We are JCCA
We help abused, neglected and traumatized children heal physically and emotionally through compassionate, quality care. Our 37 programs include foster care, residential treatment facilities, mental health services, case management, education programs and special services for children who have been the victims of sexual abuse. We serve New York’s neediest and most vulnerable children and families to ensure that their safety, permanency and well-being leads to a life of stability and promise.
Our Impact
Life changing programs offered
Volunteers on Campus each year
%
of every dollar goes directly to services
years of transforming lives
Want to make a difference for children and families?
JCCA CEO Ron Richter to Step Down in December 2025 After a Decade of Transformative Leadership
The Betheas
In JCCA’s Treatment Family Foster Care program, children and adolescents with severe behavioral and emotional problems are placed in homes with specially trained foster parents. Our multi-disciplinary team works intensively with both the children...
START Residents Collect Goods for Neighbors in Need
Recently, a number of the children from JCCA’s START program (which provides intensive short term treatment for boys and girls on JCCA’s Pleasantville campus) collected 63½ pounds of baby formula, diapers and baby food, which they delivered to The...
Olivia’s Story
Two years ago, Joanne Blum received a call from her sister (whom she hadn’t seen for years) telling her that Olivia, her newborn great-niece, had been placed in foster care. Olivia was born with positive toxicology for cocaine and opiates and had...
“I was placed into JCCA at 12 years old…I’m now 32 years old a mother, a wife and a successful entrepreneur traveling around the world sharing my story and touching lives. Thank you for changing my life!”
