New Alternatives for Children

New Alternatives for Children is a New York City-based nonprofit child welfare and healthcare organization focused on supporting birth, foster, adoptive, and kinship families caring for children with complex medical, developmental, behavioral, and mental health needs. Founded in 1982, the organization provides integrated wraparound services that include medical care coordination, mental health services, family support, permanency and adoption services, and related social services. Its core model is designed to help medically fragile and special-needs children live safely in family settings rather than remain hospitalized or enter long-term foster care. The organization operates across New York City and is primarily service-oriented rather than a drug-development or biotech enterprise.