Growing Young Readers
Parental engagement is extremely important in a child’s learning process, school readiness and ability to have a successful school experience. Research shows that children who start school able to work at grade level are more likely to reach their full educational,...
Thanks to a terrific father figure, Daquan is on his way to college
Daquan, 18, has been at Edenwald Center (a JCCA residential program for boys with emotional and behavioral difficulties) and a student at the Edenwald school for 4½ years. He just became the first student from Edenwald to receive a Regents Diploma, and has just...
Back to School!
Generous donors including UJA-Federation, Camp Ramaquois and the Highwater Women donated more than 1,000 backpacks to JCCA kids recently to make sure they are ready for school. Filled with supplies, the backpacks have been distributed to school-age children in...
“I felt all the love”: Antony “Terell” Jackson
Terell didn’t take his education seriously until he came Brooklyn Democracy Academy (BDA) in Brownsville, Brooklyn. JCCA’s small, academically rigorous transfer high school (in partnership with the NYC Dept. of Education) is designed to reengage and support students...
CEO Perspective: …and the 2016 Gold Medal in parenting goes to Nellie and Ron Biles!
Simone Biles, a champion gymnast, is poised to win gold at the Olympics. The unsung heroes in her story—like those of so many children who achieve greatness in athletics, the arts or academia—are her parents. True, Simone showed an early talent. But her parents...
CEO Perspective: Reflections on My First Year Plus
This has been a rewarding, professionally inspiring and – because of the incomparable commitment of our staff to our clients – heartwarming first year as CEO of JCCA. I have had the opportunity to meet and get to know many of you and the people we serve, learn about...
The Bomback Family: Giving Time, Resources and Heart
Tema Bomback is a full-time mother of her four children and volunteers at their schools. She is also a volunteer at a cottage on JCCA’s Pleasantville Cottage Campus, where she helps young boys who are developmentally delayed. Mark, her husband, is a screenwriter for...
CEO Perspective: A Gentle Giant of a Man
JCCA CEO Ronald Richter recounts a heartwarming story about a little boy in JCCA's Pleasantville START Program, a short-term residential program for youth with behavioral and mental health problems in Westchester, NY. I often visit the boys and girls on our Campus....
The Trip of a Lifetime
Bridges to Health provides services to youth with special needs in foster care so they can remain in the community. Jessica Fama relates the following story about Anthony, a young client who was able to take the trip of a lifetime through the unwavering efforts of...
A Letter from Charlie
Hi my name is Charlie. I was hurt badly by someone I trusted and loved. My father sexually abused me, hit me a lot and talked badly to me. Finally when I was 8 years old, I got the courage to tell my Nana and my mom what my father had done. But I was also scared about...