The Final Week To Donate: Why Your Gift to the Jawonio Virtual Gala Matters More Than Ever With just a few days to go until Sunday, December 7th, we are eagerly counting down to the 2025 Jawonio Virtual Gala, livestream at 11:30 AM. The webcast can be viewed on either the Jawonio website or Facebook…
Since 1947, Jawonio has been a cornerstone of the Hudson Valley community — empowering individuals with disabilities, mental health challenges and chronic medical needs to live, learn, work and thrive. As one of the region’s leading nonprofit providers of comprehensive services, Jawonio serves more than 3,500 individuals annually across Rockland and Westchester counties. Led by CEO Randi Rios-Castro, Jawonio has an operating budget of…
LEGO LOVE: Building Community, Creativity, and Inclusion: How Jawonio and Brick It Again Come Together for Brick-A-Palooza Since 1947, Jawonio has been dedicated to advancing the independence, well-being, and equality of people with special needs. Known as “the place where miracles happen every day,” Jawonio provides lifespan services in Rockland and Westchester Counties for children and adults with…
The Intersectionality of the ADA, it’s Promise, Progress and our Future [1990] “Today, America welcomes into the mainstream of life all of our fellow citizens with disabilities. We embrace you for your abilities and for your disabilities, for our similarities and indeed for our differences, for your past courage and your future dreams.” ~ President George…
SPARKILL — Tiffany Mason had spent the morning wheeling around the church to set up video equipment and was now lifting her voice in song as the service began, locked in harmony with the organist and another singer.
CEO Newsletter, JULY 2025 A Message from Randi Rios-Castro, CEO Randi Rios-Castro, CEO Every Day So Much Good Happens Here We’re now deep into the heart of summer, and at Jawonio that means something special: the sound of laughter echoing across our campus. Our Summer Education Program — rooted in the rich legacy of what was once…
A Career With Purpose: Becoming A Direct Support Professional APPLY NOW! BECOME A CARE PROFESSIONAL Are you looking for more than just a job? Are you someone who leads with kindness, patience, and a desire to make a difference? Then becoming a Direct Support Professional (DSP) at Jawonio might be the career you didn’t know you were waiting for. At…
Statement from Randi Rios-Castro, CEO on ‘The Big Beautiful Bill’ July 3, 2025 Every Day So Much Good Happens Here We’re now deep into the heart of summer, and at Jawonio that means something special: the sound of laughter echoing across our campus. Our Summer Education Program — rooted in the rich legacy of what was once…
A group from Jawonio cheers during the Rally in the Valley at Clover Stadium in Pomona March 7, 2025. People with disabilities and the nonprofit agencies who serve them spoke out against threats to federal Medicaid funding.
The second “Rally in the Valley” was held at Clover Stadium in Pomona on Friday. The two-hour event was spearheaded by Jawonio, a Rockland-based organization that supports people with mental and developmental disabilities. “Here we are being that squeaky wheel,” said Randi Rios-Castro, the CEO of Jawonio. “We want to reinforce to all of our…
Jawonio is dedicated to advancing the independence, well-being, and equality of people with disabilities and special needs.
Jawonio is a registered 501c3 organization and the premier provider of lifespan services in the Hudson Valley of New York State.
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