About Us
Through the parent corporation, Bronx Jewish Community Council, Inc., about 5,000 persons annually receive a range of social services. Approximately 70% of these are elderly and are receiving some services from the agency including in-home case services and meals on wheels, as well as those who are able to walk in and receive help with benefits and entitlements, including emergency food.
How We Can Help
The social service portion of the agency has program sites in Co-op City, Parkchester, two sites in Pelham Parkway, the Mosholu Parkway/Norwood area, Kingsbridge Heights, and the South Bronx. Many of these elderly clients are refugees from the Former Soviet Union who have limited English. An additional number of elderly individuals, all being Holocaust survivors (Nazi Victims), are served through a program developed specifically for that population in conjunction with Self-Help.
Services Provided
BJCC, while known primarily as an effective provider of social services to the elderly, is similarly acknowledged for its leadership in the ongoing attempt to assess client needs and emerging trends, and formulate programmatic strategies in response. Past services offered by the agency have included Job Training and Development, English as a Second Language Classes, Summer Youth Employment Program. The agency has continually operated Emergency Rent and Food Assistance through both a food voucher program and food pantry.
