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2023

NYN First Read “Today’s Buzz” Segment — New York Nonprofit Media June 30, 2023

Pride Month Celebration — News 12 Westchester — June 28, 2023

JCCA | OPEN — BronxNet — June 28, 2023

NYN First Read “Today’s Buzz” Segment — New York Nonprofit Media June 15, 2023

Juneteenth Celebration — News 12 Westchester — June 14, 2023

NYN First Read “Today’s Buzz” Segment — New York Nonprofit Media June 7, 2023

2023 Notable LGBTQIA+ Leaders — Crain’s New York — June, 5, 2023

Mental Health Matters: How New York City is Supporting Teen Girls –– WFUV –– March 29, 2023

Social Work Month and JCCA –– 106.7 Lite FM –– March 26, 2023

JCCA | OPEN — BronxNetMarch 15, 2023

The 2023 50 over 50 –– City&State –– January 30, 2023

 NYC parents now able to apply for Community Education Councils — PIX 11 — January 9, 2023

2022

Fund helps Bronx scholars shine –– Mott Haven Herald –– December 9, 2022

New Bronx center focuses on youth mental health crisis – NYN Media – November 8, 2022

The 2022 Nonprofit Power 100 –– City&State –– October 3, 2022

Young trans people need support systems in times of stress, particularly when coming out – Gay City News – September 29, 2022

City of Aspiration: 150 Ideas for Building a More Equitable NYC – NYFuture.org – September 28, 2022 

What nonprofit chief Ron Richter has learned about power from a lifetime of helping children – Crain’s – September 27. 2022

Kids and communities at risk without expanded mental health services – NYN Media – July 5, 2022

“Experts: States’s mental health care system failing those in need, especially kids – Newsday – June 22, 2022

“We’re at a Crisis Point”: NY Attorney General Hearing Spotlights Child Mental Health Care Failures – ProPublica – June 23, 2022

Panel: Expedite mental health funding – Spectrum News 1 – June 22, 2022

At Liberation Diploma Plus High School for Transferred Teens, the Counselors are the REAL ‘Ride-or-Dies’ – BK Reader – April 28, 2022

Two sisters are working to transform the pediatric health care industry. – News 12 – Brooklyn – April 07, 2022

2021

Invest in kids and families now so that someday I’ll be out of a job – The Hill – December 13, 2021

Finally bring order to N.Y. courts – NY Daily News – November 16, 2021

ENGAGE: Breaking the Chains of Mass Incarceration featuring CEO Ronald E. Richter – October 26, 2021

LGBTQ+ parents respond to SCOTUS decision allowing exclusion by adoption agencies – The Hill – June 17, 2021

Supreme Court Sides With Catholic Agency In LGBTQ Foster Care Case—But Avoids Major Religious Freedom Questions – Time – June 17, 2021

JCCA CEO Ronald E. Richter: Notable LGBTQ Executive – Crain’s New York Business – June 7, 2021

Four years is not enough — Congress should make the child tax credit permanent – The Hill – 5/5/21

30 Hudson Valley students honored by My Brother’s Keeper program for young men of color – Lohud – 4/30/21

Foster Parents are Essential Workers and Should Not Be Overlooked – The Imprint – 3/18/21

Pandemic Expansion of Telehealth Has Improved Access for Kids in Child Welfare System: Report – City Limits – 1/27/21

2020

Leader to Leader: Ron Richter – NYN Media – 12/1/20

Religious rights case before SCOTUS could pave the way for LGBTQ discrimination – Capitol Pressroom – 11/5/20

LGBTQ civil rights: I could have been barred from adopting my daughter because of who I am – USA TODAY – 11/3/20

Mental and behavioral health advocates say more funding needed to address concerns
– ABC News 10 – 10/22/20

New York City Schools Need a Trauma-Informed Approach to Student Behavior – Gotham Gazette – 10/6/20

Many schools aren’t reopening in the fall. Now what? – Vox – 7/18/2020

To protect children during COVID-19, we must reach vulnerable families early – The Hill – 7/9/2020

Combat Police Brutality by Investing in Social Services – The Chronicle of Social Change – 6/30/2020

NYC social workers stepping up to serve communities amid COVID-19 crisis – ABC7 – 4/27/2020

Dealing With the Coronavirus – The Wall Street Journal – 4/12/2020

Nonprofits on Help for Frontline Workers – NBC4 NY – 4/7/2020

Advocates want NY to see children have more access to mental healthcare – CBS 6 News Albany – 1/28/2020

2019

Mother dresses as Santa for kids in Pleasantville Cottage School – News 12 Westchester – 12/19/2019

L.G.B.T.Q. People and Foster Care – New York Times – 12/01/2019

Inside Foster Home Recruitment in America’s Biggest Cities – The Chronicle of Social Change – 10/21/2019

The education foster kids deserve – New York Daily News – 09/05/2019

Rally To Make NYC First To Offer One On One Support To Foster Youth – BronxNet – 06/07/2019

How New York City Can Help Foster Youth Build a Brighter Future – The Chronicle of Social Change – 05/08/2019

Center for Healing Focuses on Helping the Most Vulnerable Children – Pleasantville Examiner – 04/22/2019

2018

What the Trump administration can do now to mitigate immigrant children’s emotional trauma – USA TODAY – 06/28/2018

Onstage, Escaping the Pain of Her Childhood – New York Times – 01/9/2018

2017

Kinship Care, How It Works And Why It Should Be Expanded – NYN Media – 09/22/2017

THIRTEEN Presents: Treasures of New York – UJA Federation – 09/10/2017

My pop, the crime-stopping cop – The Jewish Standard – 08/24/2017

Donation to Help New York Find Homes for Older and Special Needs Children – The Wall Street Journal – 08/18/2017

How one Brooklyn teen gave up gang life for a shot at graduation – Chalkbeat – 06/26/2017

Students get second chance at high school diplomas – News12 Brooklyn – 06/26/2017

8 students from Edenwald Center in Pleasantville graduate – News12 Westchester – 06/21/2017

Building a Better Partnership For New York’s Human Services Sector – Center for an Urban Future – 03/22/2017

New hope for kids aging out of foster care – New York Post – 02/27/2017

Padres de crianza hispanos hay pocos – El Diario – 02/21/2017

I-Team: A Proven Tool for At-Risk Families in NYC Child Abuse Cases Is in Crisis, Experts Say – NBC4 NY – 02/17/2017

ACS Worker Caseloads Increase Amid High-Profile Child Deaths – NBC4 NY – 02/17/2017

JCCA event raises $350K for at-risk children – Westfair Online – 01/19/2017

Junior League Forum Highlights Ways to Combat Youth Exploitation – The Examiner – 01/23/2017

2016

New York Today: Lee Gabay, a New Yorker of the Year – New York Times – 12/27/2016

CUNY Application Fees Waived for Low-Income Public School Students – DNAinfo – 09/26/2016

Mount Pleasant, troubled youth centers seek accord: Stern – Lohud – 07/18/2016

Through Our Readers’ Eyes – Lohud – 07/5/2016

Intergenerational Bonds Bloom When Jewish Seniors, Students Share a Campus – JNS – 04/19/2016

Here and Now: Sex Trafficking – ABC7NY – 04/17/2016

Bridging the Gap: Helping Transform Foster Children’s Educational Futures – NYN Media – 03/29/2016

NYN Presents Front Line Heroes – NYN Media – 03/14/2016

I-Team: Undocumented Immigrant Explains How to Pay for a Green Card – NBC – 02/16/2016

Career forum held for Bukharian teens – Times Ledger – 02/12/2016

Thom Hamill Joins JCCA as CAO – Crain’s New York Business – 01/18/2016

Just Who Is The JCCA? – Westchester Magazine – January 2016

2015

Help For Traumatized Kids: A Letter to the Editor – NY Times – 12/29/2015

Nonprofit group paints Brownsville classrooms – News12 – 12/19/2015

How a Brownsville School Helps At-Risk Students Get to College – DNAinfo – 11/12/2015

Frontline Hero: Brooklyn Democracy Academy’s Tashawnee Guarriello – NYN Media – 11/9/2015

Internships Create Confidence, Friendships & Skills – The Jewish Week – 10/12/2015

Many Former Foster Youths Don’t Know They Have Health Care – NPR – 10/1/2015

Cottage School mentor program forms strong bonds – The Journal News – 8/2/2015

The Animation Project is Putting Life in Motion for At-Risk Youth – The Brooklyn Reader – 7/20/2015

Instilling Teens With Bukharian Pride: Manashe Khaimov, 27 – The Jewish Week – 6/1/2015

Judge Ronald Richter Named New CEO of JCCA: Wall Street Journal, Crain’s New York, New York Law Journal, New York Nonprofit Press, JP Updates, Yahoo News – 3/11/2015

Domestic-Violence Homicides Fall in City – Wall Street Journal – 2/2/2015

Two Together: FOX5 presents Good Day Street Talk – 1/28/2015

2014

‘A Tree Grows In Pleasantville’ To Benefit At-Risk Youth – Pleasantville Daily Voice – 12/31/2014

Two Together: Fox News Channel Interviews Our Tutors – 12/16/2014

After Years With Caregivers, Cherishing Her Independence – New York Times – 11/22/2014

Letter to the Editor: Look for the signs of child abuse – New York Daily News – 8/27/2014

Brooklyn Democracy Academy helps troubled teens graduate despite the obstacles posed by their tumultuous lives – New York Daily News – 7/6/2014

Student at Transfer School in Brooklyn Celebrate Graduation – NY1 – 7/2/2014

Rap Icon Visits Cottage Schools – The Journal News – 6/11/2014