We are thankful for Tamara.
We are thankful for Tamara. As we approach the holiday season, we want to remember all the amazing work JCCA staff do to repair the world, child by child. Until Thanksgiving, we’ll be taking some time each day to highlight a member of our inspiring team. As the days...
We are thankful for Tracy.
We are thankful for Tracy. As we approach the holiday season, we want to remember all the amazing work JCCA staff do to repair the world, child by child. Until Thanksgiving, we’ll be taking some time each day to highlight a member of our inspiring team. As the days...
We are thankful for Sojourner.
We are thankful for Sojourner. As we approach the holiday season, we want to remember all the amazing work JCCA staff do to repair the world, child by child. Until Thanksgiving, we’ll be taking some time each day to highlight a member of our inspiring team. As the...
We are thankful for Kinia.
We are thankful for Kinia. As we approach the holiday season, we want to remember all the amazing work JCCA staff do to repair the world, child by child. Until Thanksgiving, we’ll be taking some time each day to highlight a member of our inspiring team. As the days...
Giving Hope
Hope Wolfe and her two children, Devon and Garrett, and her husband, Gavin, have been volunteering at JCCA’s Pleasantville Cottage Campus for more than six years. The Wolfe family increased its involvement when Devon and her brother became junior tutors while in...
The Betheas
In JCCA’s Treatment Family Foster Care program, children and adolescents with severe behavioral and emotional problems are placed in homes with specially trained foster parents. Our multi-disciplinary team works intensively with both the children and families to help...
START Residents Collect Goods for Neighbors in Need
Recently, a number of the children from JCCA’s START program (which provides intensive short term treatment for boys and girls on JCCA’s Pleasantville campus) collected 63½ pounds of baby formula, diapers and baby food, which they delivered to The Community Center of...
Olivia’s Story
Two years ago, Joanne Blum received a call from her sister (whom she hadn’t seen for years) telling her that Olivia, her newborn great-niece, had been placed in foster care. Olivia was born with positive toxicology for cocaine and opiates and had been taken from her...
NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray visits JCCA’s Family Resource Center
Parenting a child with mental health challenges or special needs is never easy, but it helps when you can connect with the right resources and talk to others going through similar challenges. That’s what brought six dads from JCCA’s Family Resource Center together...
Cy Orfield and Dwight Thomas Receive LGBTQ Awards
On September 15, two JCCA staff were among the awardees at the NYC Administration for Children’s Services LGBTQ and Ally Awards Ceremony. JCCA Vice President of Foster Home Services Cy Orfield and Milieu Trainer and Youth Crisis Specialist Dwight Thomas received...