A big congratulations on being named President of JCCA’s Board of Trustees. How did your election come about? I’ve been on the Board since 2010, including on the Executive Committee, and involved as a volunteer even longer. My family has a history with JCCA dating...
For many of us, the holidays are time to connect and catch up with loved ones. Natasha, a JCCA client coming home from her first semester at SUNY Oswego, has many new experiences to share with her family and friends this season—and she’s also sharing them with us. In...
On the occasion of her recent nomination for an Excellence in Practice Award from ACS, we sat down with Bronx Nursing Supervisor Cristina Moffitt to learn more about her approach to nursing and reflect on her 16-year career with JCCA. What inspired you to get into...
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...
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...
By every measure, our Walk-a-Thon to renovate the PCS Recreation Center was a huge success. We’d like to express our gratitude to all who came out to walk, cheer, and spend the gorgeous, sunny day with us. We had over 150 walkers and raised nearly $25,000. Thank you...
On the evening of Wednesday, May 25th, JCCA held its 200th anniversary gala at the historic Ziegfeld Ballroom in Midtown Manhattan. Due to the pandemic, it was our first gala in three years and there was palpable excitement as JCCA staff, donors, trustees, volunteers,...
On the gorgeous spring evening of May 11th, JCCA volunteers, staff, and residents arrived on the lawn of the Edenwald Administration Building to find a spacious canopy erected on the grass and barbeque smoke wafting from the grill. The scene had the look and the...
On a cloudy Wednesday in May, JCCA’s residential staff met on our beautiful, 160-acre Pleasantville campus for the first in-person Staff Appreciation Day since the COVID-19 pandemic began. After grabbing lunch orders from two food trucks parked outside, the staff...
Dear Friends, In challenging times, it is easy to get numb to our situation and feel helpless. We get stuck in the moment, when really, we should be digging in the depths of our heart to bring out the true leader that lies within us. As the Passover holiday approaches...