March is National Social Work Month
In honor of National Social Work Month in March, JCCA took the opportunity of speaking with a few of our dedicated and engaging social workers. Hear what they have to say about their work, their clients, and our agency. Alphonso Gaita, Brief Strategic Family Therapy...
Calling on Hispanic Families to Become Foster Parents
"El fue un regalo especial que Dios escogió para nuestra familia." Emelinda Eusebio, an incredibly loving and dedicated JCCA foster parent, has an OpEd in today's El Diario Nueva York. She is calling on more Spanish-speaking families to become foster parents. "I never...
JCCA CEO Ronald Richter Featured on NBC 4
JCCA CEO Ronald E. Richter was recently featured in two stories about keeping children safe from abuse and neglect in New York City. Melissa Russo of NBC 4 New York's I-Team interviewed Richter as part of an in-depth look at caseloads and prevention services in the...
FYSA Advocacy Day in Albany
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...
Anna Cuneo: Mentor
“I plan to be there for her as long as she needs me.” Anna Cuneo decided to become a mentor on JCCA’s Pleasantville Cottage Campus three years ago after being a Lunch Bunch volunteer. For the past year, she has been working with Keyanna, an intelligent, lively...
Message from CEO Ronald Richter: JCCA and Immigration
JCCA and its predecessor institutions are inextricably bound to the history of New York City, and the United States, as welcoming immigrants from poverty-stricken and war-torn countries around the globe. The Hebrew Benevolent Society, which eventually evolved into...
A Tree Grows in Pleasantville Raises $350,000 for Pleasantville Cottage Campus
On January 7th, many of Westchester’s influential and generous residents enthusiastically braved a snowstorm to support JCCA’s annual fundraiser, “A Tree Grows in Pleasantville,” held on our Pleasantville Cottage Campus. The festive event was co-chaired by Judy...
Jessie Boye-Doe Shares Her Insights on CSEC
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...
January is National Mentoring Month
Mentors can change a child’s life, and mentors on the Pleasantville Cottage Campus do just that. They make meaningful differences in the lives of campus residents and in their own lives. In celebration of National Mentoring Month, we share some examples of what campus...
Message from CEO Ronald Richter: Martin Luther King Jr.
Dear JCCA Colleagues: Today we commemorate the birth of The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. The legacy of Dr. King's work — for civil rights, peace and economic justice — echoes in what we do at JCCA every day. We look to Dr. King's message of patience and love in...