New Bronx Office Opens
After 21 years in our beloved office at 555 Bergen Ave, the time has come to write the next chapter in JCCA’s service to the South Bronx community. On Friday, October 21st, the ribbon will be cut on our gorgeous, brand new office at 425 Westchester Avenue. Though only...
Remembering the Old Bronx Office
As JCCA staff settle into our new Bronx office, we reflect on what brought us to the borough in the first place Around the turn of the millenium, NYC ACS directed child welfare agencies to install program offices within the communities they served. For decades, most...
End of Summer BBQ with JPMorgan Chase Volunteers
In September 2022, the Campus hosted 40 JPMorgan Chase staff, including executives and high-level staffers, for a barbecue on the quad, joined by many campus residents and JCCA staff. The social atmosphere was easygoing, convivial, and warm. An impromptu game of flag...
New Partnership Bringing STEM Skills to Campus Students
A great new partnership is bringing hands-on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills to young people living on our Pleasantville campus. One participant, Izaiah Everette, even has the potential to become a computer programmer due to his success in the...
Rosh Hashanah 5783
Dear Friends of JCCA, For those following the Jewish calendar, the High Holy Days, referred to in the Torah as the Days of Awe, begin Sunday at sundown. The word awe, implying a sense of both amazement and humility, also describes something I often feel when...
Bringing Digital Marketing Skills To JCCA Youth
Youth on the Pleasantville campus are gaining marketable job skills thanks to a partnership with 4th Ave Market, the largest Black-owned online hair and beauty supply store. The course participants spend an hour and half each Wednesday learning digital marketing from...
JCCA Launches NYC’s First Youth ACT Program
The high-touch multidisciplinary team of providers and peers tailor services for each child and family; meet children where they are in the community - The CDC reports mental health–related emergency department visits among 12 to 17 year-olds increased by 31% during...
Summer Fun with Volunteers and Donors
Summer is here and––with the help of some extraordinarily generous donors and volunteers––our Pleasantville residents are living it up. Before the pandemic, AFLAC reached out to us to ask if their employees could spend a day on campus. Though Covid delayed things a...
CEO Op-Ed: Kids and communities at risk without expanded mental health services
During a national crisis in children's mental health, there simply aren't enough supports for young people with serious psychiatric needs. Read CEO Ron Richter's op-ed about the need to invest in services for children in crisis.
Pride Month Wrap-Up
With Pride Month drawing to a close, we’re taking a moment to look back on our many events and celebrations. This was almost certainly JCCA’s most active and engaged Pride yet, and we had a blast. We kicked things off with our 2nd Annual Campus Pride Parade. This new...