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JCCA Monthly Communications Update – April 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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