2010: Second Chances - Children's Aid and Family Services

Employees of BD read to children at the Turrell Center.
■ The Baby Basics program provided
free diapers, nutritional
formula and baby wipes for 179
babies of low-income families,
a record number. In 2010, the
program distributed 295,680
diapers and 38,880 ounces of
formula. Baby Basics also assisted
an additional 175 families facing
financial difficulties, with donations
of clothing, toys, books,
strollers, cribs, high chairs, infant
carriers and toiletries.
■ The agency launched the new
Medical Services and Advocacy
Center to serve our children in
foster care. The majority of them
have pre-existing medical
conditions, as well as histories of
trauma, abuse and neglect. The
launch of the Center will increase
the agency’s ability to coordinate
and support the complex medical
needs of medically fragile infants,
older children and teenagers.
■ The agency was awarded a federal grant to launch WISE
(Wrap-Around Intensive Services for Families) in partnership
with Wynona’s House Child Advocacy Center in Newark and
Children’s Hospital at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center’s
Metro Regional Child Abuse Diagnostics and Treatment
Center. Only three such grants were awarded nationwide.
■ The agency provided extensive medical training and
education to foster parents in the Medically Needy Infants
and Toddlers Foster Care program. This year, these foster
parents nurtured 68 infants and toddlers.
Students from the Village School present a donation to the Baby Basics program.
Children’s Aid and Family Services and the PGA TOUR Wives Association hosted “A Green Carpet Affair.” Guests
included (l. - r.): Nick Watney, John Rollins, Patricia Montegari, Sarah Ricca and Justin Rose.
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