(212) 886-4000 or

(212) 472-8555 or

888-HELP-553 (Voice/TDD)

se Habla Español

www. nyfoundling.org/crisis-nursery

Funded primarily by ACS

“The best part of my job is knowing we’re keeping children safe while helping their parents get services that will keep their family together.”

– Felicia Huguley, Child Care Worker.

Our Goals

• Provide prompt relief for parents/

caregivers and a safe place for children

whose parents are in crisis.

• Identify the parents’ concerns so that

appropriate intervention can be planned

and implemented.

• Guide parents in how to idenfity family

and community resources that are

a good match in assisting them in

achieving desired goals.

• Identify any medical and developmental

issues during the child’s stay in the Crisis

Nursery.

• Help parents recognize when they are

in crisis and in danger of harming their

children, so they can act accordingly in

reaching out for help.

• Develop a cooperative child-oriented

team effort with staff that is empathetic,

caring, and non-judgmental.

The Maria Lucadamo Crisis Nursery

The Maria Lucadamo Crisis Nursery and

Family Center, located at The New York

Foundling’s Manhattan headquarters,

serves as an “island of safety” for children

who are at risk of abuse or neglect. The

Nursery is a free and voluntary respite

and preventive program that provides a

temporary safe place for children, ages

0-10, whose parents are in crisis and

cannot properly care for them.

“Sometimes just knowing there’s somebody to call when you’re overwhelmed. That helps a lot.”

– Dayann, who brought her two children

to the Nursery when her husband was

ill and couldn’t care for them during

the birth of their third child.