The Children's Village

What The Children's Village does

The Children's Village is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit child welfare organization founded in 1851 (originally as the New York Juvenile Asylum) and headquartered in Dobbs Ferry, New York. It operates a comprehensive service platform spanning residential treatment, foster care and adoption, juvenile justice diversion, runaway and homeless youth shelters, family reunification therapy, affordable housing development, and education/employment programs. The organization serves more than 21,000 youth and families annually across the New York metropolitan area through seven or more physical sites including a 12-cottage residential campus in Dobbs Ferry, offices in the Bronx, Harlem, Yonkers, and Newburgh, and community centers such as Drew Hamilton in Harlem.

Its core programs are built on evidence-based therapeutic models—most notably Multisystemic Therapy (MST), Functional Family Therapy (FFT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)—plus proprietary frameworks including the WAY aftercare model (developed 1984, now replicated nationally) and the "Credible Messengers" mentoring methodology. The technology footprint is human-delivered rather than software-delivered: trained therapists, licensed clinicians, and mentors with lived experience in foster care or justice involvement. Recent capital investments include The Eliza, a 174-unit affordable housing development in Manhattan's Inwood neighborhood that opened in June 2024 and embeds a library branch, Universal Pre-K, and ACTS Center with STEM lab.

Revenue is generated through four primary streams: government contracts (NYC ACS, NY State OCFS, NYC Department of Probation, NYC DYCD, and Westchester DSS), Medicaid waiver reimbursements via the Bridges to Health program, foundation and corporate grants (including Booth Ferris Foundation), and individual donations. Pricing for services is essentially nil at the point of consumption for most programs; the organization's customers in the procurement sense are government agencies and institutional funders, while beneficiaries receive services through referral. A 2016 merger with Inwood House added programs for pregnant and parenting teens as a retained division.

Name

The Children's Village

Legal name

Children's Village, Inc.

Website

https://childrensvillage.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1851

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

The Children's Village is a 175-year-old 501(c)(3) nonprofit headquartered in Dobbs Ferry, NY that serves more than 21,000 youth and families annually across the New York metropolitan area. It delivers residential treatment, foster care, juvenile justice diversion, homeless youth shelters, family therapy (MST/FFT/DBT), and affordable housing through government contracts, Medicaid waivers, grants, and donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Child Welfare Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Temporary Shelters (624221)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Child Welfare, Foster Care & Adoption Services (BPAGAEAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Affordable Housing & Community Development (Housing, Community Land Trusts) (BPAGALAC), Family & Parenting Support Services (BPAGAEAC)

Keywords

• Child welfare services
• Foster care programs
• Family reunification
• Residential treatment
• Youth homelessness prevention

Headquarters

HQ city

Dobbs Ferry

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Contracts: Primary revenue from contracts with government agencies including NYC Administration for Children's Services (ACS), local Departments of Social Services, NYC Department of Probation, NYC Department of Youth and Community Development, NYC Schools, and New York State Office of Children and Family Services for residential treatment, foster care, and community programs.
2. Foundation and Corporate Grants: Funding from foundations including Booth Ferris Foundation and New York Merger, Acquisition, and Collaboration Fund. Corporate sponsorships and event revenue from Circle of Friends Dinner, Masquerade Gala, and Golf Classic events.
3. Individual Donations: Charitable contributions from individuals supporting programs, housing initiatives like The Eliza, and general operations. The organization is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
4. Medicaid Waiver Services: Bridges to Health (B2H) program provides Medicaid-funded services for children in foster care with serious emotional disturbances, developmental disabilities, or medically fragile conditions. Capped at $51,600 per child.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels14 records

Core offering

The Children's Village is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit social services organization that delivers a comprehensive continuum of child welfare, foster care, residential treatment, juvenile justice, family reunification, and affordable housing services to youth and families across the New York metropolitan area. It operates evidence-based therapeutic programs (MST, FFT, DBT), community-based supports, shelters, transitional housing, and affordable housing developments, serving more than 21,000 youth and families annually.

Product overview

The Children's Village is a nonprofit social services organization that has operated since 1851, providing a comprehensive portfolio of programs and services to support children, teens, and families in the New York metropolitan area. The organization operates as a unified service platform rather than a modular product architecture, offering residential programs, community-based services, housing developments, educational initiatives, and mentoring programs. Key programs include Teen Trafficking and Homelessness Prevention (encompassing Maya's Place, Sanctuary, Safe Harbour, Victory House), Community and School-Based Supports (including Teen Choice, Drew Hamilton Community Center), Mitigating Juvenile and Criminal Justice Impacts (Transformative Mentoring Initiatives/TMI, The Second Chance Program, Arches), Family Reunification and Foster Care services (Multisystemic Therapy/MST, Bridges to Health/B2H, STEP), Inwood House (acquired brand from 2016 merger specializing in pregnant/parenting teens), affordable housing (The Eliza, Life's Bridges, Victory House), employment programs (Youth Employment Program/YEP, WAY Works, Cisco Networking Academy), and the Harlem Clemente Course for adult education. The organization serves more than 21,000 youth and families annually, with campuses in Dobbs Ferry, Bronx, Harlem, Yonkers, and Newburgh.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Teen Trafficking and Homelessness Prevention Short-term shelter and support services for victims of human trafficking, homeless or runaway teens, and pregnant or parenting teens. Includes Maya's Place in the Bronx, Sanctuary in Westchester, Safe Harbour, Empower House, Victory House, and the Bay House housing development.
• Community and School-Based Supports Array of programs embedded in communities and schools to help children stay in school and graduate. Includes Teen Choice pregnancy prevention program, Drew Hamilton Community Center, ACTS @ The Eliza, and Sanctuary runaway shelter.
• Mitigating Juvenile and Criminal Justice Impacts Transformative Mentoring Initiatives (TMI) and alternative-to-detention services supporting justice-impacted youth. Includes The Second Chance Program, Arches, ICM Plus, and evidence-based interventions like MST, FFT, and BraveLife Intervention.
• Family Reunification, Foster Families, Adoptive Families, and Treatment Family support services including Multisystemic Therapy (MST), Bridges to Health (B2H), STEP, and foster/adoptive family placement. Focuses on keeping children safe and families together.
• New Americans, Immigration, and Family Reunification Services for undocumented children including short-term shelters funded by the Office of Refugee Resettlement, providing care for children who have come to the U.S. without guardians.
• Foster Homes Foster care placement with nearly 400 loving, supportive foster parents. Works toward family reunification and provides adoption services for children who cannot return to birth families. Includes the Families for Teens program.
• Drew Hamilton Community Center Community center in Central Harlem offering after-school programs for kids and teens, family and intergenerational programs, summer camp in Westchester, and the Harlem Clemente Course for adult humanities education.
• Teen Choice School-based pregnancy prevention program serving more than 32 schools and 2,000 students. Includes classroom-based health education, small group discussions, individual counseling, and a Peer Leaders initiative for developing future leaders.
• Youth Employment Program (YEP) Drop-in center in Yonkers helping youth ages 14-20 with career and occupational assessment, mentoring, educational counseling, paid training, paid internships, financial literacy, and summer employment. Located at the Education and Employment Center.
• Street Outreach / StreetWise Program Mobile outreach program using a graffiti-painted van to reach alienated youth on the streets of Westchester County's urban centers. Provides counseling, HIV testing, meals, and referrals to services.
• Maya's Place Safe haven shelter in the Bronx for young women aged 16-20 who have run away or are homeless, including those who are pregnant or parenting. Accommodates up to 24 girls with voluntary stays up to 30 days.
• Sanctuary Westchester County's only runaway and homeless shelter for teens, providing 24/7 crisis hotline, emergency shelter, street outreach, and family mediation services.
• Victory House Center-based transitional housing program in the Bronx for young women who are pregnant, parenting, runaway, or homeless. Youth can stay up to 18 months while attending school, working, and saving for their own apartments.
• Life's Bridges Transitional housing program in Westchester County providing shared apartments for young men and women. Youth can stay for up to 18 months while attending school, working, and saving for independent living.
• The Eliza Proof-of-concept affordable housing development in Manhattan's Inwood neighborhood. A 174-unit deeply affordable apartment building with NY Public Library branch, Universal Pre-K, STEM Center, teaching kitchen, and ACTS Center. Includes designated apartments for youth aging out of foster care.
• Inwood House at The Children's Village Division specializing in pregnant and parenting teens and pregnancy prevention. Merged with The Children's Village in 2016. Operates community homes, Maya's Place, Victory House, Teen Choice, and Continuum of Care program.
• Transformative Mentoring Initiatives (TMI) Mentoring programs using credible messengers (young adults who have been in foster care, overcome substance abuse, or been incarcerated). Includes Arches, S.O.S., Next S.T.E.P.S., T.E.A.M., ICM Plus, and Bravehearts programs.
• The WAY Home Long-term aftercare program for foster care youth providing two years of support (up to five years for those without family resources). Based on the WAY model developed in 1984, offering counseling, school placement, work experience, and life skills training.
• The Second Chance Program Free alternative-to-detention service for NYC youth ages 13-20 with legal troubles or court-mandated requirements. Provides short-term individualized counseling focusing on developmental and social-emotional skills.
• STEP (Systemic Therapy Empowerment Program) Family reunification program supporting youth being discharged from residential treatment or therapeutic foster care. Uses Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Parenting Journey Curriculum to help families transition successfully.
• Bridges to Health (B2H) New York State Medicaid waiver program for children in foster care or DJJOY with serious emotional disturbances, developmental disabilities, or medically fragile conditions. Provides home and community-based services reducing need for hospitalizations.
• Multisystemic Therapy (MST) Internationally-recognized intensive family therapy program keeping youth arrest-free and with their families. CV is the largest MST provider in New York State and a Network Partner since 2006, training and supervising replication projects.
• Harlem Clemente Course for the Humanities Full-year college-level humanities program for adults in economic distress. Offers courses in Moral Philosophy, Literature, U.S. History, Art History, and Critical Thinking. Accredited by Bard College with six transferable credits.
• WAY Works Program On-campus work skills program helping teens build real-world work skills, strong work ethic, and career aspirations. Offers workshops and paid work experiences including The Barber Shop, The Village Greenhouse, and other vocational training.
• Cisco Networking Academy Program Technology education program providing youth with access to industry-recognized certifications including Cisco Introduction to Cybersecurity. Approved Cisco Systems Networking Academy offering pathways to certifications, internships, and technology careers.

Quantifiable outcome

• MST reduces re-arrest by up to 70% and incarceration/psychiatric hospitalization by 50-80%
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Inwood HousecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 31 December 2016Merger completed December 31, 2016. Inwood House, a 186-year-old NYC charity specializing in pregnant/parenting teens and pregnancy prevention, merged with CV. Programs operate as 'Inwood House at The Children's Village' division. Supported by Booth Ferris Foundation and NY Merger, Acquisition, and Collaboration Fund.
• MST Services (Multisystemic Therapy)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2006CV has been a Network Partner for MST since 2006, enabling training and supervision of replication projects. Currently supports MST teams run by agencies in New York, New Jersey, Michigan, and the Netherlands. MST model developed by Scott Henggeler and Medical University of South Carolina.
• University of WashingtonminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1984CV partnered with University of Washington to serve as replication site for MST-FIT (Family Integrated Transitions), a residential aftercare model for youth returning from placement.
• Bard CollegeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHarlem Clemente Course is accredited by Bard College, which grants six college credits to students who complete the year-long humanities program. Credits are readily transferable to other institutions.
• Morgan StanleyminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCorporate volunteers conduct service days at CV campus, helping maintain, beautify, and refurbish sites. Most recently conducted spring cleaning and woodchip distribution at greenhouse.
• WesthabminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization that opened BAY House (Bruce Avenue Youth House) in Yonkers in July 2017 - a $3.2 million housing development providing shared apartments for 16 young adults as part of Life's Bridges program.
• Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (HHAP)coreOthersState agency providing funding for housing developments including BAY House ($3.2 million) for homeless youth in Westchester County.
• NYC Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD)coreOthersGovernment partner operating Drew Hamilton Community Center in conjunction with NYC Housing Authority (NYCHA). Provides funding and oversight for community programs.
• NYC Department of ProbationcoreOthersFunded partner for Arches Transformative Mentoring program and other juvenile justice diversion initiatives. Part of Mayor's Young Men's Initiative to reduce recidivism and violence.
• NYC Administration for Children's Services (ACS)coreOthersPrimary government referral source for children and families in NYC. Referrals for residential treatment, foster care, and community-based services.
• Westchester/Putnam Workforce Investment BoardminorOthersOversees Workforce Development Academy for Youth (YEP), providing funding and governance for employment programs at Education and Employment Center.
• Cisco Networking AcademyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerApproved Cisco Systems Networking Academy providing youth access to industry-recognized technology education and certifications including cybersecurity training.
• Office of Refugee ResettlementcoreOthersFederal agency funding short-term shelters for unaccompanied children who arrived in the US without guardians.
• Color Blend and Rosedale NurseryminorOthersLocal suppliers donating horticultural materials including bulbs and plants for greenhouse programs at Dobbs Ferry campus.
• Colleges and Universities (Multiple)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternship partnerships with Columbia University, Fordham University, Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, Silver School of Social Work at NYU, Lehman College, and Mercy College for BSW and MSW field placements.

Scale indicators18 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Children's Aid Society: Founding-era NYC child welfare nonprofit operating foster care, community centers, after-school, and youth development programs across all five boroughs. Directly comparable to The Children's Village in scope, mission, and New York City government contract profile.
• Boys Town: Father Flanagan-founded national nonprofit providing residential treatment, in-home family services, and community programs for at-risk youth - directly comparable residential and family-preservation modalities to The Children's Village's cottages and MST offerings.
• Hillside Family of Agencies: Upstate New York child welfare nonprofit providing residential treatment, community-based preventive services, and youth justice programs. Overlaps with CV on residential treatment, MST-style family preservation, and juvenile justice diversion work.
• Sheltering Arms: NYC family services nonprofit operating early childhood centers, after-school programs, and family support services. Comparable community-center footprint (Harlem/Westchester) and family-strengthening programs to CV's Drew Hamilton and family reunification work.
• The New York Foundling: Long-standing NYC child welfare nonprofit providing foster care, adoption, family support, and services for children with developmental disabilities - operating under similar NYC ACS, NY State OCFS, and Medicaid contract structures as The Children's Village.
• Jewish Child Care Association (JCCA): New York-area child welfare nonprofit operating residential treatment centers, special education schools, and family services. Directly comparable in residential treatment and foster/adoption programs serving NY metro government-referred youth.
• Covenant House: National nonprofit operating shelters, residential programs, and trafficking-prevention services for homeless and at-risk youth. Directly overlaps with CV's Maya's Place, Sanctuary, and human-trafficking prevention programs.

Broad incumbents

• Children's Home Society of California: Large California-based child welfare nonprofit providing foster care, adoption, and family preservation services across multiple counties. Operates at broader scale and geography than The Children's Village, with comparable evidence-based program offerings.
• Volunteers of America: Major national nonprofit operating across housing, child welfare, behavioral health, and veterans services. Overlaps with The Children's Village on youth homelessness and child welfare programming but at vastly larger, multi-vertical scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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