FAQs
What is JVS?
Jewish Vocational Service of MetroWest New Jersey (JVS) is a non-sectarian, community-based, workforce development organization dedicated to helping job-seekers—including those from underserved and often marginalized populations—acquire the skills and training they need to secure and maintain gainful employment over the short- and long-term.
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Who does JVS serve?
JVS provides assistance to the following underserved populations:
- Adults with physical, emotional, developmental, and social disabilities, including adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Job-seekers who are unemployed, under-employed, or looking to make a career transition, including Adults 50+, recent college graduates, and graduate students
- Immigrants and refugees
- Military veterans
- People who want to obtain a high school equivalency diploma
- People in underserved communities
Do I have to be Jewish to receive assistance from JVS?
No; in fact, approximately 90% of the people we serve are not Jewish. Guided by our Jewish heritage and values, JVS believes everyone has something of value to contribute to the world—and deserves to live and be treated with dignity. Consequently, we serve clients from all walks of life, without regard to religious affiliation, age, race, gender, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, political perspective, or socioeconomic status.
What makes JVS “Jewish,” if the majority of your clients aren’t?
JVS is Jewish not because of who we serve—but because of who we are. Our mission is founded on the Jewish teaching that helping people help themselves is the highest form of tzedakah, or social justice.
