Cayuga Centers' Journey of Service to children, families and individuals since 1852.

1. A journey of service to
vulnerable children, individuals,
and families since 1852

2. Begun in 1852 by a group of civic-minded
Auburn, NY women
We served orphans and children whose
families were unable to care for them.

3. Cayuga Asylum for Destitute Children
Began to be called Cayuga Home for Children in 1913;
name officially changed in 1938.

4. Extreme age of Owasco Street facility prompts
1953 move to 101 Hamilton Avenue.

5. A change in space and
a change in philosophy
• In 1954 the Board of
Trustees refocused the
mission on serving
youth in the Family
Court system.
• We adopted the
then-new “cottage”
model of care.

6. 1956 success of May Cottage leads to the
opening of Emerson and Cowen Cottages on the
Hamilton Avenue campus in the 1960’s.
Franklin Street home
purchased in 1990
May Cottage Cowen Cottage Emerson Cottage
Franklin Cottage

7. Family Resiliency – the beginning of
Community-Based Interventions
• Intensive Family
Preservation in 1991
leads to additional
home- or school-based
Family Resiliency
programs

8. 2000 – 2005
Expansion of
Community-Based Interventions
• Evidence-based programs added:
– FFT – Functional Family Therapy
• Short-term family therapy in the family’s home focusing
on family interactions.
– MST – Multisystemic Therapy
• Short-term goal-oriented therapy in the family’s
home that includes caregivers and other key figures
in the youth’s life.

9. 2004 – 2005
Addition of Foster Care
• MTFC – Multi-Dimensional Treatment Foster
Care in CNY and later NYC
– Now called TFFC – Treatment Family Foster Care
Foster Parents Gather
for Support Group

10. SPwDD - Services for People with
Developmental Disabilities
– Day Habilitation
– Respite Programs
• In Between – after school
• After 5 – weeknight evenings
• Weekend Respite
– Medicaid Service Coordination
– Early Intervention

11. No longer a home only serving children,
we change our name in 2011.
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12. 2013
Trauma Systems
Therapy is used
across agency
departments
to more effectively help
those we serve heal
from trauma.

13. 2014
We receive a
$15 million federal
grant to provide 300
foster care beds to
serve unaccompanied
children in NYC.

14. 2015
We take a successful program –
Treatment Family Foster Care (TFFC) –
out of state to Florida.

15. What’s Next for Cayuga Centers?
We’ve held Strategic Listening Forums
with staff members and other stakeholders,
in preparation for developing a
Strategic Thinking Projection that will consider:
• Unmet needs in the environment
• Needs we have as a growing organization
• Future growth

16. Our Journey of Service Continues
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