December 2024 – At The Children’s Village (CV), we believe that no one should go without a warm meal, especially during the holiday season. We were honored to collaborate with community-minded organizations like KULU Foundation, Mastercard, Morgan Stanley, The Masters School, St. Francis Food Pantry, and many others to meet the needs of young people …

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October 2024  From September 16 to 18, Kaylene Quinones, LMSW, Director of Therapeutic & Peer-Led Services and Vincent Madera, Division Director, CV Training Institute and Permanency (CVTI)—the driving forces behind our BraveLife Intervention (BLI) training —headed to Phoenix to lead a three-day training program to the Arizona Department of Child Safety. Kaylene’s and Vincent’s goal? …

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October, 2024- As Election Day approaches and the presidential race takes center stage, the importance of civic education is gaining renewed attention in classrooms across the country. This time of year highlights the need for young people to engage in the democratic process by learning about the foundations of government and the responsibilities of citizenship. …

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September, 2024 As we close out National Literacy Month this September, we’re shining a spotlight on the transformative power of reading in the lives of young people on our Dobbs Ferry campus. We spoke with dedicated staff member Aida Hasanpapaj and volunteers Carol Intner, and Joanne Levine, who shared how the Open Door Library and …

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September 2024 As the new school year begins – with many of the students in our community stepping back into classrooms this week – The Children’s Village is ensuring students are prepared for a successful academic year. And that means ensuring they have the supplies they need. This summer, we hosted a CV School Supply …

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When the Family First legislation was quietly signed into law in February, it was the culmination of years of lobbying by experts in the foster care field, including CV’s President and CEO, Jeremy Kohomban, whom the Chronicle of Social Media described as being a “key player behind Washington’s biggest foster care reform in decades.” The …

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In “The foster care system was unprepared for the last drug epidemic — let’s not repeat history,” Jeremy Kohomban, CV’s President and CEO, along with co-authors Jennifer Rodriguez and Ron Haskins, urges local and state welfare systems to focus on foster parent training and retention initiatives. “Having more children in foster care will intensify what …

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Foster parents are game-changers for children–for most children in foster care, they are the most important adults in their lives. A new initiative, Children Need Amazing Parents (CHAMPS), aims to focus money and energy on improving the existing network of foster homes so that children achieve better outcomes in health, development, education, and connecting with …

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Despite the importance of human services and other nonprofits to employees and those they serve, many nonprofit workers do not earn a living wage. In an article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, CV President and CEO Jeremy Kohomban and Assistant Vice President David Collins argue that the social services sector can do better. Read …

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