Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services

Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services, Inc. and social service agencies.
Headquarters New York, New York
Executive Vice President and CEO
 Paul Levine
Website JBFCS Home page

The Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services (JBFCS), one of the United States' largest nonprofit mental health and social service agencies, has been established for over 110 years.[1][2][3]

Today, as for other such agencies, its services are non-sectarian. There are 2,200 employees and 2,000 volunteers serving over 65,000 New Yorkers annually at its community-based programs, residential facilities, and day-treatment centers in each of the five boroughs as well as Westchester.[4]

Programs available cover:

Its division "The Youth Counseling League" is an outpatient mental health clinic for adolescents ages 12–21 and their caregivers.[5]

The Hebrew Charities Building, built in 1899, formerly stood at Second Avenue and 21st Street in New York City and was the headquarters of United Hebrew Charities.[6][7]

JBFCS is the result of successive mergers of New York-area Jewish charitable organizations. The United Hebrew Charities was established in 1845 as an umbrella organization for the Hebrew Benevolent Fuel Association, the Ladies Benevolent Society of the Congregation of the Gates of Prayer, the Hebrew Relief Society, and the Hebrew Benevolent and Orphan Society. In 1926 it became the Jewish Social Services Association. It merged in 1946 with the Jewish Family Welfare Society of Brooklyn to form Jewish Family Services (JFS). A further merger with the Jewish Board of Guardians in 1978 resulted in the present-day Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services (JBFCS).[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Agency History". JBFCS. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
  2. ↑ ".". www.nyc.gov. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
  3. ↑ "David Rivel shakes up the venerable Jewish Board | Crain's New York Business". Crainsnewyork.com. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
  4. ↑ "JBFCS – Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services » UJA-Federation of New York". Ujafedny.org. October 4, 2013. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Jewish Board of Family & Children's Services (JBFCS): Greenberg/Youth Counseling League". Newyorkcity.ny.networkofcare.org. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Hebrew Charities Building—The Gift of Solomon Loeb to Jewish Charity Dedicated—Mr. Rice Appeals for Endowment Fund", New York Times, May 19, 1899, p. 12.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Guide to the Jewish Family Service collection, 1875-1940; I-375, Center for Jewish History. Accessed online 2014-10-21.

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