Forestdale is a NYC child welfare agency working to prevent child abuse/neglect through parenting, prevention, and foster care services, focusing on low-income and immigrant communities in NYC. Forestdale operates out of three offices to better serve the families of Brooklyn and Queens. We help thousands of families work through complex trauma, parents raise the next amazing generation of children, and youth successfully launch into adulthood. Forestdale’s mission is “to ensure that children and families have the fundamental assets they need to thrive and live independently.”

We work in under-resourced communities in Queens and Brooklyn, with parenting programs for fathers and mothers who are working to raise the next generation of great children, prevention programs that help families navigate tough times, academic and career services for teens, foster care when children need temporary homes while their parents are unable to care for them safely, and health services to make sure children have access to high-quality healthcare. 

As the COVID-19 pandemic devastated communities in Queens and Brooklyn, Forestdale became a vehicle for community members to help each other through the distribution of more than $600,000 in direct cash assistance, health care, educational technology, and food assistance to make sure hundreds of families who have lost employment could feed their children.

Forestdale Inc. is an equal opportunity employer that is proudly committed to becoming an anti-racist and multicultural organization that stands up for justice and equity. We welcome prospective employees from diverse backgrounds, for administrative support and direct service and leadership roles, who will join us on that journey, uphold our values and approach, and believe in our mission. Additionally, we aim to have a racially representative leadership and workforce that is reflective of the communities we work in partnership with.

Forestdale Inc. is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our staff, participants, volunteers, subcontractors, and vendors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of our activities or operations. These activities include, but are not limited to, hiring and termination of staff, selection of volunteers and vendors, and provision of services.

Office Locations:

Forest Hills 67-35 112th Street Forest Hills, NY 11375

Jamaica 86-57 Midland Parkway Jamaica Estates, NY 11432

Brooklyn 384 Bridge Street Downtown Brooklyn, NY 11201