Jewish Child Care Association of New York
Lobbying client
The Jewish Child Care Association (JCCA) is a New York City child and family services organization with origins dating to 1822, providing foster care, residential treatment, mental health, education, and youth employment programs to more than 17,000 children and families annually, regardless of religious background. The organization holds approximately $342 million in active NYC city contracts as of August 2026. With 30 filings since 2024 registered citywide, it lobbied all 51 council districts through Kasirer LLC on city funding for children's mental health, child welfare services, and the Learning to Work program in transfer schools.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 30
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $212,896
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $341,595,193 · 13 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $1,592,617,153 · 161 since 2008, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $996,514,470
- Won without a fresh bid
- 66% of contract value · $1,055,928,692 · 122 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $5,978,178 · 61 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 11 years (FY2015–FY2027), including each of the last 10
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $584,335 · Ronald Richter, CEO
- Based in
- Brooklyn, NY
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Kasirer LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Administration for Children's Services City agency
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Administration for Children's Services City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Inclusion of behavioral health funding for children and families and inclusion of child welfare funding for children and families
- Budget - Mental Health Support for Children in Foster Care; Budget - City Funding for Child Welfare Prevention Services; Budget - City funding for education funding for Learning to Work; Budget…
- Budget - New York City Budget Funding
- Budget - Support for Learning to Work programs in transfer schools ; Budget - support for children in the child welfare system and at risk of child welfare involvement; Budget - Support for…
- Budget - budget funding
- Determination of Board or Commission - Real Estate Approvals
City contracts
Registered city contracts, largest first by current contract value (not amount spent): running now, then registered to start later, then ended. Totals count every registered contract. Each line shows its Checkbook contract ID. The tag on each row is how it was awarded (“no-bid” = non-competitive).
- Residential Care Services Administration for Children's Services · CT106820278800389 $193,044,531
- Specialized & Enhanced Family Foster Care (SFFC & EFFC) Administration for Children's Services · CT106820278800467 $91,694,422
- Prevention Services Renewal Administration for Children's Services · CT106820278800031 $13,209,029
- Prevention Services Renewal Administration for Children's Services · CT106820278800078 $8,625,118
- Prevention Services Renewal Administration for Children's Services · CT106820278800076 $8,349,735
- Home Based Family Treatment Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620191412513 $7,519,883
- Prevention Services Renewal Administration for Children's Services · CT106820278800137 $6,936,518
- Brooklyn Non -Medicaid Care Coordination Service Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620248800322 $5,356,969
- LEARNING TO WORK PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG ADULT BOROUGH CENTERS Department of Education · CT104020239356226 $4,348,876
- Community Partnership Program NAE - Mott Haven, Bronx BX01; Administration for Children's Services · CT106820268803885 $1,063,611
Largest payments, by purpose
The organization's largest individual city payments (roughly $25,000 and up), grouped by purpose, to show what recent money was for. This is NOT a total — smaller payments aren't listed; see “Paid to date” above for the complete amount paid against its contracts. Fiscal years 2020 and later.
- Residential Care Services Administration for Children's Services · FY2026 · 48 payments $25,567,505
- Residential Care Services Administration for Children's Services · FY2024 · 32 payments $22,793,676
- Residential Care Services Administration for Children's Services · FY2025 · 29 payments $21,185,925
- Specialized Residential Care - Mental Retardation Administration for Children's Services · FY2021 · 39 payments $18,844,318
- Specialized Residential Care Services Administration for Children's Services · FY2022 · 18 payments $18,300,387
- Specialized Residential Care - DD - NAE Administration for Children's Services · FY2023 · 23 payments $17,189,551
- Specialized & Enhanced Family Foster Care (SFFC & EFFC) Administration for Children's Services · FY2026 · 32 payments $15,334,641
- Residential Care - Amendment Administration for Children's Services · FY2022 · 22 payments $13,579,939
- Regular Residential Care - NAE Administration for Children's Services · FY2023 · 24 payments $13,421,728
- Family Foster Care Administration for Children's Services · FY2020 · 33 payments $13,028,147
- Specialized Residential Care - Mental Retardation Administration for Children's Services · FY2020 · 20 payments $12,515,337
- Specialized & Enhanced Family Foster Care (SFFC & EFFC) Administration for Children's Services · FY2024 · 21 payments $12,402,560
- RESIDENTIAL CARE SERVICES Administration for Children's Services · FY2021 · 15 payments $11,946,625
- RESIDENTIAL CARE SERVICES Administration for Children's Services · FY2020 · 14 payments $10,441,705
- Family Foster Care - NAE Administration for Children's Services · FY2023 · 24 payments $10,163,129
- Family Foster Care Administration for Children's Services · FY2022 · 43 payments $9,939,555
- Specialized & Enhanced Family Foster Care (SFFC & EFFC) Administration for Children's Services · FY2025 · 22 payments $9,482,834
- SFC - Treatment FFC Administration for Children's Services · FY2020 · 22 payments $8,730,912
- SFC - Treatment FFC Administration for Children's Services · FY2021 · 25 payments $7,011,505
- Family Foster Care Administration for Children's Services · FY2021 · 24 payments $6,085,330
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- City's First Readers City's First Readers · DYCD · FY2023 $213,114
- City's First Readers City's First Readers · DYCD · FY2024 $213,114
- City's First Readers City's First Readers · DYCD · FY2025 $213,114
- City's First Readers City's First Readers · DYCD · FY2026 $213,114
- City's First Readers City's First Readers · DYCD · FY2027 $213,114
- Pandemic Support for Human Service Providers Pandemic Support for Human Service Providers · ACS · FY2022 $195,173
- Court-Involved Youth Mental Health Initiative Court-Involved Youth Mental Health Initiative · Dhmh · FY2020 $175,000
- Court-Involved Youth Mental Health Initiative Court-Involved Youth Mental Health Initiative · Dhmh · FY2023 $175,000
- Court-Involved Youth Mental Health Initiative Court-Involved Youth Mental Health Initiative · Dhmh · FY2024 $175,000
- Court-Involved Youth Mental Health Initiative Court-Involved Youth Mental Health Initiative · Dhmh · FY2025 $175,000
- Court-Involved Youth Mental Health Initiative Court-Involved Youth Mental Health Initiative · Dhmh · FY2026 $175,000
- Court-Involved Youth Mental Health Initiative Court-Involved Youth Mental Health Initiative · Dhmh · FY2027 $175,000
- Wrap-Around Support for Transitional-Aged Foster Youth Wrap-Around Support for Transitional-Aged Foster Youth · ACS · FY2020 $165,000
- Wrap-Around Support for Transitional-Aged Foster Youth Wrap-Around Support for Transitional-Aged Foster Youth · ACS · FY2023 $151,585
- Wrap-Around Support for Transitional-Aged Foster Youth Wrap-Around Support for Transitional-Aged Foster Youth · ACS · FY2024 $151,585
- Wrap-Around Support for Transitional-Aged Foster Youth Wrap-Around Support for Transitional-Aged Foster Youth · ACS · FY2025 $151,585
- Wrap-Around Support for Transitional-Aged Foster Youth Wrap-Around Support for Transitional-Aged Foster Youth · ACS · FY2026 $151,585
- Wrap-Around Support for Transitional-Aged Foster Youth Wrap-Around Support for Transitional-Aged Foster Youth · ACS · FY2027 $151,585
- Court-Involved Youth Mental Health Initiative Court-Involved Youth Mental Health Initiative · Dhmh · FY2018 $150,000
- Court-Involved Youth Mental Health Initiative Court-Involved Youth Mental Health Initiative · Dhmh · FY2019 $150,000
Funded by these council members
City Council members who steered discretionary (member-item) money to this organization, largest first (FY2020 and later, where the sponsoring member is disclosed). Sitting members link to their page.
- Rita C. Joseph FY2024-2027 · 5 awards $50,000
- Amanda C. Farías FY2025-2026 · 2 awards $20,000
- James F. Gennaro FY2021-2023 · 3 awards $15,000
- Farah N. Louis FY2026-2027 · 2 awards $10,000
- Lancman FY2020 · 1 award $5,000
Officer & key-staff pay
Reportable compensation from this organization's IRS Form 990 (Part VII), latest available filing (FY2023). Includes pay from related organizations where reported; an annual figure, not a running total. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
- Ronald Richter CEO $584,335
- Charles Figliozzi CFO $396,450
- Marika Mills Chief Development & Comm Officer $296,140
- Richard Navon Director - Clinical Service $276,425
- Elizabeth Fine Psychiatrist $273,754
- Joanna Kibel-Gagne Senior Projects Consultant $273,212
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +9% from FY2020 to FY2023. Top-officer reportable compensation by year (org-paid only), with each year's share of total revenue. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer 990 filings.
- FY2020 Ronald Richter · 2.68% of revenue $517,677
- FY2021 Ronald Richter · 2.66% of revenue $696,633
- FY2022 Ronald Richter · 2.67% of revenue $519,527
- FY2023 Ronald Richter · 2.74% of revenue $584,335
Federal awards
Federal awards made directly to this organization in fiscal years 2023 through 2026. Each amount is what the federal government has OBLIGATED on that award as recorded on USAspending.gov as of 2026-08-31 — money committed, not money paid out. These are prime awards only: federal money this
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.566 Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs · Administration for Children and Families · Grant $9,820,231
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.676 Unaccompanied Alien Children Program · Administration for Children and Families · Grant $9,019,634
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.676 Unaccompanied Alien Children Program · Administration for Children and Families · Grant $6,922,554
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.676 Unaccompanied Alien Children Program · Administration for Children and Families · Grant $6,335,494
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.676 Unaccompanied Alien Children Program · Administration for Children and Families · Grant $6,133,441
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.592 Family Violence Prevention and Services/Discretionary · Administration for Children and Families · Grant $756,818