About

JCCRP provides support for those in need through a wide range of comprehensive social services.

The dedicated team is committed to serving everyone with compassion, integrity, and respect. All services are offered at no cost, making help accessible to all. When people come to JCCRP, they know they’ll be met with care and receive the support they need.

We operate a large kosher food warehouse and offer Medicaid assistance, Medicare enrollment and troubleshooting, SNAP enrollment and troubleshooting, housing assistance, Holocaust survivor services, crisis intervention, support for single mother families, holiday programs and much more.

The JCCRP case management team assists thousands of community members each year, providing a broad range of social support services for people in the community. Services include case management, connections to resources for emergency cash grants for utility and rent arrears and access to our digital kosher food pantry. We guide and assist eligible clients in obtaining public benefits such as SNAP, HEAP, SCRIE, and DRIE and provide advocacy as needed to ensure these benefits continue.

We empower our clients to be able to fully understand their circumstances and their rights, and prepare clients to self-advocate. JCCRP social workers and case workers guide community members through the process of obtaining health insurance, including Medicare and Medicaid. Our case workers assist clients in understanding their insurance coverage; help resolve billing issues, appeal denials, apply for financial help; connect with legal assistance; provide housing advice, advocacy, and referrals to obtain and/or maintain secure housing- and much more.

We operate the only digital kosher food warehouse shopping experience in the area, enabling community members to receive healthy kosher foods at no cost.Our Success Space for Women program supports single mothers, and their children, by helping them achieve economic independence and personal stability. From emergency assistance to long term guidance, Success Space for Women shows up for each woman, and her family, in every possible way.

Wonderful holiday programming such as back to school supplies, Chanukah toy drive, and chol hamoed in between school and camp events offer year round support to families in the neighborhood.

JCCRP is deeply committed to helping families in need, offering unwavering support, heartfelt advocacy, and exploring every possible path to ensure they have the guidance, tools and resources needed to navigate complex systems that allow them to move forward, helping them through their time of need.

Our History

The Jewish Community Council of the Rockaway Peninsula (JCCRP) was founded in 1972 as a response to the overwhelming communal need for local government advocacy and assistance with accessing public benefits.

The mission of the JCCRP has been consistent: to provide struggling families in our community with supportive social services, help with accessing resources for financial assistance, and advocacy for the needs of the community. JCCRP is a community social service organization where assistance is provided with compassion, integrity, and respect at no charge.

Over the decades JCCRP has expanded to offer a wide range of social services, broadening our communal reach and the number of clients we service each year.

Today, JCCRP serves over 26,000 people from Far Rockaway, the Five Towns, and neighboring communities with compassion, integrity, and respect, at no cost.