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Jamaica Service Program for Older Adults

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Description

The Jamaica Service Program for Older Adults (JSPOA) is a multi-service social service agency in Southeast Queens, New York. The agency sponsors three senior centers which provide a variety of services to enhance the quality of life for senior adults, including hot meals, educational programs, health promotion, and socialization opportunities. The agency also provides referrals and counseling for entitlement programs, a senior employment program, assistance for crime or abuse victims, and transportation for medical appointments and other needs.

Goal / Mission

The Jamaica Service Program for Older Adults mission is "a total community working together to provide services to, and develop skills in, older adults in order to promote independence and enhance their quality of life."

Results / Accomplishments

Each year, JSPOA services over 5,000 adults directly and reaches another 15,000 people indirectly. The JSPOA Friendship Center exclusively serves a population of mentally and physically frail older adults (60+) who have become socially isolated and partially dependent upon others for their daily living. The Rockaway Boulevard Senior Center provides breakfast and lunch daily, as well as a wide variety of classes. The Theodora G. Jackson Adult Center aims to foster physical, spiritual, mental, economic and social well-being of older adults through service and creative expression.

About this Promising Practice

Primary Contact
Jamaica Service Program for Older Adults
92-47 165th Street - Main Floor
Jamaica, NY 11433
718-657-6500
jspoa@jspoa.org
http://www.jspoa.org/
Topics
Health / Older Adults
Community / Civic Engagement
Health / Wellness & Lifestyle
Date of publication
2013
Date of implementation
1972
Location
Jamaica, NY
Target Audience
Older Adults

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  1. The program description includes: the sponsoring organization, program goals, program funding source, program implementation steps and outcomes.
  2. The program evaluation is limited to descriptive measure(s) of success/accomplishment (i.e., program participation rates, number of services/education sessions/radio messages provided). Note: oftentimes, the program has been newly implemented and a program evaluation has not yet been conducted. Programs that have not yet been evaluated, but which show promise in improving health or quality of life, are classified as Good Ideas until an evaluation is conducted.
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