The social service portion of the agency has program sites in Co-op City, Parkchester, two sites in Pelham Parkway, the Mosholu Parkway/Norwood area, Kingsbridge Heights, and the South Bronx. Many of these elderly clients are refugees from the Former Soviet Union who have limited English. An additional number of elderly individuals, all being Holocaust survivors (Nazi Victims), are served through a program developed specifically for that population in conjunction with Self-Help.  

The present New York City Department for the Aging (DFTA) Extended Services Program represents the cornerstone of the agency’s social services, and this has been the case since the original contract was awarded to BJCC in 1972. Prior to its 1992 relocation within DFTA, this funding stream was under the auspices of the Adult Services division of the NYC Human Resources Administration. While now operating under DFTA auspices, BJCC remains one of the seven Extended Services Programs in New York City that are able to offer services to adults under the age of 60.

BJCC holds other contracts with DFTA, which provide additional case assistance and information as well as transportation services.

BJCC, while known primarily as an effective provider of social services to the elderly, is similarly acknowledged for its leadership in the ongoing attempt to assess client needs and emerging trends, and formulate programmatic strategies in response. Past services offered by the agency have included Job Training and Development, English as a Second Language Classes, Summer Youth Employment Program. The agency has continually operated Emergency Rent and Food Assistance through both a food voucher program and food pantry.

While, according to DFTA nomenclature, BJCC provides “case assistance” to clients, the services that BJCC provides to clients runs the gamut from helping to fill out a simple form to apply for a particular benefit or entitlement, up through comprehensive and holistic services to a degree that is tantamount to, or exceeds, case management parameters. There is constant pressure imposed upon the social service network for older adults, and great disparity between aging-related needs and the system’s capacity to fully meet those needs. It is in this climate that BJCC provides the services that are in keeping with its mission― to address existing and emerging needs of Bronx elderly, including the frail, homebound and otherwise vulnerable ― with an equal emphasis on short-term assistance and long-term planning and support.