The Children’s Village President and CEO Dr. Jeremy Kohomban testified before the NYC Council’s Committee on Juvenile Justice on September 21. Citing research and frontline experience, his testimony highlighted the critical need for family engagement to the long-term success of youth involved with the justice system. Dr. Kohomban concluded with three specific recommendations.     The text of his testimony …

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Children’s Village President and CEO Dr. Jeremy Kohomban testified before the NYC City Council on April 4, 2016. The hearing, held by City Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal, was called to discuss the financial challenges facing nonprofit organizations in the city, particularly the need for city and state governments to provide funding for the indirect costs associated with …

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The Children’s Village is honored to be recognized as Senator Gillibrand’s honoree for the Angels in Adoption award for outstanding advocacy of adoption and foster care issues. The Angels in Adoption award is being given by The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI), a nonpartisan organization dedicated to raising awareness about children in need of permanent, safe, …

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CV staff ambassadors spent 5 days in Baghdad at the invitation of the Iraqi government. The purpose was to identify how CV can expand our assistance with the orphan crisis facing Iraq – a project CV started with the Iraqi Children Foundation in 2009.

In January, CV announced a pending merger with Inwood House, one of the country’s leaders in caring for pregnant and parenting teens. Inwood House is best known for its maternity residences, but the organization is also an important part of the network of pregnancy prevention education in schools in New York City. Staff are already beginning to work together and finding a …

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I adopted Cierre when he was three years old. I knew he had suffered from abuse and neglect, but I did not realize just how deeply this experience would affect him. As a toddler, Cierre was withdrawn, listless, unable to answer even the simplest question.  It was frustrating to try to make him laugh or …

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Vaughan Thorpe, with fellow Harlem Justice Community Program graduate Cadeem Gibbs, appeared on Fox 5 Good Day Street Talk on August 2 alongside Charles Davis of The Children’s Village. First-time film maker Vaughan Thorpe wrote and directed the docudrama One Last Chance. Set in the Harlem community, the story depicts how several young men adversely …

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This article appeared in the Summer 2014 News from the Village. On June 18, CV opened its first-ever after-school library, one that was created by and will be staffed primarily by volunteers. The new libary was dedicated to Trustee and former Board Chair Bill Krupman and his wife Anne in recognition of the Krupman family’s passion for and support …

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This article appeared in the Summer 2014 News from the Village. By Hallie Cronin, 16 years old, CV Volunteer A sophomore at Ardsley High School, Hallie is one of the youngest volunteers in CV’s School-Based Mentoring program, which partners with local schools to bring creative and eager teenagers to work with CV’s youngest residents. “I used to think …

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