World Social Work Day

World Social Workers Day 3/21/23 With a 75 year history, Jawonio, a human services organization in New York, is a lifespan services provider for children and adults with special needs. Our mission is dedicated to advancing the independence, well-being and equality of people with disabilities and special needs. Recognized for our holistic and person-centered care, social…

2021 Staff Longevity Awards

2021 Jawonio Staff Longevity Celebration Recipients Congratulations to our staff who celebrated 5 – 35 years of service at Jawonio! 35 YEARS LAURA A. BUONANNO 30 YEARS ISABEL NEWMEYER JEAN J. LUCIEN JUDY L. FLORSHEIM 25 YEARS UGUETTE JOURDAIN GERALDINE JACKSON MARIE L. FLEURISMOND MARIE G. FLEURIMOND STACY BABCOCK 20 YEARS RAYMOND VASQUEZ MARIE VAN…

2020 Jawonio Staff Longevity Celebration

2020 Jawonio Staff Longevity Celebration Recipients Congratulations to our staff who celebrated 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years of service at Jawonio!This year’s celebration took place virtually on Friday, December 18, 2020. 30 YEARS CAROL KING GAIL NEWMAN WILLIAM SCHMIDT 25 YEARS FAITH ANDERSON MARIZA CLEMENTE-MCDINE CHRISTINE CURLEY DAWN LOGUIDICE JENNIFER SPENCER-JABOUIN 20…

Get to Know Randi Rio-Castro

Randi Rios-Castro is passionate about the field of Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities (IDD) and has dedicated over 20 years to serving this population in a variety of capacities. Randi joined the Executive Leadership Team at Jawonio as Associate Executive Director in 2018. Prior to Jawonio, she served for six years as Chief Operating Officer at…

Jawonio Workers Pack Medical Supplies

Anthony, Andrew and Shaquille began their employment with Jawonio’s summer youth internship program last year. They are now employed by AFYA through our Community Employment Services Program. Each of them brought their individual strengths and skills to their work and they really compliment each other and work beautifully as a team. They have giving hearts…

Care Management Department

Care Management at Jawonio Jawonio provides a wide array of behavioral health services. Included in that is our Care Management Program that helps individuals who are in recovery gain access to the important resources they need to be successful in their journey and help them achieve their personal educational, employment and wellness goals. The Care…

2019 DSP Week Spotlight

In honor of DSP Week, we are sharing spotlight profiles of some of our very special staff. Keep scrolling to learn about Crystal Graham and Raymer Vasquez, who work in the Jawonio Westchester Day Habilitation Program in Yonkers. Spotlight Profile: Raymer Vasquez Raymer has been a great asset to the team at the Westchester Day…

Caroline Alcocer, Staff Profile

Meet Caroline Community Employment Services Caroline Alcocer works at the Jawonio Yonker’s site in Westchester as an employment counselor and job developer. She has been with Jawonio since March of 2016. Her interest in becoming an employment counselor came during her last year of undergraduate studies when she was working as an intern at a…