About Us
Friendship Circle is an organization with a unique approach to helping children with special needs. Children with special needs often endure loneliness and isolation because of a lack of friends and social opportunities. Our innovative programming is designed to foster enduring and meaningful friendships between spirited teen volunteers and children with special needs in the greater Washington, DC area. Visit http://www.fcmd.org/ for more information.
The Jewish Foundation for Group Homes is a nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing the independence, dignity, choice, and community inclusion of individuals with disabilities, regardless of faith or creed. JFGH’s programs support more than 200 individuals in over 70 sites throughout the Washington D.C Metropolitan area. Support is provided through JFGH’s residential, transitioning youth and social programs. Visit www.JFGH.org for more information.
JSSA has a more than 120 year old history of helping people across the Washington metropolitan area meet emotional, social, and physical challenges. A nonsectarian provider, JSSA serves people of all religious backgrounds, races and ethnicities, helping the youngest child to the most fragile senior, from individuals to entire families. Many children, adolescents and adults in our community struggle with a wide range of physical, cognitive, and developmental disabilities. JSSA's team of specially trained clinicians and other professionals are here to help by providing a wide range of mental health, care management, employment and support services for all those in our community with special needs. Visit http://www.jssa.org/ for more information.
Matan advocates for Jewish students with special needs, empowers their families, and educates Jewish leaders, teachers and communities so that all Jewish children have access to a rich and meaningful Jewish education. Visit http://www.matankids.org/ for more information.
RespectabilityUSA is a new national, non-profit, non-partisan organization whose mission is to: (1) Reshape the attitudes of American society so that people with disabilities can more fully participate in and contribute to society, and (2) Empower people with disabilities to achieve as much of the American dream as their abilities and efforts permit. Visit www.respectabilityusa.com for more information.
Sulam’s mission is to impart a strong Jewish identity and to ensure every child’s right to meaningful participation within the Jewish community. Sulam provides Jewish children with learning differences an individually designed program that reflects “best practice” within a Jewish day school environment. Sulam supports students with a range of mild to moderate learning differences including, but not limited to: Specific learning disabilities, ADD/ADHD, Twice Exceptional (GT/LD), high functioning autism spectrum disorders, including Asperger’s syndrome, and mild to moderate cognitive disabilities (eg. Down syndrome). Visit www.sulam.org for more information.
Sunflower Bakery is an exciting enterprise that combines skills training with actual work experience. Our mission is to prepare individuals with developmental or other cognitive disabilities for employment in baking and related industries through skilled, on-the-job training. Visit www.sunflowerbakery.org for more information.
