United Jewish Communities has helped foster the development of NORC Supportive Service Programs (NORC-SSPs) throughout the federation system as part of its responsibilities to promote innovation, best practices, and program opportunities among the system’s health and social services providers. UJC’s National NORCs Initiative was derived from a grassroots movement out of New York (read more)
NORCs’ initiative supports Living Well Assisted Living at Home model by developing solutions that enable seniors to remain living at home for as long as safely feasible, is in keeping with their preferences, promotes their physical and mental wellbeing, and is a promising solution to help deflect the significant financial costs of long-term care anticipated with the retirement of the 78 million Baby Boomers. This issue is an immediate concern of the Jewish community, which is presently aging at nearly twice the national average. As such, it is a top priority of United Jewish Communities – the umbrella organization of the Jewish Federations of North America, one of the nation’s largest networks of nonprofit community-based health and social service agencies. Read more about the NORCs initiative components.
