Bellefaire JCB is one of the nation's largest child service agencies, providing comprehensive behavioral health, substance abuse, education, and prevention services to over 30,000 youth and families annually. Their programs and services include residential treatment, counseling, autism services, adoption, foster care, early childhood education, youth homelessness, prevention & early intervention, behavioral health respite, mentoring, psychiatry services, intensive outpatient, child and adolescent group services, school-based services, and Functional Family Therapy. Bellefaire also includes The Begun Center for Youth and Family Resiliency. Established in 2024 with funding from the Semi J. and Ruth W. Begun Foundation, a supporting foundation of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland, The Begun Center provides critical violence prevention and social skills education to at-risk children and families, to reduce physical and verbal violence among youth. The Center’s programs deliver mental health strategies aimed at helping youth and their families to mitigate violence while developing key social and emotional skills and other protective factors to increase their long-term stability and wellness. The centerpiece of the Begun Center is an innovative youth and family resiliency curriculum, targeting two key developmental stages: preschoolers (ages 3-5) and young adolescents (grades 4-8). The Center’s preschool and middle school programs launched in summer 2025.
