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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...
Mar 1, 20235 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?...
Feb 8, 20232 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...
Jul 28, 20225 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...
Aug 12, 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...
Jun 20, 20212 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...
Mar 21, 20215 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...
Aug 4, 20207 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...
Jul 7, 20203 min read
In Honor of Social Work Month: The Team That Helps Troubled Teens and Families Change Course
The Child Center of NY’s HALE (Holding Adolescents in Loving Environments) III program uses evidence-based family interventions to reduce...
Mar 26, 20205 min read
Staff Spotlight: Q&A with Alondra Santiago, Early Head Start Home Visitor
A linchpin of our Early Head Start program, home visitors play a crucial role in helping clients strengthen the parent-child bond...
Nov 19, 20195 min read
Sound Bite: Saran Shields Earns 2019 Russell L. Carson Visionary Award
Thanks to generous supporter Russ Carson, The Child Center is able to honor an outstanding employee every year at our annual gala...
Aug 24, 20191 min read
Staff Spotlight: Micki Segel
On June 19, The Child Center of NY hosted a retirement celebration for Micki Segel, LCSW-R, who began working with the agency...
Jun 25, 20193 min read
News: Child Center VP Becomes Columnist for the Korea Daily
March is National Social Work Month, a special time at The Child Center of NY, where social workers play...
May 13, 20195 min read
Staff Spotlight: Q&A with Social Worker Ingrid Gomez
March is National Social Work Month, a special time at The Child Center of NY, where social workers play an instrumental and inspiring...
Mar 20, 20196 min read
Staff Spotlight: Elliot Weinstein
Elliot Weinstein, our Chief Human Resources Officer, came to The Child Center of NY in October 2017 with more than 25 years of diverse HR...
Jan 14, 20192 min read
Staff Spotlight: Julia Floyd-Ventura
Prior to her joining The Child Center in October 2018, Julia worked in various capacities at Phoenix House for more than 18 years...
Dec 20, 20182 min read
Staff Spotlight: Yudelka Ramirez
Yudelka Ramirez began her career with The Child Center of NY in January 2016 as a teacher’s assistant at our Escalera...
Oct 24, 20183 min read
Staff Spotlight: Bianca Ernest
Bianca is a key Administration staff member in our behind-the-scenes but incredibly important Billing Department...
Oct 21, 20182 min read
Sound Bite: Omar Kazi Earns Russell L. Carson Visionary Award
It’s become a tradition and high point at The Child Center annual gala to present the Russell Carson Visionary Award...
Jul 29, 20181 min read
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