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September 2023 by Antonio Maldonado
I was sent there in 1961, yeah I know I am old. I was one of Father Benedict's Joseph (BJ) first choir members during the inaugural year of the chapel. I was in Lenox cottage then we all moved to McAlister one of the newest cottages back in the day. We Had Football and played games against outside school teams. Baseball and softball, boxing, basketball, and swimming. We built an Indian village. Took a few trips with father Benedict to the city.Yes,we had to fight sometimes to protect ourselves but honestly we all tried to hide them from the cottage parents.The education was good at the main building and the trade shops too.I remember the shoe shop where Mr. De Martino showed us how to fix a lot of the other kid's shoes.Many years later while visiting, BJ asked if I could address the children and tell them my CV story and how I used that to better my life.I am married to a wonderful woman with 3 boys and One daughter who collectively they blessed me with 13 grandkids.I live in the Midwest and after I retired got into giving back to my community. I chair an Hispanic Leaders Group and was appointed by the Missouri Governor as one of his Human Rights Commissioners for the state.I share this not to boast, but to motivate all CV alumni to see the possibilities of the good life they can have FROM LESSONS LEARNED.Remember God does not make junk.He has love enough for us all, we just have to accept it for ourselves.
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July 2023 by Kayla Urena
Amongst many of the other managers and supervisors, Mr. H has to be one of the most unprofessional “managers” in this facility. Besides the terrible grammar he uses, he is incredibly disorganized, unjust, and does not display appropriate behavior that models the mission of children’s village. Additionally, the way employees are treated here is beyond corrupt. The work is hard and the laborers are few, which means each employee (especially those with the high-risk youth DAILY) are constantly intervening in combative situations amongst the youth. THERE IS NO REASON FOR MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS TO PENALIZE EMPLOYEES EXERCISING PROPER INTERVENTION TECHNIQUES IF THE GOAL IS TO KEEP THE CHILDREN SAFE. There is also no reason for employees to be penalized when high-risk youth have maniac or violent episodes. As I stated before and as it is stated on the CV website, THE WORK IS HARD. So why on Earth would MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS go against employees simply doing their job?! Ultimately, the residential location needs a thorough sweep of the supervisors and managers, it is absolutely disgusting how people are being treated. It’s almost as if they don’t know what working in a RTF entails. Time to do better for the kids and employees working with them on a daily basis.
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July 2023 by Elimore Goldstein
The staff team is poorly trained and disjointed this includes the staff from top down culminating in toxic casework. Understatement to say there is no support for families caring for fosters . The children in their care are subject to painful mismanagement constantly.Stay clear of this agency at all costs.
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June 2023 by S Rastafari
DMX WAS HERE
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December 2022 by Nina Woods
It truly helped my child straighten up..its a good place.à
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December 2022 by LA Capone
What happened to the kids that went missing and it’s still going unnoticed!!!!
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December 2022 by BLUE MENACE
Me and my younger brother were there in the mid 90s....we met a lot of cool people there....I was in Rose n Collins Cottage.....I was always going AWOL n OP...had the whole special services chasing me around the campus....I was on the jv n varsity basketball team...Ms. Mary was the coach
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December 2021 by Joshua Colome
2 Stars is me being very generous for the sake of the company providing almost an unlimited amount of Overtime. Other than that this company is run by a group of people who look like they do no know what they’re doing at times. Their explanations for any problems presented is impeccable. Human Resources leaders and directors do not care about you as an employee in regards to what’s happening during covid, or any concerns brought up to them. I am an ex employee at this company for a little over year trust me when i say you are better off working at McDonalds or something. The most absurd thing about the company is that new employees with little to no experience get paid more than old employees who’ve been there obviously longer and are more experienced. Instead of trying to make you happy and comfortable, they will tell you to just quit your job and leave! You get paid too little for the amount of stress you are about to endure. Glad I left this place!
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December 2021 by Joseph Chinea
I was placed in king unit, McAllister cottage 82-84. Can't wait to visit again. It was the greatest time in my life. Anyone remember Mr. Bassknight. The teachers aid would call him bassie or bassey. I worked at the thrift store to earn money for PX. Anyone remember Mrs, oxley? OMG I loved CV. My staff there awesome Jerome Powell, J-one Issac chestnut, Mr, bailey oh and Mrs, write gosh who else.oh yeah Mr. Smith used to sing oh what a beautiful morning. Lol!! Mrs, Hazel. Used to call me Mafia.
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December 2020 by Chris Lloyd
I was sent there December 2005 - 2007., over decent place a lot of staff were good at there job mr catano and ms Torres other than that many just there for the money letting fellow inmates rob beat up each other. Wasn’t in cottage was in lockdown facility at entrance forgot name
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December 2020 by Tasha Jones
Zero stars this is a very bad school, the principal is very unprofessional the staff is horrible treat children like animals, some children are not allowed to eat lunch , my child went a whole day without eating , they do not care they only care about the donations do not send your child here the school staff gets paid from donations made to the school , some children are there under a lot of stress $250,000 is a lot of money parents please do you’re homework before sending your child here this might be removed I will post it again please don’t send your child here please
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December 2020 by spillberg aka the foreign stonie
Was there in 1987. And it is a place of correction if u r blessed to remain thru H.S. n them college. Staying connected to c.v. as an alumni is a duty
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December 2020 by the Perry Dhem
My name is percy roundtree i was there when i was a kid had lots of fun i was in Johnson. McAllister. It was fun omgggggggggg i want to visist
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December 2020 by Heart2HeartBooks
I was here in 1970 to 72. Mom and Pop Harmon. Mr Carangie and Mr....(Big tall swedish guy, He was totally cool)Reindeer cottage then The Harmon's cottage...forget the name for the moment. I loved it. My teacher Mr G was absolutely the best. I loved him like a father. He treated us so well. Took us camping on his property in Pond Ridge.(Never tried to molest us if your thinking that!)Treated us like gold! I can't say enough about this place. It set the course for the rest of my life, which has been pretty damn good!
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December 2020 by Algenis Paulino
I worked in that place for 8 years, everything looked great until the COVID-19 pandemic started. HR together with the US Program management don't give a S**T if you have family, a medical condition, etc... As I was forced to worked in a cottage where residents and staff were giving positive for COVID-19. I was tested by NYS Health Deparment and after getting negative results for COVID-19, I requested to be removed from a cottage that was in quarantine, and I was told by BOTH MANAGEMENT (HR & US program) that it doesn't matter if I tested negative for COVID-19, that I have to stayed working on an infected cottage. For my own safety and my family safety I resigned my job and they put it as ABANDON, loosing 80 hours of pay vacation... keeping in mind that for 8 years I was never late, had a perfect yearly evaluation and I was the most reliable person within the US Program. It took me 8 years to understand how bad and unprofessional this place is when it comes to safety...
