How to Get Started & Community Supports

How to get started with Community Inclusion

The Community Inclusion Department is dedicated to ensuring a positive experience for all visitors to the JCC. If you’re considering joining us for the first time, please take a moment to review the attached FAQs and complete the Community Inclusion Intake Form provided below. This form collects essential contact details and valuable insights to help us tailor our programs to meet everyone’s needs. All information provided is treated with the utmost confidentiality.

 

For those coming to the JCC on their first visit, please reach out to:

Nina Staiman, Director of the Community Inclusion Department, at nstaiman@jfedsnj.org

Matthew Lever, Coordinator of Community Inclusion, at mlever@jfedsnj.org

Click Here to Complete Our Intake Form (PDF)


Community Inclusion Resources & Support 

This fair serves as a vibrant hub where individuals and families can gather, connect, and explore the wide range of resources available to promise an inclusive community in South Jersey. Please see below for our past resource directory and look for new resources in our community when the resource fair comes back to the JCC in 2024

Resource Fair Directory Coming Soon

FAQ

Inclusion is the practice of valuing the unique experiences and contributions people have to offer. Inclusion recognizes that the most growth happens when these unique contributions are encouraged and supported.

At the JCC, Community Inclusion programs and services is our ongoing commitment to create the conditions for inclusivity to thrive in a way that connects, respects, and values all members of the community.

Our intake form gathers demographic and emergency contact information. We also use the information from the forms to create supports that may make an activity more accessible for an individual. All forms are kept confidential.

No, currently individuals are not required to have a JCC membership as we have a guest rate for activities. However, the guest rate is at a higher price point.

Currently, individual social and recreational classes at the JCC are not covered through an individual’s DDD budget. However, gym membership can be covered under Good & Services within an individual’s DDD budget. To make this applicable, it must be organized and preauthorized with an individual’s support coordinator and a JCC representative.

All our classes can be found on our website, and registration is on-line. All new participants will be required to fill out an Intake form. If you need assistance with registration or the Intake form, please contact Matt Lever at 856-424-4444 x 1247 or email mlever@jfedsnj.org

Currently, we do not have in-house DSPs or one-on-ones. We encourage any participant who may need assistance to bring a family member or care person with them to our classes and the gym.

Currently, we do not provide transportation to JCC activities and events. Our members do take private car services or contact Access Link. https://accesslink.njtransit.com/#/auth/signinregister

Yes, we love prospective members to come and experience the JCC on an interactive guided tour. Please contact Nina Staiman nstaiman@jfedsnj.org or Matt Lever mlever@jfedsnj.org to schedule.

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