Centers of Excellence


JCA programs are organized into four centers of excellence. Three of those centers and many of the programs they contain are named in honor of visionaries and donors whose good deeds continue though the programs that forever bear their names.


Center for Information Services

  • Rose Benté Lee Senior Helpline
  • Steven M. Reich HomeCare Resource Center
  • SHIP – The State Health Insurance Assistance Program of Montgomery County
  • VillageRides
  • Connect-A-Ride Transportation Resource Center
  • Escorted Transportation

Sylvia & Abe Blajwas Center for Productive Aging

  • The Career Gateway
  • Senior Community Service Employment Program
  • 50+ Employment Expos
  • Sylvia Blajwas Productive Aging Award Dinner

Ruth & Hans Cahnmann Center for Supportive Services

  • Rose & Harold Kramer Center on Transportation
  • Samuel Gorlitz Kensington Clubs
  • Caregiver Support Groups

Heyman Interages® Center

  • Grandreaders
  • Read Aloud
  • Intergenerational Bridges
  • Project SHARE
  • Dialogues Across the Ages
  • Mature Mentors
  • Intergenerational Resource Center

Announcing a Transformational Merger

JSSA and Jewish Council for the Aging (JCA) Announce Transformational Merger to Expand Services for Older Adults Across the Greater Washington

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