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JCCA’s Early Literacy program (funded by a grant from the New York Community Trust) provides essential intervention for our youngest and most vulnerable children (0-8 years) who are in JCCA foster homes, by identifying pre-reading deficits and engaging children and their parents in a six-month-long, intervention program. The program incorporates pre-testing, parent/foster parent education, and post-testing and evaluation. Parents are trained in fun “Growing Young Readers” workshops that include raffles, refreshments and starter kits.  
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ACADEMIC SUCCESS: Terell's story 
Brooklyn Democracy Academy — JCCA’s small, academically rigorous transfer high school — is designed to reengage and support students who have dropped out or fallen behind. Terell Jackson, who graduated in June, is one of BDA's many success stories. “I was just taking up space in my other high school. I wasn’t really motivated. But the minute I came to BDA, I felt comfortable. Everyone here made me feel supported and helped me believe I co