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Nov 22, 20244 min read
Team Spotlight: Seline Bearman, Director of Early Childhood Mental Health, Clinical Services, Celebrates 31 Years at The Child Center
Seline Bearman, LCSW-R, Director of ECMH, Clinical Services, is a valued member of the Child Center of NY...


Oct 25, 20244 min read
Staff Spotlight: Jacquelyn Blake, Senior Vice President of Holistic Philanthropy
The Child Center of NY is excited to announce a new position at our organization: Senior Vice President of Holistic Philanthropy...


Sep 25, 20243 min read
Special Team Spotlight! Kwan Wong, Associate Vice President of Youth Development, Celebrates 30 Years at The Child Center
We are excited to share an impressive team milestone at The Child Center: Kwan Wong, Associate Vice President of Youth Development...


Sep 23, 20246 min read
Suicide Prevention Month: Q&A with Social Worker Diana Michelena, LMHC
One of the most heartbreaking—and hopeful—things we do here at The Child Center of NY is work with young people...


Sep 5, 20243 min read
A Special Team Spotlight: Jean Coppola Celebrates 35 Years at The Child Center of NY
We’re thrilled to celebrate an incredible milestone—Jean M. Coppola, Billing System Administrator, has reached her 35th work anniversary at


Jun 25, 20244 min read
How Head Start Helped a Migrant Family
This is a story about a family who traveled on foot from South America to the United States...


Jun 14, 20246 min read
Team Spotlight: 2024 Russell L. Carson Visionary Award Winner Simeon Pollydore
Since 2015, the Russell L. Carson Visionary Award has been awarded every year to a Child Center of NY employee who performs...


Aug 16, 20235 min read
RTF Clinical Coordinator Youngkwang Moon on Gender-Affirming Care and the Role of Social Workers
Earlier this summer, we shared with you sobering statistics regarding LGBTQ+ youth in America—and how critical it is that we support them...


Jun 24, 20234 min read
Team Spotlight: Abraham Santana, MSW, on Creating a Safe Space for LGBTQ+ Youth
The Child Center began in 1953 as a single children’s counseling center, based on ideas that were ahead of their time...


Mar 29, 20234 min read
Social Work Month 2023: Why I Am a Social Worker
As an eager teenager majoring in sociology and psychology, I began working as a youth counselor at the afterschool program in J.H.S 185...


Mar 1, 20235 min read
Team Spotlight: Q&A with Linet Peña, Assistant Program Director, Flushing YABC
Linet Peña’s official title is Assistant Program Director/Learning to Work (LTW) Coordinator...


Feb 8, 20232 min read
Team Spotlight: Q&A with Jaimee Diehl, Program Director, Flushing YABC
The Child Center of NY: How did your professional journey at The Child Center of NY begin?...


Dec 27, 20222 min read
Join #Changemaker Desiree Jackson
When you give a gift of support to The Child Center of NY, you are supporting changemakers like Desiree at P.S. 156 Waverly in Brownsvill...


Jul 28, 20225 min read
National Intern Day: Q&A with Sandra Ka, MSW
National Intern Day is an opportunity to shine a spotlight on the instrumental role interns play in keeping our society running...


Aug 13, 20212 min read
Child Center VP Publishes Book on Korean American Mental Health
Anderson Sungmin Yoon, DSW, LCSW-R, CASAC, RPT-S, ACT, The Child Center of NY’s Vice President of Integrated and Value-Based Care...


Jun 21, 20212 min read
Statement by The Child Center of NY on the Passing of Ocean Bay Cornerstone Community Center Director Deborah Hoyle, Ph.D.
We have suffered a tremendous loss in the passing of Deborah Hoyle, Ph.D...


Mar 22, 20215 min read
Social Work Month 2021: Social Workers Are Always Essential
At the beginning of the pandemic, the Governor’s office deemed The Child Center staff essential...


Aug 5, 20207 min read
Thank You for Your Service, Deep!
Twenty-two years ago, when The Child Center of NY was still called the Queens Child Guidance Center (QCGC) and focused solely on mental...


Jul 9, 20203 min read
“Hello, My Love”
On April 13, 2020, Gabriella Hernandez passed away, as a result of complications from COVID-19...


Jul 8, 20203 min read
In Memoriam: Jermaine Miller, a.k.a., Coach Jermaine
The terrible news came in mid-March. The COVID-19 pandemic had hit home, taking the life of Jermaine Miller, better known as Coach...
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