Program areas at Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services
Community behavioral health services:the Jewish Board's community behavioral health Services division provides 14 mental health clinics and numerous satellite locations across the five boroughs that support 15,000 people a year with counseling Services, both in person and via telehealth. We also operate community behavioral health hubs in brooklyn, staten island, and the bronx that provide "one-stop" mental health Services, and for adults with persistent mental illness, we offer day treatment programs with counseling, vocational support, and social engagement. Our care coordination Services ensure clients are able to access all of the benefits they need to promote health and wellness.
Youth and Family Services: the Jewish Board's youth and Family Services division offers a continuum of mental health and foster care Services to youth from early childhood to older adolescents and young adults, and their families, in school, home, and community residence settings. We serve around 900 families in their homes with prevention Services, operate 6 residential programs across the five boroughs, and are expanding our assertive community treatment programs for young adults to serve three borough.
Adult and Family residential services:our adult and Family residential Services division offers safe and secure housing for 1,200 adults living with mental illness, empowering them to live in the community with as much independence as possible, and our four domestic violence shelters provide a welcoming environment where survivors of domestic violence and their children can begin to make the transition to a new, independent life.
Jewish services:our Jewish Services division offers support to vulnerable individualsand families of all denominations of the Jewish faith and throughpartnerships with local synagogues. We help Jewish people across newyork city through mental health programs that combine the richness ofjewish traditions with social work practices, domestic violenceservices, bereavement counseling and support, addiction and recoverysupport, and more. In addition, about 128 individuals with intellectualand developmental disabilities receive support from us in kosher residential and community settings.