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Tikkun Alum: Latonya Baskerville

Tikkun Alum: Latonya Baskerville

I had a difficult adolescence and by the time I reached adulthood I was deeply addicted to drugs. I lost a son to medical complications as a result. Thankfully my other children were born healthy, but I continued to use all the same. While pregnant with my youngest...

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Staff Spotlight: Leonard Leveille

Staff Spotlight: Leonard Leveille

We caught up with Leonard Leveille, Director of JCCA’s Helping Hands for Families program, to learn more about his unexpected career in social work. Where does your professional story begin? I grew up in Brooklyn, in a family of hardworking Haitian immigrants who...

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Tikkun Alum: Ava Cohn and Olivia Silberstein

Tikkun Alum: Ava Cohn and Olivia Silberstein

JCCA’s Pleasantville Cottage Campus is a special place. Once you get to know the oasis of healing and reprieve that lies beyond the front gate, it’s hard to forget. Countless volunteers tell a version of a familiar story: ‘I came here by chance one day years ago and...

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Brooklyn Office Ribbon Cutting

Brooklyn Office Ribbon Cutting

On Thursday, December 7th, surrounded by staff, elected officials, foster parents, and a boisterous community of support, JCCA cut the ribbon on a stunning new office in downtown Brooklyn. The beautiful, state-of-the-art facility features a range of adaptable spaces...

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Staff Spotlight: Anthony Robinson

Staff Spotlight: Anthony Robinson

When Anthony Robinson last appeared on JCCA’s blog, in 2015, he was a 19-year-old college freshman described as “charming, motivated, ambitious.” A strong student and accomplished track athlete who spoke of a career in law enforcement, Anthony was clearly a young man...

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A Thanksgiving Message from Ron

A Thanksgiving Message from Ron

Dear Friends of JCCA, Thanksgiving is nearly here, and with it the start of a truly meaningful time of year. While decorations, eating too much, and heart-warming traditions often get the spotlight, generosity, gratitude, and connection are what make the holiday...

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A New Paradigm for Care

A New Paradigm for Care

(Click here to read Part 1: Growing Out of the Orphanage) It was the turn of the century and Samuel Levy, President of the Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society, knew that “the glorious work of individualizing children” was due for a modernizing leap forward. A lawyer...

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Growing Out of the Orphanage

Growing Out of the Orphanage

(Click here to read Part 2: A New Paradigm for Care) The age of the orphanage lives on in the popular imagination in works like Oliver Twist and Annie. We envision crowded mess halls and tightly packed beds lining cold, institutional rooms, where lonely children eked...

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