Last week our Associate Executive Director, Michelle, joined COFCCA member Northern Rivers Family of Services in welcoming the new Russell Sage College President, Dr. Matthew Shaftel to the neighborhood. Thank you Northern Rivers for bringing the community together, and congratulations & welcome, Dr. Shaftel!
Council of Family and Child Caring Agencies (COFCCA)
Public Policy Offices
NY, New York 868 followers
Leadership, Voice, and Vision for Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice in New York State
About us
The Council of Family and Child Caring Agencies is the principal representative for nearly all the voluntary, not-for-profit organizations providing foster care, adoption, family preservation, and special education services in New York State. With 110 member organizations, ranging in size from storefront operations to some of the nation's largest multi-service agencies, COFCCA works with its members and government to ensure quality services for our most vulnerable children - children who have suffered abuse and abandonment and children at-risk.
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http://www.cofcca.org
External link for Council of Family and Child Caring Agencies (COFCCA)
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- Public Policy Offices
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- NY, New York
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- Nonprofit
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254 West 31st St
5th Floor
NY, New York 10001, US
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879 Madison Avenue
2nd Floor
Albany, NY 12208, US
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254 West 31st Street
5th Floor
New York, NY 10001, US
Employees at Council of Family and Child Caring Agencies (COFCCA)
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Agnes Radford
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Kathleen Brady-Stepien
President and CEO at Council of Family and Child Caring Agencies (COFCCA)
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Tom Castelnuovo
Chair NY COFCCA-CCWIS Committee
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Sophine Charles
Law Enforcement | Social Justice | Child Welfare | Educator | Race Relations Trainer | Group Leader | Facilitator | Youth Development
Updates
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Check out this insightful discussion about setting mission-focused organizations up for success!
Fellow non profit professionals, please comment with your input on this thought experiment of mine: Let’s pretend we are creating a hypothetical new nonprofit. The mission is to provide kids in poverty with special occasion clothes for free in every community in your region. There are two donors. One will provide all the clothes. The other donor will pay all the operating costs, with the strict requirement that 100% of the funds go to direct program expenses. Questions for your consideration: 👗Does the organization have everything it needs to start up? 👗Will the organization be financially sustainable in the long run? 👗Will the organization achieve its mission?
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Our CEO, Kathleen Brady-Stepien visited new CEO of The Children's Home of Kingston, Leila Santana, this week. Welcome to the team, Leila! Congratulations!
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This week our President & CEO, Kathleen Brady-Stepien joined Fund for the City of New York for a great event focused on supporting young people’s well being & bolstering mental health supports.
Incredibly insightful discussion this evening at the Fund for the City of New York, a fireside chat with Lisette Nieves & Nancy Santiago. Nancy shared her incredible passion and insight, & a lot of promising practices to address youth well-being. She is a brilliant leader shining the light on young people as mental health peer mentors and supports. Launching soon, initially in four states, is a project she has worked to bring to life, the Youth Mental Health Corps. Excited for the Youth Mental Health Corps to launch in NY, in 2025, & to connect this approach to our COFCCA network: https://lnkd.in/eAP4aX8i
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COFCCA was glad to join our county partners at the 155th New York Public Welfare Association Summer Conference! Reflecting on the conference theme, Refresh, Renew, & Refocus. Pictured: COFCCA CEO Kathleen Brady-Stepien, Thalia Wright, Monroe County Commissioner; John Befus, First Deputy Commissioner, Westchester County; COFCCA Associate Executive Director, Michelle Newman
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Congratulations to Austen and his fellow 2024 Jim Purcell Excellence Awardees! COFCCA was honored to celebrate the 2024 awardees in a virtual ceremony this week with Commissioner Jess Dannhauser & Kate Purcell. Thank you for your inspiring words for our awardees, all working tirelessly to support children & families across NYS!
CHWC is so proud of Austen Schlicht, 2024 Jim Purcell Excellence in Child Welfare Awardee. Thank you to COFCCA for recognizing the power of Austen's journey from youth in foster care to dynamic leader helping youth in foster care dream and achieve! I know Jim Purcell would be proud, as Austen represents the fruit of Jim's life long work! #childrenshome #cofcca #childwelfareexcellance
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Human services nonprofit organizations have become more critical than ever to New York City’s functioning and well-being. These nonprofits deliver the lion’s share of safety net services to vulnerable New Yorkers. They have stepped up again and again in recent years to meet the challenges of multiple crises, from an unprecedented pandemic to the largest wave of immigration in a century to rising rates of poverty, food insecurity, homelessness, and mental illness. But a new report by the Center for an Urban Future, featuring data from COFCCA, has found that New York’s human services sector also faces a huge challenge that directly affects its ability to deliver these much-needed services to millions of New Yorkers: a staffing crisis in which the average human services nonprofit has more than 15 percent of its positions vacant, as well as unsustainably high levels of staff turnover. Now is the time for policymakers to strengthen human services organizations for the long term by ensuring they have the staff they need to provide critical services, through compensation increases, contract forms, and a stronger pathway to careers in the sector. You can check out the full report here: https://lnkd.in/ee9uA8b2
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COFCCA team members Dr. Sophine Charles & Katelyn Greco enjoyed an incredible discussion with OzChild & our member agency, The New York Foundling, earlier this month. We enjoyed learning more from our friends at OzChild how Australia approaches supporting children & families, & shared updates relating to supporting children & families here in the US and in NY! Thank you to The New York Foundling for coordinating and hosting this great discussion and exchange!
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COFCCA’s President & CEO, Kathleen Brady-Stepien, & Associate Executive Director, Dr. Sophine Charles, were glad to join Mayor Eric Adams at Gracie Mansion to celebrate the City’s historic $741 million investment in human services workers! Congratulations and thank you to Mayor Adams, First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright, Deputy Mayors Anne Williams-Isom & Ana Almanzar, Chief Advisor Ingrid Lewis-Martin, & our friends Human Services Council of New York. We look forward to continuing to partner to strengthen the City’s procurement system and fully fund #JustPay.
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