National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: Rising Ground offers Paths to Healing for survivors
BronxNet TV, October 29, 2024
2024 US Open partnership with Rising Ground a major success for seasonal employees
usopen.org, October 4, 2024
Rising Ground CEO, Alan Mucatel, speaks to BronxNet TV's OPEN about our life-affirming work
BronxNet TV, September 17, 2024
NYC nonprofit providing homeless and displaced youths with key resources in Jamaica, Far Rockaway
Queens Courier, November 10, 2023
Bronx families get set for success at Rising Ground's backpack & school supplies giveaway
News 12 - Bronx, September 16, 2023
"A greater society begins by properly caring for the overlooked," by Ryan Garofalo
City & State New York, July 31, 2023
Alan Mucatel, CEO, & Travis Rodgers, SVP for Diversity, Fairness, & Belonging discuss DFB initiatives & helping young people
BronxNet TV, July 6, 2023
OPEN Impact Represents Rising Ground in 30K SF Headquarters Lease
Real Estate Weekly, May 30, 2023
Rising Ground connects "bonus parents" to children in need of a loving home
News 12 Brooklyn, May 26, 2023
"What I’ve learned after 35 years as a child welfare administrator: Keep NY families intact" by Carlton Mitchell
The Journal News/LoHud, May 18, 2023
A common sense approach to social services
Progress Through Purpose, December 22, 2022
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
Bronx Teen Moms Receive $10K of New Furniture
Bronx 12 News, November 1, 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
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