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| Established | 1845 (establishment of predecessor organization, United Hebrew Charities) |
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| Founded at | New York, New York |
| Merger of | 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 into The United Hebrew Charities (1845); took over the work of the Hebrew Emigrant Aid Society (1884); name changed to the Jewish Social Services Association (1926); merged with the Jewish Family Welfare Society of Brooklyn to form Jewish Family Services (1946); merged with Jewish Board of Guardians to the present-day Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services (1978); acquired obligations of Federation Employment & Guidance Service programs (2015) |
| Type | Social Service |
| Legal status | 501(c)(3) organization |
| Headquarters | 463 7th Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, New York |
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| Services | Emotional Crisis
Family Services Family Violence Living with Mental Illness Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Sadness, Worry or Loss Supportive Housing Services for Early Childhood Services for Children Services for Teens One Call |
CEO | Jeffrey Brenner |
Staff | 3,300 |
Volunteers | 2,200 |
| Website | The Jewish Board |
The Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services (the Jewish Board) is one of the United States' largest nonprofit mental health and social service agencies, and New York State's largest social services nonprofit.[1]
Its services are non-sectarian, and nearly half of its clients are not Jewish. It has over 3,300 employees and 2,200 volunteers serving over 43,000 New Yorkers annually at its community-based programs, residential facilities, and day-treatment centers in each of the five boroughs of New York City as well as in Westchester County and Long Island.
Its programs include early childhood and learning, children and adolescent services, mental health outpatient clinics for teenagers, people living with developmental disabilities, adults living with mental illness, domestic violence and preventive services, housing, Jewish community services, counseling, volunteering, and professional and leadership development.
The Jewish Board was created through the successive mergers of New York-area Jewish charitable organizations. The present-day Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services resulted in 1978 from a further merger with the Jewish Board of Guardians, which itself had been founded in 1907.