Disability Services
Creating an accessible and inclusive community for all
JDAIM is a worldwide effort to raise awareness and promote the rights of people with disabilities in Jewish communities.
Weinberg Commons
The Weinberg Commons is our award-winning affordable housing community for older adults (55+) and adults (21+) with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Cherry Hill, NJ.
We enhance the quality of life for members in our South Jersey Jewish community with disabilities. These individuals should have the opportunity to achieve their highest potential and lead independent and fulfilled lives.
Our programs and services create a welcoming, supportive, and safe space for those living with disabilities and their families.
JFed Behavioral Health Services
JFed Behavioral Health Services provides behavioral health support for children, adolescents, and young adults to help them build independence, social skills, and a successful life.
Together, We Make An Impact Podcast
Hosted by Adam Roth and Rose Greenblatt
This podcast exposes and explores real issues facing the disabled community. Each episode connects listeners with experts in the field, from academia to lived experiences, shedding light on each topic, while exploring meaningful disability resources from local professionals.
OUR DIRECTOR
Meet Adam Roth, Regional Director of Disability Services
Adam Roth’s primary goal is to make Judaism accessible to all. Through agency and community resources, Adam works with our community’s early childhood centers, religious schools, and Jewish day schools to ensure diverse learners are able to achieve success within their educational environment. Additionally, Adam works with the Jewish Federation’s family of agencies to provide insight into best practices and to assist in fostering an inclusive organizational climate that benefits all stakeholders. Adam can be reached at aroth@jfedsnj.org.
Get in touch with Adam.
Our Impact
See Us In Action
What our Special Needs Area of Impact can do for our community:
“The variety of programming provided by the Community Inclusion department of the Katz JCC and how inclusive the environment is gives our son a great deal of opportunities. My son can’t wait to share what he has created or experienced!”
How our agencies make an IMPACT:
JFSNJ Disability Services programs across our family of agencies
Social & Recreational Opportunities
The Katz Jewish Community Center (JCC) offers community inclusion programming designed to foster a sense of belonging, participation, and empowerment for individuals of all abilities (Programs accessible for ages 9 through 21+).
The Jewish Family & Children’s Service (JFCS) offers SAIL (Supports to Achieve Independent Living), SAIL JR (for ages 18-24) and SOAR (Social Opportunities and Recreation), social, recreational, and life skills programs designed for young adults.
Pre-vocational & Vocational Readiness
JFCS provides a variety of resources including supported employment, the Soups & Sweets culinary program, and high school transition services to help those with disabilities explore vocational options.
Behavioral Services
JFed Behavioral Health Services (JBHS) provides behavioral health support for children, adolescents, and adults to help them build independence, social skills, and a successful life.
Day Habilitation Program
After School Respite (ages 5-21) and To Our Positive Success (TOPS), through JFCS, are enrichment day programs that provide community-based social, educational, and recreational activities for adults with developmental disabilities.
Camp Inclusion
The Open Hearts/Open Doors (OH/OD) inclusion program and Rishon vocational programming (ages 14-18) at the Roger & Jane Davis JCC Camps at Medford provides accommodations for children with disabilities to fully participate in camp activities.
Residential Services
Developed in partnership with the Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey, Pennrose, and PennReach, Weinberg Commons is an award-winning affordable housing community for older adults (ages 55+) and adults (ages 21+) who are enrolled in the New Jersey Division of Developmental Disabilities Community Cares Program (CCP) in Cherry Hill, NJ.
Learn more about JFCS’s Disability Services and JCC’s Disability Services.
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