NCJW NY has a long and rich history of speaking out for progressive policy change. We continue this tradition today as the leading Jewish voice for economic and reproductive justice for New Yorkers.
For 40 years, NCJW NY has provided nourishing meals and grocery staples to New Yorkers in need, never turning anyone away. Today, our Hunger Program provides so much more than just food.
Older adults are often dismissed or forgotten. But Council House is a place where our elders are welcomed, valued, and respected. We celebrate older adults of all ages and support their caregivers.
NCJW NY is committed to providing a supportive community. Council House is a place of compassion and understanding, a place where one can heal from life’s most difficult losses.
NCJW NY is committed to educational equity, providing support to help level the playing field for low-income students. Our programming helps children develop a love of books and reading, and foster excitement about school.
Even though an estimated 20 percent of known pregnancies end in a loss, pregnancy loss is still misunderstood and stigmatized. For more than 40 years, NCJW NY’s Pregnancy Loss Support Program (PLSP) has provided support and validation for parents who have experienced miscarriage, stillbirth, or newborn death.
“Working with my counselor, I remember just thinking to myself, ‘she’s gotten to the other side’ – a place that was so far for me. I couldn’t even imagine not being in the state that I was in. I thought this was the rest of my life – agony and pain and darkness. Seeing that she was well enough to help me through it… that right there was a huge eye opener for me. I vaguely thought to myself, ‘I wonder if I’ll ever be in a place where I’m not only okay, but okay enough to help someone else going through this.’”
PLSP Client and Peer Counselor
PLSP utilizes professionally-trained volunteers to provide telephone counseling and to facilitate in-person and virtual support groups. All of our volunteers have experienced a loss themselves, so they can speak from experience to grieving parents, and at the same time continue their own healing process through service to others. Last year the program served more than 130 families.
To learn more about our Pregnancy Loss Support Program or request assistance, please visit our program website at www.pregnancyloss.org or email plsp@ncjwny.org.