Services
In addition to providing group homes and apartments where adults with special needs can live in the company of their peers, JCHAI staff will now travel to your home! JCHAI’s newest program sends our dedicated staff out to clients’ homes, or into the community (to the grocery store, the movies, the doctor’s office, etc,) to help. This service offers personalized, professional supports to allow individuals to live fulfilling, productive lives as independently as possible.
Call us at 610-667-7875 to get more information about this innovative new program.
JCHAI AT HOME’s services are tailored to each individual’s needs and interests. This includes help with: 
- health and hygiene maintenance
- grocery shopping
- development of an organizational system
- home management
- participation in social activities
- going to medical appointments
- cooking (including lessons)
- budgeting and money management
- computer skills
- enhancing social skills
- counseling
- finding and keeping a job
- collaboration with family members
Payment for the JCHAI AT HOME program is on a fee-for-service basis, and can also be covered through MR waiver funding.
GROUP HOMES:
JCHAI currently operates three residential homes that are uniquely vibrant and full of life. Each is a beautiful, single house located in a pleasant and safe neighborhood--Elkins Park, Wynnewood or Northeast Philadelphia. Each spacious home accommodates six residents who have their own bedrooms.
Staffing consists of a live-in house supervisor, as well as rotating relief and weekend staff. Houses are supervised at all times except between the hours of 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. when our residents are typically involved in meaningful daytime activities outside the home.
Caring and compassionate staff members assist residents with daily living skills, including grooming, personal hygiene, cooking, cleaning, and ensuring their involvement in life enhancing activities. Staff also assists with conflict resolution, arranging transportation to activities, and providing encouragement and positive reinforcement. Each house incorporates a sense of Jewish identity, including weekly Shabbat dinners, participation in holiday activities, and maintaining a kosher environment.
APARTMENT PROGRAM:
In addition to our houses, JCHAI also offers an apartment program based in the Presidential City Apartments in Philadelphia, PA. This complex is located just off City Avenue near the Schuylkill Expressway. The apartment program is designed for individuals who can primarily live independently, but who may need some additional support in daily living skills.
Like our residential homes, life in the apartments encourages community, independence and mutual support without any of the drab features usually associated with group living! When you are ready, call us to get a tour. We know you’ll immediately feel at home.
Apartment program staff is present from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. during weekdays and intermittent hours on weekends. Residents are assisted in preparing dinner, maintaining their living spaces, maintaining hygiene, taking medications regularly, and involvement in community activities. Applicants for the apartment program must be able to get themselves up in the mornings and prepare for their day independently. Residents have the option of living with a roommate in a 2-bedroom apartment, or living alone in a 1-bedroom apartment. Shabbat dinner is held communally each Friday night for those who are interested.
JCHAI provides services in a nondiscriminatory manner, without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, ancestry, religious creed, disability and age.