Columbia University is an American private Ivy League research university located in New York City, New York. It is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York and the fifth oldest in the United States.
Through a grant awarded under Advancing Partners & Communities (APC), The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York build more responsive systems to help strengthen families and to reduce the number of children living outside of family care. Additionally, the organization helps countries to establish a baseline of the number of children living outside of family care.