☰ Media Coverage Congratulations To East Brooklyn Resident Olukayode Ojo For Being The Rising Ground Employee Of The Year EastNewYork.com, August 29, 2021 Rising Ground celebrated its 190th anniversary NYN Media, March 12, 2021 7 Ways to Socialize in a Frigid New York City The New York Times, January 1, 2021 NYC Launches Pilot to Expand Use of Parent Advocates in Foster Care NYN Media First Read, October 26, 2020 New York City Pushes Toward Goal of Zero Girls in Detention With New Program The City, August 21, 2020 Weighing Risk and Mission, Some Nonprofits Start to Reopen The Chronicle of Philanthropy, August 4, 2020 Coronavirus News: Yonkers students who lost teacher find relief in virtual horse therapy ABC News 7, May 27, 2020 Coronavirus News: Dozens of dinners distributed in Bronx food drive ABC 7 Eye Witness News, May 16, 2020 Harlem woman helping developmentally disabled adults through coronavirus crisis New York Post, May 16, 2020 Coping With Coronavirus: Unmasking Master Designers of Mask Making River Journal, May 16, 2020 A Federal Thumbs Up for CO-Parenting in Foster Care The Chronicle of Social Change, May 5, 2020 New York Homeless Youth Feel Lonely, Stuck, Isolated Youth Today, April 23, 2020 Special education school in Westchester Square adapts to virtual learning The Bronx Times, April 20, 2020 VIDEO PREMIERE: The Mommyheads Return With Captivating Rotoscope Animated “SpeakerHeart” To Benefit Rising Ground Glide, April 15, 2020 FRC Coat Giveaway 1010 WINS, February 8, 2020 FRC Coat Giveaway Bronx 12 News, February 8, 2020 Co-Parenting Pilot Builds Teamwork Between Parents and Foster Parents The Chronicle of Social Change, February 2, 2020 Rising Ground welcomes Board member David Theobald NYN Media First Read, January 10, 2020 Meet 'Disco Domo' Jones, the No. 1-Ranked 3x3 Player in the U.S. Close Up 360, January 6, 2020 Rising Ground sees first Close to Home student graduate high school NYN Media First Read, December 17, 2019 Meet The Man Who's Fostered More Than 50 Young Men in 12 Years in His New York City Home Inside Edition, November 24, 2019 The 2019 Nonprofit Power 100 City & State New York, November 10, 2019 Therapy Dog Training Program Helps At-Risk Teens Learn Skills and Empathy Dog Time, October 24, 2019 Rising Ground to Expand the Role of Foster Parents in Supporting Both the Child and Family to Speed Up Reconciliation Social Work Helper, October 23, 2019 He Traded Single Life to Be Foster ‘Pop’ to More than 50 Kids NPR StoryCorps, October 18, 2019 How a foster parent changed the lives of 50 teens Good Morning America, October 4, 2019 Milwaukee youth justice group seeks changes to incarceration Minneapolis Star-Tribune, September 28, 2019 At-risk youth stay close to home through dog-training program Queens Daily Eagle, September 27, 2019 New York and Milwaukee vary in approach to juvenile justice AP News, September 17, 2019 A tale of two cities: New York providers credit ‘aftercare’ for helping youths transition home Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, September 16, 2019 A tale of two cities: New York juvenile justice program stresses ‘safety by relationships’ Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, September 11, 2019 A tale of two cities: How NY and Milwaukee approach juvenile justice Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, September 9, 2019 Teens Learn Life Skills Training Therapy Dogs Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, August 30, 2019 This Local Org Uses Canine Therapy to Help Youth Deal with Trauma Brooklyn Reader, August 29, 2019 Incarcerated kids training service dogs at Crown Heights detention facility Brooklyn Paper, August 28, 2019 Teens Learn Life Skills Training Therapy Dogs Youth Today, August 28, 2019 Troubled teens help train therapy dogs in Yonkers News 12 Bronx/Westchester, August 23, 2019 Juvenile Offenders Learn to Train Service Dogs in Yonkers FIOS News 1, August 22, 2019 Goldens Bridge Man Is a Champion for Charity TAP into Katonah/Lewisboro, August 15, 2019 Single Dad Has Fostered More Than 50 Young Men in the Last 12 Years HuffPost, August 6, 2019 Backpack Drive Steve Harvey Morning Radio Show on WBLS-FM, July 31, 2019 Bronx School Launches Coding Program for Special Education Students NY1, July 19, 2019 Generation Code Comes to Biondi Fox5, July 19, 2019 Estudiantes Demuestran Sus Habilidades Para La Robótica NY1 Noticias, July 19, 2019 Biondi Robotics Program News 12 Bronx, July 19, 2019 College Survival Guide NYN Media Buzz, July 19, 2019 Graduation/moving up ceremony for foster care students News 12 Brooklyn, June 28, 2019 Father Up: Teaching Men to Be Better Dads NPR Podcasts/Cityscape, June 12, 2019 Father Up: Teaching Men to Be Better Dads WFUV Cityscape, June 12, 2019 Rising Ground is taking over the Women in Prison Project at the Correction Association of NY NYN Media Buzz, June 10, 2019 The Survivor-Centered Advocacy Project Team Finds a New Organizational Home at Rising Ground’s STEPS to End Family Violence Program Harlem News, June 10, 2019 Love is (almost) all you need Brooklyn Reader, June 7, 2019 Spotlight: Incarcerated Women Helped Draft New York Law to Free Domestic Violence Survivors The Appeal, June 6, 2019 Waterbury resident named Employee of the Year at Rising Ground Republican American, June 4, 2019 Rising Ground and Fair Futures NYN Media, May 17, 2019 The lessons of denim day Chelsea News, April 16, 2019 This New York City charter network is taking its lessons to toddlers Chalkbeat, March 8, 2019 Burlington Coat Drive at the Family Resource Center Good Morning America, January 21, 2019 Rising Ground and MoneyLion team up to help mothers during the holidays News12 Bronx, December 18, 2018 Rising Ground Helps Bronx Families Cope with Holiday Stress WFUV-FM, December 14, 2018 CEO Rebrands Former Orphanage into Children’s Welfare Nonprofit Crain's New York Business, December 5, 2018 When You’re Emotionally Affected by Trauma WebMD, November 29, 2018 Rising Ground Gala Raises Nearly $700,000 for Kids and Families Patch, November 5, 2018 Rising Ground CEO Discusses Big Child Welfare Merger in New York City Foster Care Chronicle of Social Change, October 10, 2018 Two human-services nonprofits join forces Crain's New York Business, August 20, 2018 Today’s Bell Ringer: NYSE CNBC, June 22, 2018 Angela White: What schools can do to prevent bullying Westchester County Business Journal, June 15, 2018 New York Yankees: “Rising Ground is a Champion in its Field” The Bronx Chronicle, June 2, 2018 This is Why Leake and Watts Has Become Rising Ground New York Nonprofit Media, April 24, 2018 Program Keeping Convicted Youths Closer to Home Enjoys Success, Faces Cuts City Limits, March 2, 2018 New York Officials Battle Over the Fate of Innovative Program For Youth Offender Rehabilitation Chronicle of Social Change, February 15, 2018 Food Bank for Westchester Hosts Harvest Festival Patch.com, November 16, 2017 Soundview FRC Turkey & Coat Giveaway NY1, November 11, 2017 Foster, Adoptive Parents Honored for Work with At-Risk Kids News 12 Bronx, October 6, 2017 Beyond Pro Bono NYN Media, August 16, 2017 Operation Backpack Bronx Free Press, August 8, 2017 NYN Media Insights Podcast on Providing Services to Transient Populations NYN Media, July 6, 2017 Leake & Watts Soundview Wellness Carnival The Bronx Chronicle, June 4, 2017 NYN Media Insights Podcast on Diversifying Your Board NYN Media, June 1, 2017 NYC Nonprofit Leake & Watts Names Elise Zealand, JD, to the New Position of General Counsel New York City Patch, May 30, 2017 4 Yonkers Residents Receive Employee Awards from Leake & Watts Eastchester-Bronxville Patch, May 19, 2017 Ossining Residents Win Service Awards from Leake & Watts Ossining Patch, May 19, 2017 At ‘A Taste of ‘Craftbar,’ A Leake and Watts ‘Friendraiser,’ VIP Guests Will Learn the Art of Pickling from the Chefs New York City Patch, April 4, 2017 Cathedral of St. John the Divine Finally Becomes a NYC landmark Curbed New York, February 21, 2017 Best of the Bronx: 9-year-old Donates Library to Needy Families News 12, February 15, 2017 The Biondi School to Induct Judith Johnson − Member of New York State’s Board Of Regents − Into Its Black History Wall of Fame on February 10th Bronxville Patch, February 2, 2017 Ernst & Young Provides Gifts To Leake & Watts Kids The Bronx Times, December 21, 2016 Successful Management Practices from the Excellence Awards Selection Committee New York Nonprofit Media, December 13, 2016 Leake & Watts’ Annual Awards Gala Raises $550,000 The Yonkers Daily Voice, November 14, 2016 Furniture Donation Shines a Spotlight on Critical Social Issue of Supporting Teen Moms Still in Foster Care The Bronx-Eastchester Patch, November 1, 2016 Bronx Teen Moms Receive $10K of New Furniture Bronx 12 News, November 1, 2016 Leake & Watts In Yonkers To Honor Educational Leader At Gala Yonkers Daily Voice, October 24, 2016 Joyce Coppin Mondesire Will Be Honored At Leake & Watts’ 2016 Annual Awards Gala Black Westchester Magazine, October 22, 2016 Nick and Lisa Preddice Co-Chair Leake & Watts' Annual Gala Next Week at The Pierre The Bedford Patch, October 17, 2016 At the Board Table with Jose Jara of Leake & Watts New York Nonprofit Media Insights, September 18, 2016 Here’s Food for Thought: A Back-to-School Barbecue Sends a Message to Help Bronx Children Start the School Year Right Yonkers Tribune, September 16, 2016 Family Preventive Services with Paul Martin of Leake & Watts Westchester on the Level, July 29, 2016 Leake and Watts Helps High School Seniors Realize Their Dreams Yonkers Daily Voice, July 20, 2016 NYN Media Podcast - Jose Jara of Leake & Watts New York Nonprofit News, July 8, 2016 Best of the Bronx: Counselor Phillip Foster News 12 Bronx, April 28, 2016 Leake & Watts Raises Funds With Fashion Show In White Plains White Plains Daily Voice, April 8, 2016 Leake And Watts Opens Adult Day Habilitation Facility In Mount Vernon Mount Vernon Daily Voice, April 4, 2016 Leake & Watts’ Caring Couture Fashion Show Fundraiser At The Westchester Westchester Magazine, April 1, 2016 Leader Shares Message of Hope and Racial Equality News 12 Westchester, February 26, 2016 The Collaborative for Children and Families Announces First Executive Director Benzinga, February 7, 2016 A New Phase in Juvenile Justice Reform New York Nonprofit Media, January 8, 2016 Leake and Watts, Yonkers Police Plant Seeds for the Future Bronxville-Eastchester Patch, May 26, 2015 Mother’s Day Means More to Mom Who Earned Reunion with Kids Staten Island Advance, May 10, 2015 Westchester Residents Turn Out For Yonkers’ Leake & Watts Fundraiser Yonkers Daily Voice, May 5, 2015 Treating dual-diagnosed youths in a healthy setting Westchester County Business Journal, April 15, 2015 Jody Rollins Joins the Board of Directors at Leake & Watts Yonkers Tribune, April 7, 2015 Rita Gross Nelson Honored At Leake & Watts In Yonkers Yonkers Daily Voice, March 2, 2015 Leake and Watts' Tribute to Rita Gross Nelson Teaches Students a Valuable Lesson Bronxville-Eastchester Patch, March 2, 2015 Toddlers Jump Start Their Education with City Funded Program News NY1 website, February 20, 2015 Leake and Watts Gets $250K Community Resiliency Fund Grant New York Non-Profit Press, February 13, 2015 Yonkers-Based Leake & Watts: A Westchester Turnaround Tale. Westchester Magazine, February 1, 2015 What Makes an Organization's Management Practices Excellent? New York Community Trust, January 14, 2015 Remarkable Turnaround at Leake & Watts Leads to Top Prize in the 2014 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards. Yonkers Tribune, December 16, 2014 Nonproft Excellence Awards Go to Leake & Watts, Row New York, and Graham Windham New York Nonprofit Press, November 21, 2014 Leake and Watts Raises $550K at Gala New York Non-Profit Press, November 3, 2014 Giants: With teaching work, Damontre Moore shows he's ready to lead South Jersey Times, May 23, 2014 Elected Officials 'Get Caught Reading' at Leake & Watts New York Non-Profit Press, May 15, 2014 Community gardens grow tons of fresh food for the poor in Westchester, Rockland The Journal News, April 14, 2014 Giants TE Adrien Robinson, DE Damontre Moore give speech at special education school in Yonkers NJ.com, February 11, 2014 Yonkers Mayor & Council Honor Leake & Watts Youth Gardeners New York Non-Profit Press, October 9, 2013 Food Bank of Westchester Honors Community Group Yonkers Daily Voice, June 17, 2013 Biondi's Ron Garcia is Yonker's Athlete of the Month Yonkers Daily Voice, March 3, 2013 News Media Kit Sign Up for Our Newsletter TAKE ACTION Donate Volunteer Become a Foster Parent Contact Us Corporate Compliance Safe Standards E-MAIL NEWSLETTER To receive regular updates about our life-affirming work, click here 151 Lawrence Street, Brooklyn, 5th Floor, NY 11201 212-437-3500 Privacy Policy | Accessibility | Your Rights © 2021 All Rights reserved