WJCS News

WJCS offers Mental Health First Aid Trainings throughout Westchester County in order to help adults recognize the warning signs of mental health problems and/or a mental health crisis in youth or other adults.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. With rates of depression, anxiety, suicide, co-occurring disorders, and other mental health problems being devastatingly high, it has never been more important to draw attention to and break the stigma surrounding mental health.

May 2^nd is Holocaust Remembrance Day, also known as Yom HaShoah. This week many people throughout Westchester, the United States, and the rest of the world are commemorating the genocide that took place during World War II in which six million European Jews

The early years of a child’s life are an essential foundation for later success—in school, career, and in life. During the early years and beyond, we believe that parents are their children’s first and most important teachers.

For typical 20 and 30 year olds, making friends, building relationships, finding a job, and participating in social and cultural activities is what they do.

The WJCS-Westchester Jewish Community Services 2019 Gala on April 2^nd was a record-breaking success, with 300+ community and business leaders and Westchester residents in attendance.

The Week of the Young Child is celebrated this year from April 8-12^th and WJCS, one of the largest human service agencies in Westchester County, is hosting numerous events to

WJCS-Westchester Jewish Community Services, one of the largest human service organizations in Westchester, announced today the appointment of John C. Douglas, M.D., M.B.A. as Medical Director.