By Danielle Capra, LCSW April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. The commercial sexual exploitation of children, or CSEC, is one form of child sexual abuse that is often misunderstood. CSEC refers to crimes where individuals buy, trade, or sell sexual acts with...
When Scarsdale teen Zoe Kleinman celebrated her bat mitzvah a few years ago, she saved up the gifts she received for education—but unlike so many other teens, it wasn’t set aside for her own college fund. Instead, she set up a foundation. Along with her friend...
Teens and staff from JCCA joined Childrens Aid Society, The Children's Village, and other child welfare organizations in Albany to advocate for more help for foster youth attending college. We met with state legislators and their staff to ask for $4.5 million in the...
Teens and staff from JCCA joined the Westchester Children's Association, The Children's Village, and other child welfare organizations in Albany to advocate for more help for foster youth attending college. We met with state legislators and their staff to ask for $4.5...
Jessie Boye-Doe Director, Center for Healing “…90% of abusers are known to their victims.” Jessie Boye-Doe came to JCCA almost a year ago to begin what she describes as her “dream job” as Director of JCCA’s Center for Healing, a program for JCCA's children and...