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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 25, 20243 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 23, 20246 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
Sep 5, 20243 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 25, 20244 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...
Jun 14, 20246 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...
Aug 16, 20235 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...
Jun 24, 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 29, 20234 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...
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 13, 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 21, 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 22, 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 5, 20207 min read
“Hello, My Love”
On April 13, 2020, Gabriella Hernandez passed away, as a result of complications from COVID-19...
Jul 9, 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 8, 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 27, 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 25, 20191 min read
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