JEWISH COUNCIL FOR THE AGING OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC
12320 PARKLAWN DRIVE, ROCKVILLE, MD 20852 www.accessjca.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: TO HELP OLDER ADULTS IN THE GREATER WASHINGTON, D.C. REGION MAINTAIN INDEPENDENCE, DIGNITY, VITALITY AND SELF-RESPECT AND TO HELP PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT GENERATIONS UNDERSTAND, LEARN FROM AND CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER.

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

TRANSPORTATION & MOBILITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES: OUR TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS OPEN DOORS TO A WORLD OTHERWISE BEYOND REACH FOR SENIORS AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES. OUR WHEELCHAIR-ACCESSIBLE ELDERBUSES TRAVELED 152,227 MILES WHILE TAKING 59,511 PASSENGER TRIPS. EVEN WHEN MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENIOR CENTERS AND JCA ADULT DAY PROGRAMS WERE SHUTTERED, THE BUSES CONTINUED TO ROLL, TRANSPORTING FOOD TO ISOLATED SENIORS. CONNECT-A-RIDE MOBILITY SPECIALISTS PROVIDED 2,996 REFERRALS, ASSISTED 1,233 CALLERS AND MET WITH 259 ATTENDEES AT RIDE SMART TRAVEL TRAINING, SENIOR FAIRS AND EXPOS. WE EXPANDED THE VOLUNTEER DRIVING NETWORK OF GREATER D.C. IN MONTGOMERY AND PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTIES, MD. ITS JCA VILLAGERIDES COMPONENT HELPED 342 SENIORS AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES TO GET 4,104 ONE-WAY RIDES FROM 260 VOLUNTEER DRIVERS THROUGH A NETWORK OF 16 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. ACROSS THE RIVER, THE POZEZ JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, OUR PROGRAM PARTNER, WORKED WITH 15 VOLUNTEER TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS TO HELP 621 PASSENGERS OBTAIN 10,673 RIDES FROM 379 DRIVERS. ESCORTED TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED 354 RIDES TO THE 430 FRAIL OR ILL PROGRAM ENROLLEES WHO NEEDED DOOR-THROUGH-DOOR-SUPPORT. DURING THE PANDEMIC, STAFF ALSO MADE 20 WELLNESS CHECKS.

SENIOR EMPLOYMENT: WE HELP OLDER ADULTS FIND AND KEEP JOBS.OUR SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM PROVIDED 34,852 COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS THROUGH THE WORK OF 68 PAID, ON-THE-JOB TRAINEES WHO WERE AGE 55+ AND AT OR BELOW 125 PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL. DURING THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC, SCSEP PARTICIPANTS TOOK ONLINE CLASSES, LEARNED WORK ETHICS, WORKED ON THEIR ENGLISH SKILLS WITH ESL VOLUNTEERS AND USED ZOOM TO CONDUCT VIRTUAL JOB SEARCHES.THE MULTI-DAY WORKSHOPS OF THE CAREER GATEWAY SERVED 90 MID-LIFE AND OLDER JOB SEEKERS. FOUR OF THE SESSIONS WERE IN JCA'S ROCKVILLE OFFICE AND, ONCE COVID-19 ARRIVED IN THE AREA, WE HELD TWO ON LINE.FOR SAFETY SAKE, JCA POSTPONED ITS 50+ EMPLOYMENT EXPOS OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY WHILE REDESIGNING THEM TO BECOME INTERACTIVE, ONLINE EVENTS NEXT YEAR.

ADULT DAY PROGRAMS: JCA ADULT DAY SERVICES OFFER COMPASSIONATE, SUPPORTIVE CARE IN A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT.OUR GORLITZ KENSINGTON CLUBS, A PROGRAM THAT SINCE 2008 HAS BEEN HELPING PEOPLE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF DIAGNOSED MEMORY LOSS, SERVED 62 MEN AND WOMEN WHO RANGED IN AGE FROM 63 TO 95. WHEN ALL THREE CLUBS SHUTTERED DUE TO THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC, KC MEMBERS BEGAN ENJOYING WEEKLY YOUTUBE VIDEOS FEATURING THE KC STAFF THEY KNEW AND THE PROGRAMS THEY MISSED. THEY ALSO RECEIVED PHONE CALLS, USUALLY ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK, FROM VOLUNTEERS WITH THE SIXTH & I SYNAGOGUE IN D.C. AND FROM JCA ITSELF INCLUDING MANY OF OUR COMPASSIONATE STAFF WHO HAD NEVER BEFORE VOLUNTEERED WITH THAT PROGRAM OR KNEW ITS MEMBERS. THEY SHARED BOOKS, CURRENT EVENTS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF NATURE AS THEY MADE NEW FRIENDS. EVERYONE BECAME JUST A LITTLE LESS LONELY.UNFORTUNATELY, OUR 47TH YEAR MARKED THE CLOSING OF THE ALBERT & HELEN MISLER ADULT DAY CENTER. WHEN THE PROGRAM BEGAN IN 1977 AND UNTIL ITS CLOSING THIS YEAR, IT WAS THE ONLY MEDICAL, GERIATRIC DAY CENTER OPERATED BY THE GREATER WASHINGTON JEWISH COMMUNITY.

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